10 Little-Known Stars Step Into the Light Rebecca Kilgore

New York Times review by Stephen Holden 8/4/10

Honoring a Historic Team by Refusing to Copy It

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.