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Catherine Russell
Jazz / Blues / Soul



NEW YORK, New York
United States

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   Catherine Russell: General Info
Member Since8/24/2006
Band Websitecatherinerussell.net
Band MembersCatherine Russell - vocals; Larry Ham or Mark Shane - piano; Lee Hudson - acoustic bass; Matt Munisteri - guitar, banjo
InfluencesMomma said there are only two kinds of music...GOOD and BAD...that about sums it up for me. My influences range from Etta James to Beatles to Bob Dylan...Louis Armstrong to Louis Jordan to my dad Luis Russell. Just finished listening to Astor Piazolla w/Kronos Quartet! Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Ravel, Ellington, Gershwin...and of course Garcia/Hunter!!! I love opera, gospel, early music on traditional instruments, Irish and American string band music, Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Voices I love (can't name them all)...Nancy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln, Ruth Brown, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Michael Feinstein, Al Green, Levon Helm, Oumou Sangare, Habib Koite, David Byrne, David Bowie, Willie Nelson, James Brown, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Stanley Brothers, Charlie Rich. I've saved most of my concert ticket stubs from the days when concerts were anywhere from $1 to $5...ah those were the days! But these are the days too...and I must say THIS! I'm blessed with the best friends anyone could have!!!
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VIDEOS: LIVE @ JOE'S PUB!

"I'm Lazy That's All"


"Kitchen Man"


"Luci"
Record LabelWorld Village
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 1 2008 7:30P
Montreal Jazz Festival - Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Montreal, Quebec
Jul 2 2008 7:30P
Montreal Jazz Festival - Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Montreal, Quebec
Jul 6 2008 7:00P
Cisco Ottawa Blues Fest Ottawa, Ontario
Jul 7 2008 8:00P
Stanley Center for the Arts Utica, New York
Jul 16 2008 7:00P
Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre Portland, Oregon
Jul 18 2008 7:00P
Riverbend Park Winston, Oregon
Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Stage Door Mount Shasta, California
Jul 20 2008 7:00P
Harlow’s Sacramento, California
Jul 22 2008 8:00P
Yoshi’s San Francisco, California
Jul 24 2008 8:00P
Dizzy’s San Diego, California
Jul 25 2008 7:30P
Levitt Pavilion - Macarthur Park Los Angeles, California
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
River to River Festival New York, New York
Jul 31 2008 12:30P
Newark Museum of Art Newark, New Jersey
Jan 24 2009 8:00P
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Feb 21 2009 8:00P
Mayo Center for the Performing Arts Morristown, New Jersey
Jun 25 2009 8:00P
Weinberg Center for The Arts Frederick, Maryland
Jun 26 2009 8:00P
Carnegie Hall Lewisburg, West Virginia
Jun 27 2009 8:00P
Jefferson Center Roanoke, Virginia

Catherine Russell's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

"Sentimental Streak" breaks onto the Billboard Jazz Chart!  (view more)

"Sentimental Streak" 3 on iTunes, 8 on Amazon!  (view more)

Cat’s "Fresh Air" Episode airs 6/11!  (view more)

Birmingham Post "no one exploring the same ground as Cat"  (view more)

Worcester Magazine Show Preview  (view more)

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   About Catherine Russell

CATHERINE RUSSELL ON NPR'S WORLD CAFE AUGUST 5TH


Catherine Russell will be heard live on NPR's World Cafe with host David Dye on Tuesday August 5th. Find their local station here or listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time here.

The audio for the show may also be available on the NPR site later that same day.





NPR'S FRESH AIR WITH TERRY GROSS FEATURES CATHERINE RUSSELL'S SENTIMENTAL STREAK, NOW NO. 3 ON ITUNES' TOP JAZZ ALBUMS

Catherine Russell's Fresh Air eplsode on NPR aired June 11th and is streamable online here. Sentimental Streak is currently No. 3 on iTunes' Top Jazz Albums, as well as No. 8 on Amazon.com, with her debut album Cat at No. 24 on iTunes. Sentimental Streak is also back on the June Jazz Week Charts, at No. 44, making it 17 weeks so far on the chart!

