NYC-Based Singer-Songwriter KJ Denhert, Acclaimed for Her Inspired Live Performances, to Tour Throughout the Spring and Summer in Support of Her New Album LUCKY 7

NYC-Based Singer-Songwriter KJ Denhert, Acclaimed for Her Inspired Live Performances, to Tour Throughout the Spring and Summer in Support of Her New Album LUCKY 7

In addition to U.S. dates, highlights include KJ's fifth consecutive year at Italy's renowned Umbria Jazz Festival

LOS ANGELES, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist KJ Denhert -- known for her lusty fusion of jazz, funk, R&B, neo-soul and folk -- will tour this spring and summer, beginning with dates in her hometown, New York City. The itinerary kicks off with a May 3 show at storied prohibition-era Greenwich Village venue 55 Bar, where Denhert has held a regular slot every other Saturday night (when she's not on the road), for a decade. Also in NYC, she'll play the New Song Festival at Bryant Park on May 14 and 55 Bar again on the 17th before heading to the West Coast for two weeks of club and festival dates. Northern and Southern California highlights include Yoshi's in San Francisco (5/27), Temple Bar in Santa Monica (6/3) and the Sonoma County's Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa (6/6-7).

In addition to U.S. dates -- which also include engagements in Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York state -- the Grenadian-American Denhert will be an artist-in-residence at the world renowned Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year, July 11-20. She and her longtime band, the NY Unit -- also featuring ace saxophonist Aaron Heick -- will play two shows daily.

Denhert's live performances are always cause for celebration, because her earthy and spirited personality, laced with her signature sense of humor, are as much a part of the occasion as her genre-transcending music. Famed radio personality and smoothjazz.com founder Sandy Shore recently wrote, "You'll be hard pressed to find a talent as cool and unique as one Miss KJ Denhert. We're rather reluctant to label this artist, however. Even she is challenged when describing her music ... This vocalist offers up robust, soulful, pop jazz that truly provides an enrapturing listening experience. Warm, rich and vibrant are words that I'd feel comfortable using rather than forcing a fit into a specific music genre."

Those qualities shine on her new album LUCKY 7, slated for release May 27. An enhanced CD featuring twelve songs plus videos of KJ and the NY Unit, the disc is her Motema Music debut, in association with her own Mother Cyclone Records imprint. KJ also produced the album -- appropriately, her seventh -- and enlisted keyboardist Bennett Paster to co-produce several tracks (they first collaborated at Umbria Jazz 2006). LUCKY 7 was recorded and mixed by engineer/producer Ben Wisch (Marc Cohn, Diana Krall, Patty Larkin, etc.), and highlights include: the title track, "Little Problems," the heartbreaker "He's Not Coming Home," the three-part "What's My Name" and KJ's unaccompanied performance of "Sad Song." The album's one cover, an intimate take on "Over The Rainbow," is a fan favorite at shows.

Performing Songwriter has written that, "KJ Denhert is so full of a love for life that you hear it in her voice, her lyrics and the exuberant beats of her songs." Hear her in concert to fully experience it.

        For more information, log on to http://www.kjdenhert.com/ or                           http://www.motema.com/    5-03-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   5-14-2008           The New Song Festival           New York, NY                        at Bryant Park (5PM slot)   5-17-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   5-24-2008           Sonoma Jazz Plus (2PM slot)     Sonoma, CA   5-25-2008           Monterey Live                   Monterey, CA   5-27-2008           Virgin Mega Store Union Square  San Francisco, CA   5-27-2008           Yoshi's San Francisco           San Francisco, CA   5-31-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   6-02-2008           Kuumbwa Jazz Center             Santa Cruz, CA   6-03-2008           Temple Bar                      Santa Monica, CA   6-04-2008           Anthology                       San Diego   6-06-2008           Harmony Festival                Santa Rosa, CA                        - Sonoma County Fairgrounds   6-07-2008           Harmony Festival                Santa Rosa, CA                        - Sonoma County Fairgrounds   6-08-2008           Menlo Park Sunset Celebration   Menlo Park, CA   6-14-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   6-21-2008           JVC Jazz at Le Poisson Rouge    New York, NY                        (formerly Village Gate)   6-28-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   7-11-2008           Umbria Jazz 2008                Perugia, Italy    through 7-20-2008   (2 shows daily)   7-26-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   8-02-2008           Dazzle Jazz                     Denver, CO   8-04-2008           Belly Up                        Aspen, CO   8-08-2008           Belleayre Music Festival        Highmount, NY                        - Belleayre Mountain                          Ski Resort   8-09-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY   8-13-2008           Cape Cod Jazz Festival          Chatham, MA                        - Wequasset Inn   8-16-2008           Knowlton Riverfest              Delaware, NJ   8-17-2008           River to River Festival         New York, NY                        - Pier 70   8-19-2008           Cornwall on Hudson              Cornwall on Hudson, NY                        Bandstand Concert   8-23-2008           The 55 Bar                      New York, NY  

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