Kate Reid is a working jazz singer and pianist appearing regularly with her quartet at jazz venues all over the Los Angeles area. She has worked with many of the great jazz musicians in Los Angeles including guitarists Ron Eschete and Larry Koonse and drummer Roy McCurdy to name just a few. She is in demand by audiences for her swing style and delivery of great jazz standard lyrics. Kate?s latest CD ?The Love I?m In? was released in September of 2011 and features tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts and pianist Otmaro Ruiz. Like her 2008 release, ?Sentimental Mood?, ?The Love I?m In? includes tunes from the great American songbook.

Kate is a working session singer in L.A. and has lent her voice to feature films, commercials, publishing demos, cruise ship shows and artist albums. In April of 2011, Hal Leonard published the vocal method book ?How To Get The GLEE Sound? which Kate co-authored with producer/author Andy Waterman of Umbrella Media.

Dr. Kate Reid is on the music faculty at Cypress College in Cypress, California and currently serves as chair of the music department as well as head of the applied music and jazz programs. Kate holds a B.M. in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University (1992), a M.M. (1996) and a D.M.A. (2002) in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami.