Discography

Trudy Kerr

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Trudy teams up with British jazz legend and Ellington aficionado Michael Garrick on piano (and bassist Paul Moylan on selected tracks) to add a new dimension to some of the Duke’s favourite tunes. Among them are In a Sentimental Mood, Mood Indigo and Don’t Get Around Much Anymore plus some of Michael’s own compositions such as October Woman and Song by the Sea.

 

Trudy Kerr

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Kerr’s theme for the CD is based on songs that have a significant link to her past.  The twelve beautiful tracks display Kerr’s undoubted versatility as a jazz singer. Trudy is accompanied by the fabulous Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren, her husband Geoff Gascoyne on bass and Steve Brown on drums.  Geoff has arranged for string quartet a moving version of  “The Summer Knows” as well as augmenting other tracks on the album with strings played by the Juno String Quartet. Trudy’s special guest is Bob Dorough who sang an upbeat duet with Trudy on his original composition of “Up Jumped a Bird”.

 

Trudy Kerr

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"The idea for JAZZ FOR JUNIORS came from a desire to sing songs other than nursery rhymes to my kids. I started to teach them lyrics and melodies to the tunes I grew up with and I thought other parents might like to do the same. This musical adventure brings old favourites to children in a jazz style that's different, new and exciting. Have fun....!" Trudy Kerr


Trudy Kerr

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Something of a miniature epiphany this. A vocal album sufficiently musicianly, substantial and in the instrumental tradition that it could equally well be filed under mainstream. Think vocal jazz automatically equals jazz-lite? Think again. Cloudburst is London-based Australian Kerr's fifth album and follows her fine '02 homage to Chet Baker, My Old Flame. This time she puts the Great American Songbook aside and offers fourteen hardcore jazz instrumentals, to which lyrics and/or vocalese have later been added, either by her or by earlier writers.

 

Trudy Kerr

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"Trudy Kerr has hit gold with this warm, very inventive and loving tribute to Chet Baker (and the Gerry Mulligan quartet).The standards and the vocalese pieces are performed with panache and great artistry, and her musicians are wonderfully focused and creative. Georgie Fame guests, singing a couple of duets with Trudy, and he wrote two of the vocalese lyrics. Trudy herself wrote two excellent vocalese lyrics. This whole playful, light-hearted album is a joy."

 

Trudy Kerr

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After her world tour in 1999, Trudy came home with the idea for this album but it wasn't until later that the record company tracked down the phenomenal Mulgrew Miller and got the recording dates lined up. Geoff Gascoyne completed the arrangements and the whole thing was done in two days. Besides Mulgrew on piano, Geoff played bass and Sebastian De Krom, drums. Listen out for some wild trumpet playing from Guy Barker who showed up to lend encouragement and support to Trudy's new project. Kerr is an open, personable and breezily mellifluous performer John Fordham - Pick of the UK releases - JAZZ UK!

 

Trudy Kerr

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This very fine Australian singer came to the UK some years ago and worked for Acker Bilk. It's good to see a favour returned as Acker joins Trudy on this CD. Arrangements and keyboards by Nick Weldon and Phil Peskett and this super CD features fine bass playing by Andy Hamill with Mark Fletcher on drums and Mornington Lockett on tenor sax. Trudy is well established at Ronnie Scott's and Pizza on the Park and completed a world tour in 1999.

 

Trudy Kerr

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This is the debut CD of singer Trudy Kerr.  It's an eclectic mix of tunes displaying Trudy's musical style at that early stage of her career.  With standards such as Takin a Chance on Love, the title track is a beautiful Blossom Dearie tune, to a track from Aussie rock great John Farnham.  The band on the outing are Phil Peskett - piano, Andy Hamill - bass, Mark Fletcher - drums and Dave O'Higgins - sax.