For those of you not in the know, Katherine Farnham is a 2022 Grammy U Mentor, Billboard-charting, award-winning and internationally acclaimed American jazz and blues singer/songwriter/pianist.

She is at the forefront of the jazz singer/songwriter movement and is known for bringing fresh, contemporary twists to jazz standards as well as releasing tracks that merge classic and contemporary influences.

The winner of twenty-four awards and nine nominations, her single Necessary Groove debuted in Billboard’s Top 40 Pop Charts as a crossover hit. A prolific and versatile artist, she has been compared to Diana Krall, as well as legendary vocalists Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Sarah Vaughan and others.

A child prodigy, she was born into an artistic family and began composing at age four. She gave her first performance at five as leading actress in a school play and sang her first jazz vocal solo a few months later.

She is classically trained in both piano and voice. Her vocal range spans four octaves. She writes most of her own songs and also records her own versions of famous classics. She has recorded songs in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Latin.

In the last few years, Katherine has won over a staggering twelve music awards, including being one of the youngest recipients of the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. (Other recipients include Colin Powell, Wonder Woman Entertainer Lynda Carter and actress Dee Wallace.)

Indeed, Katherine’s early 2022 album LOVE PHILOSOPHY won a total of eight Global Music Awards - one for the whole album and others for seven singles.

She has earned Global Music Awards for Jazz/ Emerging Artist and Jazz/Blues Song as well as Los Angeles Music Award Nominations for Best Jazz Artist and Americana: Blues & Roots Artist.

She has also won a Las Vegas Counter Culture Award for Best Jazz Performer. HG Radio in Mexico also nominated her for her Spanish language singing with Cantante Feminine del Ano.

Even throughout a challenging few years, Katherine has continued to release new music and thus, and aside from the aforementioned LOVE PHILOSOPHY, she is readying her long-awaited Latin jazz project ALQUIMIA.

The album features original songs and well-known favorites in Spanish and Portuguese and features Latin Grammy winner and virtuoso flutist Néstor Torres, Four-Time Grammy Nominee and acclaimed guitarist Denny Jiosa and beloved, award-winning Brazilian artist Guinga on vocals and guitar.

1. Tango (4:09)
2. Onde Esta Meu Amor (4:28)
3. Discricao (3:48)
4. A Vox do Mundo (feat. Guinga) (5:17)
5. Besame Mucho (feat. Denny Jiosa) (3:22)
6. Eternidad (feat. Néstor Torres) (4:35)
7. So Tinha de Ser Com Voce (3:23)
8. Discricao (Extended Version / feat. Denny Jiosa) (4:48)
9. A Vox do Mundo (Acoustic Version / feat. Guinga) (5:15)

This vibrantly earthy and wholly embracing new album opens on the forthright Tango and the luscious Latin melodies within Onde Esta Meu Amor and they are then followed by the funky hipsway of Discricao, A Vox do Mundo features the sumptuous vocals and ornate guitar playing of Brazilian guitarist and composer Guinga and then comes the laid back Besame Mucho (featuring the jazz artist from Nashville, Denny Jiosa).

Up next, Puerto Rico jazz flutist Néstor Torres joins Katherine on the simply beautiful Eternidad and that is in turn followed by one of my own personal favorites, the free flowing majesties that imbibe the slow dancefloor swirl of So Tinha de Ser Com Voce, the album rounding out on an extended Discricao and an acoustic A Vox do Mundo.

Katherine and her longtime band have recorded and performed throughout the world. The winner of a Las Vegas F.A.M.E. Award for Best Jazz Performer, she has performed for celebrities, done standing ovation performances for the Mayor of Miami-Dade County and at the Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards, sung live on NBC 6 and Telemundo, on the Los Angeles and Las Vegas strips, on stages with Latin jazz greats Celia Cruz and Tito Puente Jr., and to a sold out crowd at the Hub City Jazz Festival in New Jersey.

She has even inspired audiences at major sporting events, singing the National Anthem multiple times for World Series Champions The Florida Marlins, and performing for The Ericsson Open (only female artist), The Miami Marathon and national tour dates for NASCAR.

She has recorded with many renowned musicians including Grammy winner and legendary saxophonist Kirk Whalum, Latin Grammy winning flutist Nestor Torres, Blues Hall of Fame and Grammy Winning trumpeter Darrell Leonard, Grammy Nominated guitarist Denny Jiosa, Grammy nominated saxophonist Mindi Abair and award-winning Brazilian singer/songwriter/pianist Guinga among others.

Her engaging style combines elements of jazz, Latin jazz, adult contemporary, theater, R&B, blues/roots, and fusion. In recognition of her considerable contributions to the genre, her groundbreaking, self-produced CD VINTAGE was added to the prestigious jazz archives at the Mediatheque Musicale de Paris, France.

The Los Angeles Music Awards voted the third-generation musician the Best Female Singer/Songwriter in their entire twenty-five year history. All Music Guide says, “Her lyrics are heavy and meaningful, but her vocalizing is soaring.”

AXS says, “...a singer with many sides, all worth getting to know...an open, fearless artist.” Two-Time Emmy Nominee and Celebrity Radio Host Phillip Silverstone raved, “absolutely brilliant. Farnham is doing for jazz what Clapton did for the blues – bringing it to the mainstream.”

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