Hetty Kate takes Prague…

She came, She saw, She conquered

I’m fully aware that the headline is an old and worn out cliché but I really don’t know any other way to describe last night’s concert at the Jazz Dock. This lady of swing has been praised all around the world for her soft, clear voice, her way of interpretation and her way to make honor to the original composing and not to forget her stage performance which is absolutely superb, professional and very entertaining.  There’s a reason for all of the superlatives that’s been written about her, yesterday she showed us why. Her enjoyable easy stage presence is for me something unique and of course one reason for her popularity. So I’m not gonna repeat all the words of praise that have been said about her, I just state that if you had the possibility to take part in yesterday’s concert and you didn’t, you blew it, and BIG! 

Not alone

Yes I know, Hetty was not alone, even if one tends to forget that following her performance. 🙂  On the stage she had with her something that today must be described  as the cream of Czech jazz music, Libor Šmoldas – g; Nick Haywood – b; Jiří Levíček – p. It was easy to see and hear that these three musical pros were enjoying themselves just as much as the rest of us. I don’t know who was inspiring who and I don’t really care as long as the result is what it was yesterday. It was a while since I heard Libors guitar sound so joyful, Nick and his bass was just wow, Jiří on the piano was to me a new experience but I will make sure that it was not the last. And yet, sorry guys but Hetty stole the show! 🙂

You still have the chance...

For those of you who missed yesterday’s show. Hetty will perform one more time in the republic, on June 16th there’s a chance to see her at the Beroun Jazz Festival, the configuration of the band is slightly different but just as good, for now it looks like: Hetty Kate – Voice, Libor Smoldas – Guitar, Tomáš Baroš – Double Bass, Jesse Simpson – Drums. After this we will have to wait until next January 🙁 so… I will give you some more details about this as soon as I know something myself. See you next Sunday… 

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