Katherine Kerrow Quartet and Duo

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Highlights

Lively Swing to Sweet Ballads
Intimate soulful vocals with an edge
Superb pianist, master of the keys!

Act profile

Midlands based Jazz swing band and duo

Katherine Kerrow: Credits include performance in many major London theatres and music venues and two No.1 tours. As well as performing in some of the UKs leading festivals, Kate will be showcasing her original album at Glastonbury 2009. Kate has also worked on the London Jazz scene for a number of years and is under the tuition of BBC Jazz Awards winner, Anita Wardell.

M. Hatchard: Mike has accompanied literally hundreds of singers including Salena Jones, David Essex, Matt Monro, Jamie Cullum, Cleo Laine, Maxine Daniels, Tina May, Jackie Dankworth, Marion Montgomery, Norma Winstone and Julia Migenes. He has also recorded with Cleo Laine, Claire Hamill, Alan Barnes, Shufflejazz, Tina May, Martin Drew, Clark Tracey and Andra Sparks. He has appeared at The Ivy, the BBC Concert Hall, Brussels IBM Centre, the Oberoi, New Delhi and the American Embassy, London. He has performed his one-man-show at numerous theatres including the Purcell Room, Southbank, The Lyric Hammersmith.

Richard Hughes: Richard works with bands and artists both locally and internationally. His experience is wide ranging having gigged regularly for over ten years in bands that range from modern jazz, gypsy swing, blues and boogie, latin. Richard has toured with the Central England Ensemble in Germany, and performs at the Birmingham Jazz Festival with Alex Garnet and Tim Kliphuis.

David Morgan: David has worked on the Midlands and London Jazz Scenes for over 20 years and is a well sought after bass player, having worked with some of the most prestigious names in the business and at venues such as Ronnie Scotts, The Vortex, 606 Club. He has completed many BBC recordings.

Line-up

Katherine Kerrow - Vocals
Richard Hughes - Keys
Mike Hatchard - Clarinet
David Morgan - Bass

Our Quartet line up does vary, we use a variety of skilled session musicians due to the high demand this core team are under. For Duo work it is always Katherine Kerrow and Richard Hughes, Piano and Vocal Duo - ideal for early dinner set.

Also included

2 monitors
2 speakers and stands
PA system (and mixing desk where needed)
Amps
Microphone
Lighting gear - usually very simple, line of birdies at bottom of stage. More can be arranged depending on venue.

Location

South East based and will travel to these areas: .

Testimonials

'Keys master Richard Hughes stretches the boundaries while retaining consistent focus and melody' Musician

'Very nearly achieves sublimity' Time Out

'Seamless Performers' The Scotsman

'Witty and satirical' The Observer

Previous clients

SLG Productions, Glastonbury Festival, Cheltenham and Birmingham Jazz Festival, Cornwall Festival, Edinburgh Festival, BBC Concert Hall, Purcell Rooms, Marrs Bar, Vortex, a variety of weddings and corporate functions.

£500 to £795

Music Samples

Repertoire

Fly Me To The Moon
Summer Time
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Wonderful, Wonderful
Me, Myself & I
Sway
Georgia
Moondance
Isn’t It A Lovely Day?
Don’t Know Why
Here Comes The Sun
Boy From Ipanema
No Regrets
Fields Of Gold
Love Is Here To Stay
They All Laughed
Let Yourself Go
Shoot The Moon
Ain’t No Sunshine
The Lady Is A Tramp
The Way You Look Tonight
I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
The Way You Wear Your Hat
Come Away With Me
All Of Me
Black Coffee
Dream A Little Dream
Somewhere Only We Know
Sunny
Let There Be Love
My Baby Just Cares
You Can't Be Mine
Boy Next Door
The Best Is Yet to Come
He Loves And She Loves
I Won't Dance
Say It Isn't So
Shall We Dance?
They Say It's Wonderful
Too Darn Hot
The Trolley Song
Violets For Your Furs
Putting On The Ritz
Charleston
Stepping Out With My Baby
Night And Day
Anything Goes
It Ain't Necessarily So
My Funny Valentine
Let's Face The Music and Dance
So In Love
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Autumn Leaves
Embraceable You
Fascinating Rhythm
Begin The Beguine
It Had To Be You
I Got Rhythm
Is You Is Or Is You Aint My Baby?
These Foolish Things
Cheek To Cheek
It's Alright With Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
What Is This Thing Called Love?
They Can't Take That Away From Me
A Foggy Day
Manhattan
Can't Help Lovin' That Man
Just One Of Those Things
Aint Misbehaving
Misty
As Time Goes By
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
You Do Something To Me
I've Got You Under My Skin
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Someone To Watch Over Me
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Girl From Ipanema
Dream A Little Dream
Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

Extra Costs

The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.

Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets.

(If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)

Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.

Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 5.30pm and to be finished around midnight.

(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)