Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz Quartet

Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz Quartet
Durham, NC
Grant amount: $15,000

About the Artist

Three-time GRAMMY® nominee Kate McGarry is recognized as a jazz artist who brings authenticity and vitality to every song regardless of genre. The Wall St. Journal calls her music, “austere and elegant, an exceptionally appealing blend of folk and jazz." The New York Times pronounced her singing, “astute and sensitive."

Kate has been a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music and California Jazz Conservatory, served as a Lincoln Center Teaching Artist, and toured the world as a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador. She was named the #1 Rising Star Female Jazz Vocalist in Downbeat's 2016 Critics Poll. She currently performs in jazz clubs, performing arts centers and festivals throughout the US and abroad.

Guitarist/arranger/producer Keith Ganz is a 2019 GRAMMY® nominee known for his uniquely melodic voice on both electric and acoustic guitars. Lauded as a "sublime master of subtlety" by JazzTimes, Keith has performed extensively with major jazz artists including Harry Connick, Jr., Tierney Sutton, Luciana Souza, and Kurt Elling. TV appearances include Oprah, Ellen, The Late Show with David Letterman, The View, and Australian Idol. Kate and Keith have been musical and life partners for 17 years, producing 7 critically acclaimed albums together and earning multiple GRAMMY® nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album. After honing their craft on the NYC jazz scene for many years and a stint out west at the California Jazz Conservatory, the couple has made their home in Durham, NC. Their latest album What to Wear in the Dark received 4 stars in DownBeat, which called it “radical and lustrous…an exceptional album.” It features vibrant, jazz-fueled rearrangements of songs by iconic songwriters of the 70's that address the journey of darkness to light we've been traveling as a country and as individuals, with performances by jazz greats Ron Miles, Gary Versace, Obed Calvaire, Sean Smith, and Clarence Penn. The Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz Quartet Jazz Road Tour will feature Reuben Rogers on bass
and Clarence Penn on drums.