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| Julie Hardy Quartet at the Kitano  New York City-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy will perform at The Kitano on Thursday, February 28th. One of the most distinctive voices among the growing ranks of female jazz singers in New York City belongs to Julie Hardy, whose appearance at The Kitano coincides with a new CD entitled The Wish. This is Julie's most fully realized recording to date and her first release through World Culture Music, an artist collective label and multi-faceted music company created by drummer/composer Kendrick Scott. Hardy has performed at the Diet Coke "Women in Jazz" Festival (Jazz at Lincoln Center), the Jazz Standard, Birdland in NYC and received a 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition "No Turning Back."Hardy grew up in Fremont NH and attended Oyster River High School in Durham. She then moved on to study music composition at the University of New Hampshire and received her Masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The vocalist will be accompanied by a band of up and coming NYC jazz artists; Randy Ingram, piano; Edward Perez, bass; and Jared Schonig, drums. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |