Kate Davis Brings Her Music to Spoleto Festival USA

South Carolina Public Radio | By Jeanette Guinn

Published June 1, 2015 at 9:54 AM EDT

Kate Davis plays the Wells Fargo Jazz series at Spoleto USA on Thursday, June 4. Whether she’s crooning rootsy ballads or plucking bright riffs from her bass, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Kate Davis puts a fresh spin on the standards and brings a canonical sensibility to her own lush creations. This gutsy songstress from Portland, Oregon uses a broad musical palette, enhanced be her dazzling skill and impeccable taste. She talks with Jeanette Guinn about where all that music comes from.

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Jeanette Guinn

Jeanette Guinn is a professor in the Arts Management Program in College of Charleston’s School of the Arts and is pleased to have former students working in the US, Europe and Australia. After interning at the South Carolina Arts Commission during graduate school, Jeanette spent 25 great years working as an arts manager.

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