Catherine Russell: 'Real Thing' Gets Sentimental

* Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET.

Fresh Air from WHYY, June 11, 2008 - Her father was Louis Armstrong's music director and a noted bandleader in his own right; her mother was a member of the iconic International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

Critic Nat Hentoff says that pedigree — and her own unmistakable chops — make Cat Russell "the real thing" in a crowd of jazz wannabes "who couldn't lasted through a chorus in a contest with Ella Fitzgerald or Betty Carter."

Russell talks to Terry Gross about her musical roots — and about her new album, A Sentimental Streak.


Russell is also playing some new West Coast dates in her current summer tour schedule. Show dates include Portland OR on 7/16, San Francisco on 7/22, and San Diego and Los Angeles on the 24th and 25th respectively.





CATHERINE RUSSELL FEATURED IN JAZZ TIMES WITH "SENTIMENTAL STREAK"


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CATHERINE RUSSELL PERFORMS WITH MOM CARLINE RAY AT THE WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL



Catherine Russell will perform with mom and festival honoree Carline Ray at the second annual International Women in Jazz Festival in New York City on April 5th. Presented by International Women in Jazz and Midtown Arts Common, the festival honors super jazz legends Celia Cruz, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peggy Lee (displaying their history in photographs and music), and living jazz legends Sarah McLawler, Marian McPartland, and Carline Ray (featuring the living legends in a panel discussion). The festival includes a live jazz jam, a business management panel discussion, "What Is Jazz?" workshop for youth, and major concerts Saturday and Sunday evenings.

"For anyone bellyaching about how nobody makes music like they used to, your vintage antidote has arrived...this native New Yawker has got it." - Bluesrag


CAT Available at Catherine Russell - Cat





CATHERINE RUSSELL



Catherine Russell’s musical prowess transcends genre. Accordingly, Cat, Ms. Russell’s 2006 debut album, on Harmonia Mundi’s World Village imprint, showcases a mature, one of a kind, vocalist, who defies easy categorization. Her singing encompasses jazz balladry, bordello blues, dance hall swing, jump blues, country, pop, and soul. Catherine Russell embodies the deepest heart of American music in a single voice.

A native New Yorker, Catherine was born in 1956 with an enviable jazz pedigree. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a pioneering pianist, composer, and bandleader who sat at the center of several of the seminal bands of 20th century American jazz and popular music. In 1935, Louis Armstrong, a fellow transplant from New Orleans to New York, named Luis Russell as his musical director and Russell's orchestra as his backing group. Catherine's mother, Carline Ray, is an outstanding bassist and vocalist and holder of advanced degrees from Julliard and Manhattan School of Music. Carline has performed with Mary Lou Williams and Wynton Marsalis.

Ms. Russell attended the High School of Music and Art and later graduated with honors from American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Professional singing opportunities soon beckoned. Catherine toured Europe singing gospel music with a group fronted by Carrie Smith including Catherine's mother Carline Ray on bass.

Returning to New York City, Catherine sang blues and soul with Jimmy Vivino's Little Big Band where she met Donald Fagen in the fall of 1989. Soon after, Catherine joined Donald Fagen, performing in the N.Y. Rock N Soul Revue, which also included Boz Skaggs, Michael McDonald, Phoebe Snow and Chuck Jackson. When Donald Fagen returned to Steely Dan for tours of the U.S. and Japan, Catherine Russell came along as a backing vocalist. Catherine's growing reputation as a versatile and expressive singer led to a call from Paul Simon and a month long run in 1992 at the Paramount Theater in New York. Every night Catherine had the thrill to step out on a vocal duet with Paul Simon along with gospel legends The Mighty Clouds of Joy on "Slip Slidin' Away".

