"...Let me tell you about a lady who moves back and forth in musical
time with charm and ease. Her singing style keeps you hanging on
for more of the same, then wham, she pops into another style. One
of the warmest and loveliest of voices that I have had the pleasure
of meeting and hearing. Judi K knows how to get the audience moving
to her beat, she pushes the envelope of swing almost to the point of
bebop..." says a quote from Jimmy Wright, the president of the
United Jazz Society of America –
Judi K is a recording artist for two major labels, Delmark of
Chicago, and Jazzology of New Orleans. She has been the featured
singer with the late great Jethro Burns of the Homer and Jethro
comedy team, and she has been featured with the Dick Kress Swing
Orchestra in Chicago at Drury Lane, and the Jerry King Orchestra at
the famed Empire Room. She has performed at Orchestra Hall, and at
many Jazz Festivals throughout the Midwest, and the Southwest. She
had her own radio show, (The Judi K Show on Sunny WSSY 1330 AM) and
is now a regular guest on Wisconsin Public Radio. She was the
featured singer for Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz for 18 years and has
done countless concerts and occasions with her own groups. Her
recordings "It's been a Long, Long Time" (Jazzology) and "I'm
Nobody's Baby" have gotten rave reviews throughout the country, and
as far as Australia and Europe. She is also featured on Delmark's
"Sultry Serenade", and has her own label that features an original
song about her home state, Wisconsin.
This veteran singer is now profiled in a Jazz History book as
"one of the top 500 jazz singers of all time" in the swing
category. Title “Jazz Singers, the Top 500”, published by the Hal
Leonard corporation, it is written by the respected jazz
historian/critic Scott Yanow. She is now in the throes of finishing
her memoirs and producing a road show.
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