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NEW ALBUM “TOASTS” ICONS ANITA O’DAY, JUNE CHRISTY,
CHRIS CONNOR AND JULIE LONDON

Kathy Kosins, To The Ladies of Cool
Kathy Kosins doesn’t take anything for granted; for instance, she has been one of the very few jazz singers to question the absolute necessity of long-playing albums. Since 2010, she has adapted to the changing needs of the music industry, and specifically her fans, by releasing a regular series of digital singles. So, when she announces a new album, it’s abundantly clear that this won’t be just an arbitrary assemblage of random tunes, but a very special collection of specific songs that have a darned good reason for being connected to each other in the album format.
LISTEN TO EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACKS FROM TO THE LADIES OF COOL
The new album, her fifth, is titled To the Ladies of Cool, and the songs all derive from the repertoires of four canonical female singers of the 1950s: Anita O’Day, June Christy, Chris Connor, and Julie London. This is her first album for Resonance Records, owned and operated by George Klabin, whom she describes as, “this generation’s Bob Thiele, Norman Granz, and Creed Taylor.” Continue reading