"When Rebecca sings, the sun comes out."
— Johnny Mandel
New York Times review of Judy Garland show August 11, 2012 Rebecca Kilgore’s ‘Jazzy Side of Judy Garland,’ at Feinstein’s by Stephen Holden |
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See the online preview for my Judy Garland show at SIMPLY-SHOWBIZ.com, which took place in August. With the Harry Allen Quartet at Feinstein's at Loews Regency Hotel, July 31-August 11 |
| Rebecca is a proud member of the Jazz Society of Oregon |
A Decade of Swing and Fun! posted June 21, 2012
by Michael Steinman on his blog, JAZZ LIVES
The Wall Street Journal review of Marilyn Monroe show August 12, 2011
by Will Friedwald
The Jazz Scene: Big Bands and Bombshells
New York Times review of Marilyn Monroe show August 12, 2011
by Stephen Holden
The Marilyn Catalog, Revisited Whimsically
New York Times preview of Marilyn Monroe show August 6, 2011
by John Marchese
Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time
JazzTimes feature article May, 2011
by Christopher Loudon
Wall Street Journal article 4/27/11
by Will Friedwald
Wall Street Journal article 7/29/10
by Will Friedwald
Little-Known Star Steps Into the Light
New York Times review 8/4/10
by Stephen Holden
Honoring a Historic Team by Refusing to Copy It
Oregon Music News article 10/6/10
by Mark Niemann-Ross
Would someone tell Rebecca Kilgore that she's famous?
Rebecca Kilgore is one of America's leading song stylists who finds particular delight in preserving and interpreting the music of the Great American Songbook.
With over 30 recordings in her discography, some of her most notable are with Dave Frishberg on piano, and she has teamed with him on long standing engagements in Portland, Oregon, where they both reside.
Rebecca with Dan Barrett, Eddie Erickson, Joel Forbes
You can hear her in The Rebecca Kilgore Quartet (formerly known as BED): with Eddie Erickson (guitar/banjo/voice), Dan Barrett (trombone), and Joel Forbes (bass), which captivates audiences with its eclectic repertoire of classic jazz. She has been invited to perform with the Statesmen Of Jazz, dedicated to perpetuating the art of jazz for future generations.
Recent photo of Becky & Bucky Pizzarelli in the recording studio, New York.
She regularly performs worldwide at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio's 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, has appeared on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’, and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall.
Other venues. New York: Feinstein's at the Regency; New York: Birdland; San Francisco: The Plush Room at the York Hotel; Culver City, CA: The Jazz Bakery; Fullerton, CA: Steamers Jazz Club; Madison, NJ: Shanghai Jazz; LA: The Westin at LAX; Toledo, OH: Murphy’s Place; Ann Arbor, MI: The Firefly Club; Cincinnati, OH: The Blue Wisp; Southampton, UK: The Concorde Club; Sherman Oaks, CA: Spazio’s.
She is honored to have been inducted (in 2010) to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall Of Fame, and to have been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention for two consecutive years at Town Hall and Lincoln Center.