Moi -keys, vocals and tunes. I'm also so very lucky to work with some amazing musicians, usually including: Brian Lord /Pat Shanley, on guitar, Nick Calandro/ Damon Warmack on bass, and Dave Marcaccio/ Rob Avsharian on drums. These guys are the real deal here in Motown. It doesn't get much better than that!
Influences
Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Dave Holland, Chick Corea, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Claudia Schmidt, Jude Swift, Jonatha Brooke, Joe Farrell, Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson (the jazz singer, not the Heart chick), Guster, Squeeze, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell, Astrud Gilberto, Flora Purim, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Rufus Wainwright, The Shins, Brahms, Sibelius, Bitter Sweet, AC Jobim, Allman Bros....too many to count, really...
Sounds Like
If Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, and Dianne Reeves had a love child, were that biologically possible among so many people, this would be Tracy Kash Thomas.
Tracy Kash Thomas began her musical life as a classical musician. Armed with a Bachelors degree from University of North Texas a veritable jazz factory producing musicians such as Lou Marini and Stefan Karlsson - and a Master's degree from the venerable Boston Conservatory, Tracy is an accomplished flutist. Add her impeccable songwriting, arranging and production talents to the mix and it is easy to see why she is an established musicians musician in her native Detroit, where she currently lives, as well as in her previous hometown, New York City. Her unique brand of jazz and jazz-influenced rock/pop, thrills live audiences as well as her growing radio following.
Tracy won the 2009 Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist and has been nominated for numerous other including for Outstanding Jazz Composer, R&B Composer, and Modern Jazz Band, and in 2007 for Best Jazz Album for her release, There and Back Again. Her original tune Wading in Waiting was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2004 Metro Detroit Songwriting Contest.
Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull fame, enamored of her classical bent and rock sensibility, invited her on stage as a guest flutist at his 2003 State Theater concert.
Tracy was a featured performer on the Oxygen networks National Tank Tour in New York City. Her song entitled "Home" can be heard on the CD ROM, which accompanies The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3. Her extensive media exposure in New York and Detroit, includes the nationally broadcast Mitch Albom Show, and she has done considerable radio and television jingle work nationwide.
Tracy can be heard on the 1999 release of gravelly popular NYC great, Alan Andrews, entitled Cleaned and Pressed. The Tracy Kash Debut album, Some Strong Potion, was released in February, 2000. Her latest CD, There and Back Again, was released in July 2006.
"In this age of voices made 'pretty' with lots of sound effects and machinery, Tracy Kash stands out as "real". Lush vocals, intriguing lyrics, and a jazzy beat, Kash is one to be listened to as a true talent."
----Karen E. Reynolds, Writer's Block, WDVX, Clinton, TN
"Tracy Kash honestly has one of the most fantastic voices I've heard in a long time. The songwriting is first class...indie stuff at its finest."
----Jodi Krangle, Muses Muse
we are volunteering every third tuesday of the month at the local food bank. if you're not from FLINT MI> then go find your nearest food bank, go in there on the third tuesday, and tell them you are from the brighter day foundation and would like to help them sort food into boxes. simple. thx. 1nce a month is simple. last time, i tried weekly. i did that for two months BY MYSELF.....
I'm shootin for a dozen volunteers, but would love to throw a zillion volunteers their way. ppl are hungry lately.
Thanks for keeping the Blues breathing. Us Blues artists appreciate you much. I've added a link to the live video footage of five songs that are on my debut CD 'Hell and Back'. Hope you enjoy them. Peace. http://davidgerald.com/videos.php
the best way you can assist is by making a difference in your own life whenever you can, and being there for others if at all possible. just enjoy life, and help others to do so, and you'll do your part....
Thanks, Tracy! I had tons of fun, too...The Colton gig went without any pesky carjacking or theft. We only played an hour and a half-there was a second band that was on after us, so it was an early night! Looking forward to playing again... -R
Hey Tracy. I probably won't get to see much of your set but will try. We will be unloading and setting up during your set. Maybe we'll be able to hear you as we set up? Arlene
