Event Listing - Music

Sun May 25

K.J. Denhert

Tel. 831.646.1415
Website

Location	Date and Time
Monterey Live 414 Alvarado St. Monterey, CA 93940 district: Monterey	Sun May 25 (8:30pm)

Description

KJ Denhert is a unique artist, singer, guitarist and songwriter who calls her music Urban Folk and Jazz. Her voice is powerful; her lyrics full of intelligence and insight; and her musicianship is impeccable. Her eclectic yet unified performances reach many different audience types without compromising her music or her beliefs. She is heard at her best on her most recent recording, Lucky 7 and is known to be especially good live. She is both highly individual and quite accessible.

Lucky 7, was recorded and mixed by Ben Wisch (Marc Cohn, Jonatha Brooke) bringing more focus to KJ's vocals than previous recordings. She also teamed up with keyboardist and producer Bennett Paster to co-produce five tracks after they worked together in Italy last summer. There are 11 originals and a sensitive version of Over The Rainbow "When people hear me perform that standard, they regularly ask me if I am going to put it on a CD, so I did"

Among KJ Denhert's many accomplishments, in addition to running her own band and label, are three highly successful appearances at Umbria Jazz, an ongoing residency at the 55 Bar in NYC since 1998, winning many songwriting contests (including being named among the six winners of the Kerrville New Folk Song contest in June 2006 for Private Angel and the Mountain Stage Newsong contest in August 05 for Little Mary), and successful appearances at other festivals and clubs around the world. Her previous recording with her quartet, Another Year Gone By, Live won the 2006 Independent Music Award for Best Live Performance.