Hetty Kate
One of Australia’s best loved jazz singers, Hetty Kate feels just at home in intimate jazz clubs as fronting symphony orchestras inside huge concert
halls.
Born in the English county of Hampshire, she grew up listening to the albums of Doris Day and Frank Sinatra. Hetty moved to Melbourne
with her family at a young age and was later inspired by the city’s thriving music scene. After studying classical singing, she returned to her
first love, the jazz classics, and has since carved out a career as one of the country’s foremost interpreters of popular songs from yesteryear.
Her
sweet sound, crystal clear tone and unwavering sensitivity for swing are a perfect fit for the music she interprets. Her main sources of inspiration
include Peggy Lee, June Christy and Ella Fitzgerald. Hetty sings with a range of bands performing thirties swing, though also plays with orchestras
and bands interpreting modern interpretations of the Great American Songbook.
With six albums under her belt including two with ABC Jazz, Hetty
Kate is well and truly an established name on the scene. Having toured extensively including to North and South America, Europe and Asia both with
her own projects and bands plus as a guest singer, she also regularly gives concerts with Australian jazz icon James Morrison. To date she has
appeared alongside him and local symphony orchestras at sell-out venues in Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney, Hong Kong plus Auckland and Christchurch in
New Zealand. Her natural talent and infectious sense of humour make Hetty the perfect addition to James Morrison’s new band, Inheritance which she
appears with when in Australia.
From New York, Tokyo all the way to Melbourne, Hetty Kate is regarded as one of the most sought after jazz
singers working right now. Not only has she garnered respect from her fellow artists, but she is also highly admired by audiences and critics alike
and has a devoted following. Her career has gone from strength to strength as she continues to sing the songs closest to her heart.
