Linda Kosut
2008 BackStage Magazine Bistro Award – THE BMI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RECORDING
2008 Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs - 2008 Double Nominee – FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST & JAZZ RECORDING
Linda Kosut Linda Kosut is a San Francisco-based vocalist and nightclub entertainer. Whether it’s jazz, pop or cabaret, swing or ballad, the Great American Songbook or the Great Song, Linda can hold you spellbound or have you tapping your feet as she deftly and effortlessly moves from one genre to the other performing material from her diverse repertoire. “Beyond Category.” Linda, her voice distinctive with its warm, dark sound, that rare talent of story-telling through a song's poetic images whether whimsical or serious, makes any tune uniquely her own.
One of Linda’s full-length nightclub shows, Long as You're Living, a tribute to jazz great Oscar Brown Jr. and the accompanying CD released in 2007, has been presented at venues around the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, receiving national recognition and press.
Linda, a native New Yorker, grew up in a musical family and studied dance and piano as a young girl. After graduating college, she turned to the business world for her living while continuing to study both voice and acting. In the late 90's, several years after her move to San Francisco, Linda began singing again publicly, and by 2003, had released her highly acknowledged debut CD, Life is But a Dream – a mix of jazz standards and pop tunes. The CD was selected as one of the 2003 top female vocalist recordings by Cabaret Hotline, New York.
She toured with her first one-woman show in 2005, playing New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She's performed at many venues across the San Francisco Bay Area including sell-out performances at the Empire Plush Room and Jazz at Pearl's.
Linda co-founded the San Francisco vocal trio, The Kitchenettes, known for their swinging jazz renditions of food & lust related songs. Before their break-up to pursue solo careers, the group performed throughout California, in Italy, and in 2003, produced & recorded their CD Dining at the Banquet.
Linda teaches performance technique & lyric interpretation, produces showcases for emerging vocal performers, as well as doing CD & promo material design. She currently lives in San Francisco with her fiancé, their 3 dogs, 2 chickens, 2 turtles, a rabbit and 40 aquariums!
DISCOGRAPHY
* JUNE 2007: "Long As You're Living- the songs & poetry of Oscar Brown Jr.” Piano/trombone: Max Perkoff; Percussion: Paul van Wageningen; Bass: Tom Shader
* JANUARY 2003: "Life is but a dream" - piano: Barry Lloyd, David Austin; Bass: Dean Reilly; Drums: Bob Blankenship.
* SEPTEMBER 2003: “Dining at The Banquet” with The Kitchenettes trio. Piano: Barry Lloyd; Bass: Mike Bacile; Percussion: Ron Marabuto.
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