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Press Release Jazz Dreams March 2026
Eclectic jazz chanteuse and composer Kathy Ingraham returns with the release of her latest album, Jazz Dreams, marking her fourth album dedicated to the genre. Ingraham employs jazz arrangements to revisit rock ballads of cultural and personal significance. The project was initially inspired by the artist’s happenstance viewing of the 1944 Oscar winning best short film, Heavenly Music, which tells the tale of a bebop jazz band leader (Ted) who must justify his entry into the heavenly Hall of Music before a committee of elitist classical composers. Ted’s goal is to gain “eternal residence into the sanctum sanctorum of music.” Ultimately Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach Wagner et al are convinced to perform their own interpretations of Ted’s jazz tune in their own notable styles. This inspired Ingraham’s genesis for Jazz Dreams proving the film’s theory that a great song can transcend genre with her interpretation of iconic rock songs. At once nostalgic and innovative, the album approaches these songs with a refreshing interpretation, revealing colors and shadows of lyric and melody that were previously obscured by the songs’ original styles. Each one featured is familiar and yet features a sensitivity that only Ingraham’s experience, both musical and personal, can offer. Her unique vocal style has been compared to Nina Simone for its mighty richness and Blossom Dearie for its whimsical, intimate quality. Her voice offers a wide bouquet. “She swings a velvet hammer” Ingraham defies the restrictions of genre just as naturally as the timeless melodies with which she converses. This mellifluous dialogue with the past includes "Dream On" (Aerosmith), "House of the Rising Sun" (famously recorded by the Animals), "Ruby Tuesday" (Rolling Stones), "Eli’s Comin'" (Laura Nyro) and "Stairway to Heaven" (Led Zeppelin). The album also features two original songs including "Little Things", featured in the Johnny Depp film The Professor, which earned her an international fan base to include over 120 countries, along with Melusina, an ethereal homage to a mythical ancestor from whom she descends through the House of Plantagenet. In Jazz Dreams, Ingraham evokes magic with talented musical collaborators to include Randy Brecker (Fluegelhorn), Pete Levin (Piano, Bass), Elliott Randall (Guitar), Joel Rosenblatt (Drums), Evan Christopher (Clarinet), Matt Wensor (Guitar), William Galison (Harmonica) and Lily Del Rosso (Backing Vocals).
Jazz Dreams
Label: Peirdon Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Dream On: House Of The Rising Sun: Little Things Redux: Melusina: Ruby Tuesday: Eli's Comin: Stairway To Heaven.
Melusina
Album: Jazz Dreams
By Kathy Ingraham
Label: Peirdon Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 03:20
Kathy Ingraham: Jazz Dreams
by Richard J Salvucci
Occasionally an album comes along that is different and original, but not contrived. It can be unusual, but somehow familiar. Jazz Dreams is that kind of recording, a blues treatment of several canonical rock tunes that evokes shades of Blossom Dearie and Nina Simone with a touch of Steve Winwood's Traffic. Kathy Ingraham--who has imagination, chops ...
Arvind Ramdas, Anthony Branker, Harvie S, Aubrey Johnson and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Arvind Ramdas, Anthony Branker & Other Ways Of Knowing, Harvie S, Aubrey Johnson, April Varner, Steve Kovalcheck, Bernie Senensky, David Basse, Chenxi Pan, Yelena Eckemoff, The Interplay Jazz Orchestra, Monika Herzig, James Fernando, Hetty Kate, Owen Chen & Eternal Wind, Jeremy Pelt, Melissa Aldana, Dave Wilson Quartet, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, ...
Kathy Ingraham Evokes Jazz Dreams In Her New Release
Eclectic jazz chanteuse and composer Kathy Ingraham returns with the release of her latest album, Jazz Dreams, marking her fourth album dedicated to the genre. Ingraham employs jazz arrangements to revisit rock ballads of cultural and personal significance. The project was initially inspired by the artist’s happenstance viewing of the 1944 Oscar-winning best short film, Heavenly ...
Romance Language
Label: Pacific Coast Jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: Romance Language; Never Blue; Sonrisa; Cambios; Si Bon; Después de Las Lágrimas; El Viaje; Romance Language; Otro; El Jardín de la Vida.
Everlasting Cool
Label: Peirdon Production Label
Released: 2022
Track listing: Taste of Honey; Why Don't You Do Right; Angel Eyes; Cry Me A River; I'm All Smiles; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Ceyx &
Alcyone.
The Unique 'Everlasting Cool' Mystique Of The Elusive Kathy Ingraham
As a session singer in New York City, millions have heard her voice on TV commercials and movie themes. She prefers singing behind the glass fortress of a recording studio, the happy place for this very private person. Getting her to talk about herself or credits and accomplishments in the past is nearly impossible. When asked, ...
Kathy Ingraham: Everlasting Cool
by Richard J Salvucci
If you have a lovely mezzo-soprano voice, lots of chops, a feel for selling a song, a talent for storytelling, and some sense of why tradition is what it is, you end up with Kathy Ingraham. Ms. Ingraham is also not afraid of the big no-no, singing standards (and, lo and behold, their verses too), although ...
