Laura Karst
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General Info
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Genre: Jazz
Location San Francisco Bay Area, Un
Profile Views: 8441
Last Login: 5/25/2013
Member Since 10/21/2009
Website laurakarst.com
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
For booking inquiries, please contact me at: laurakarst@gmail.com -
Members
My new CD "Little Did I Dream" features: me on vocals; Adam Shulman on piano; Doug Pohorski on acoustic bass; Joey Niehuis on drums; Jim Schneider on tenor saxophone. Produced by the brilliant Roger Letson, and mixed/mastered by the awesome Bill Hare. -
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A singer with a warm, alto voice, who knows her way around swing, scat, bebop, ballads, and bossa nova, and who can sing in Portuguese and French, too!
Music
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3 Songs | Oct 21, 2009
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My New CD
“Laura Karst’s debut solo release Little Did I Dream is a delightfully produced and well thought out gem that is as entertaining a release as you can find... wondrous and exciting... [She] sings these tunes with a joyous abandon seldom heard from seasoned performers on major label deals.... a story teller that has the innate ability to create a musical connection between herself and the audience... flawlessly arranged, this is how you sing jazz!”
-- Brent Black, @CriticalJazz, March 2012
"Jazz is not dead, and as long as artists like Laura Karst are around, it won’t become a lost art either. If you fancy the old queens of jazz like Ella & Etta or their modern counterparts, you will love Karst’s velvety voice. She has worked with legends and performed in both groups and as a soloist. Right now, she’s all ours." -- Victor Alfieri, Indie Music Reviewer Magazine, March 2012.
--- My new album, "Little Did I Dream", is now available at CD BABY, and is streaming on Pandora. It is a compilation of eleven jazz standards and not-so-standards, in a variety of moods and styles, featuring me on vocals, backed by a dream of a rhythm section (see Band Members, by clicking on "more", to the left). Click to the left to hear 3 full tracks that I've uploaded from the album. Click on the button below (front cover of the album) to preview the other tracks, and to buy the physical CD from CD Baby. Downloads are also available on CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and more. Thanks for listening! For booking inquiries, please contact me at: laurakarst@gmail.com
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"Breathy, brooding and languid. Laura Karst has a sweet voice and her pianist Adam Shulman is a great accompanist". This review is about my rendition of "There's No You", today's featured download of the day at All About Jazz (1/20/13)! Please visit the site, today or another day, and even if you have my album already, I'd appreciate your downloading this tune, as the site will pay attention to download activity! Thanks for your support!
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownloads.php
Thursday, June 7th, I'm performing a dinner show at Angelica's Bistro in Redwood City. See details under "Shows", to the left.
Video: Laura Karst performing "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD-xr1Z44Jk
“Laura Karst’s debut solo release Little Did I Dream is a delightfully produced and well thought out gem that is as entertaining a release as you can find... wondrous and exciting... [She] sings these tunes with a joyous abandon seldom heard from seasoned performers on major label deals.... a story teller that has the innate ability to create a musical connection between herself and the audience...flawlessly arranged, this is how you sing jazz!”
Brent Black, excerpts from his review for @CriticalJazz March 31st, 2012
Complete article: http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/03/laua-karst-little-did-i-dream.html
Salut Laura,
Formidable ta prestation !
Je "déguste" ton CD avec grand plaisir et sens qu'il va tourner beaucoup.
C'est un travail vocal bien ciselé et fort touchant.
Bonne suite & greetings to Californie
Bonjour Laura,
merci de m'inviter.
Je me suis régalée à l'écoute, tu as une voix vraiment très expressive et touchante.
Au plaisir de t'écouter en live...qui sait?
Bonne continuation!
Amitiés,
Laura
C'est pur, c'est beau, tout simplement. Merci Laura pour la voix, le swing, l'émotion... Dis nous vite quand le CD est dans les bacs... Énormes bises my dear Laura,
Aurélie
Yeah you Rock!!!!! euhh..... You Jazz!!!