Today, Catherine Russell lives in Manhattan, her apartment walls adorned with the gold and platinum records on which she appears. She toured the globe with David Bowie as a vocalist and multiinstrumentalist on the hugely successful and critically acclaimed “A Reality Tour”, which earned the 1 top-grossing tour for the first half of 2004, according to Billboard. In addition, Ms. Russell has performed or recorded with a dizzyingly impressive array of trend setting artists, including Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, Michael Feinstein, Madonna, Al Green, J. Geils Band, Dolly Parton, and Isaac Hayes, among others. Catherine has also joined the faculty as Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Catherine Russell is that rarest of entities – a genuine jazz and blues singer – who can sing virtually anything. Her voice is full blown feminity incarnate; a dusky, stalwart and soulful instrument that radiates interpretive power yet remains touchingly vulnerable. She launches fearlessly into each tune, getting inside the melody and capturing every emotion. Whether she’s shimmying through a barrelhouse stomper, channeling fifties R&B, dragging her weary heart through a torchy juke joint number, or kicking up her heels honky tonk style, Ms. Russell can stand comparison to her greatest forebears. As Grammy Award winning Jazz historian, Phil Schaap, crows in his liner notes, Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday finally have a worthy descendant.



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Brux





Jun 27 2008 1:35 PM

Hi Catherine, thanks for the add. Great Singer, Peace and Love from Italy.
Pete Levin





Jun 20 2008 8:05 AM

Hi Catherine.

I hope you'll forgive a bit of shameless merchandising. I've just released my new CD.
Still doin' the Jazz thing, but this is definitely not your father's organ trio!

CD Baby
's got it; there are samples, links & digital downloads on my Myspace page.

Best wishes,

Pete


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NYCBIG





Jun 26 2008 3:52 PM

Greetings and Salutations from NYC. You seem to spend more time on the road than TM Stevens. It's All Good. Have a lot of Fun and Make a lot of Money
TYHI (Ahi Lo Tienes)
Michael Angelo Garcia
NYCBIG
Reggie





Jun 25 2008 6:00 PM

Hi! Catherine**And welcome to my myspace it is for people who love and enjoy listening to others sing or play beautiful music.**I love your music and you are a awesome singer.
You are now in my ""TOP40 friends""thank you for being here your friend Reggie
Brad





Jun 25 2008 11:51 AM

Thank you! ........love the music:O)

-Brad
STONEY CLOVE LANE





Jun 19 2008 2:00 PM

Hey Cat,
By chance I heard one of my favorite singers ever on WAMC last night. Made me very happy.
Love,
-A.
Valerie





Jun 19 2008 5:29 PM

Congratulations Catherine on Sentimental Streak being THE NO# 1 Pick to Click on XM Radio's Bluesville!
kathryn williams





Jun 19 2008 8:44 AM

Many thanks for the add, but bigger thanks for your incredibly wonderful and inspiring music! Will look forward to seeing you again. Til then, wishing you a summer of fun...!
MICHFEST





Jun 18 2008 9:02 AM

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Jun 16 2008 10:09 AM

Hi Cat! I know you won't be around for this. But wishing you were! Pete

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Jun 12 2008 9:19 AM

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Jun 12 2008 12:53 PM

Thanks for adding me...I heard your piece yesterday on NPR, and now I'm a fan! Best wishes...
James Wormworth





Jun 11 2008 7:39 AM

The Most, Baby! The MOST!
Ana Paula Albuquerque





Jun 9 2008 6:35 PM

Thanks for add.
I Love your voice, Sucesso.
Bjs
Ana Paula
Nessa Music





Jun 7 2008 10:21 AM

I love your voice it is very beautiful. I enjoy listening to all of your songs but my favorite song is Kitchen Man. I hope you have a fabulous weekend.
System Zion





May 30 2008 6:09 PM

give thanks sistah Catherine for sharing the musical link, onelOve
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MARCO CASTELLI





May 27 2008 4:25 AM

CIAO,
THX SO MUCH.

You are awesome!!!

LOVE ALWAYS,

M.C.
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May 27 2008 1:52 PM

Wow, wonderful music. Thanks for share your music
Best wishes from uruguay
hugh gardner





May 26 2008 2:00 PM

Hi Catherine! Thanxs for the add!!!
Straight from the heart: it is artists like YOU who gimme a reason to believe that the world is a wonderful place to be! Hope to see you soon... cheerio Hugh
George Naha