Kate Reid Hits Top Sales on CD Baby

Vocalist & Pianist Kate Reid

Is Winning Hearts & Ears

As She Lands on the Top Sales Chart 

(Top Albums)

at 

CD Baby in the Jazz Category

Kate Reid has been described as a well seasoned swinger that understands the music inside and out. She is “known and loved by hipsters and insiders around the world for her impeccable sense of phrasing and unique sound”. Kate creates a very intimate musical experience with her quartet and puts a fresh spin on the great American songbook. As a vocalist and pianist, she blends her unique sound and sense of phrasing into a style all her own. She has established herself amongst the finest musicians in Los Angeles and is considered by her peers, vocalists and instrumentalists alike, as “one of the best jazz vocalists in L.A”. She has worked alongside and with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ira Sullivan, Ron Eschete, Ernie Watts and Roy McCurdy. Kate also chairs the music department and coordinates the jazz program at Cypress College in Cypress, CA. 


Kate is a working jazz singer and pianist appearing regularly with her quartet at jazz venues all over the Los Angeles area including Steamers Café and Jazz Club, Charlie O’s, The Jazz Bakery, The Lighthouse, Sangria, and Betty Hoover’s Jazz at the A Frame. She is in demand by audiences for her swing style and delivery of great jazz standard lyrics. Her 2008 release, “Sentimental Mood”, includes tunes from the American songbook and features saxophonist Ernie Watts and guitarist Ron Eschete. Kate’s next CD, released September 21, 2011, features pianist Otmaro Ruiz and again tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts. 


Kate spent her summers, 1998-2005, performing in Tokyo, Japan. She has worked with many noted artists including Joe Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Rosemary Clooney, Mercer Ellington, Della Reese, Don Shelton, Paul Anka, Liza Minelli, and Tito Puente to name a few. 

Kate is a working session singer in L.A. and has extensive experience in group singing and recording. Her film credits include “Land of the Lost” (2009) and “Tooth Fairy” (2010). Other recent recording work includes the soundtracks for the 2011 Cirque de Soleil show “Iris” with music by Danny Elfman and “World of Warcraft” video games, demos for Hal Leonard Publishing, commercial spots and backing vocals for artists including X Japan and Josh Groban. She has recorded many broadway and musical theater style shows for Royal Caribbean and Costa Cruise Lines. She also lent her voice to the Orange Bowl half time and parade shows in the mid 90s and was selected as one of four back-up vocalists for the recorded and nationally televised Summit of the Americas broadcast produced by Quincy Jones in 1996. 


Dr. Kate Reid is on the music faculty as head of the jazz program and chairs the music department at Cypress College in Cypress, California. She teaches the jazz vocal ensembles, jazz improvisation, music theory and coordinates the applied music program at the College. She conducted college vocal jazz ensemble at Carnegie Hall in New York City in April 2004. Kate holds a B.M. in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University (1992), a M.M. (1996) and a D.M.A. (2002) in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami.