Kat Edmonson
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Kat Edmonson signing CDs in Freiburg, Germany, November 17, 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Katherine Edmonson |
| Born | August 3, 1983 |
| Origin | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Genres | vintage pop, traditional pop, easy listening, jazz, chamber pop, bossa nova |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, songwriter, producer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Sony Masterworks, Convivium, Spinnerette Records |
| Associated acts | Lyle Lovett, Asleep at the Wheel |
| Website | www |
Kat Edmonson (born August 3, 1983) is an American vintage-pop vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She has recorded three albums to date, two of which debuted and peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart. Her most recent studio album, “The Big Picture” was released on September 30, 2014 by Sony Masterworks, for whom she is in the process of recording another record, due to come out in 2017.
While typically associated with the jazz genre, Kat Edmonson’s compositions incorporate traditional pop, chamber pop, early Rock ‘n’ roll, blues, bossa nova, country pop and folk, as well as more traditional jazz and swing styling. Edmonson coined the term "vintage pop" to describe the type of music she makes and defines it as being reminiscent of "popular music from bygone eras".
Edmonson was born and raised in Houston, TX as an only child of a single mother, who shared with Kat her affinity for the Great American Songbook, as well as traditional music from the 1940s and ‘50s. Edmonson wrote her first song at age nine while riding on the school bus. In 2002, after a year at The College of Charleston in South Carolina, Edmonson moved to Austin, Texas to pursue a professional music career.
In 2002 Edmonson auditioned for the second season of American Idol where she was one of the Top 48 contestants invited to Hollywood. She returned to Austin from Los Angeles and spent several years as a regular in the Austin club scene. In March of 2009, Edmonson’s self-released, debut album Take To the Sky reached Top 20 on the Billboard Jazz chart, garnering national attention from radio and press. Take To the Sky opened the door to performance opportunities headlining the Taichung Jazz Festival in Taiwan as well as Tanglewood and the New York City Jazz Festival. Upon playing the New York City Jazz Festival, Edmonson relocated to Brooklyn, New York where she still resides.
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