News About Kate

From www.Grammy.com

During the session, Kate Davis' liquid basslines stood out in the combo's foundation for a lilting arrangement of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine." A senior from West Linn, Ore., she sat in grateful disbelief as she sat next door to Capitol's famous Studio A — a favorite of Frank Sinatra's — only a few feet from Nat "King" Cole's piano. Davis was thrilled to meet Natalie Cole at the GRAMMY Salute To Jazz event. She told Cole that her parents used to put her 1991 album Unforgettable … With Love on "repeat" to lull her to sleep as a child. Cole laughed and thanked her for the story.

"I'm learning how much a professional experience this week has been," she said between sips of tea. "We have to be ready to go, and ready to focus, at all times. Still, I'm so excited to get to play with so many people my own age who are at such a high level. It's inspiring." She paused. "I'm just looking around at where I am, and I'm speechless."

She is the darling of Portland jazz audiences, making new fans whenever she displays her varied and promising musical talents......

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