about the artist

Unique jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger, Kaylé Brecher (Kay-La BrecKer) is a singer who is at once completely distinctive and an amalgamation of her great musical influences.  Showcase Magazine described her sound as "a supple voice that suggests the pairing of Sheila Jordan and Sarah Vaughan."  One could accurately add Morgana King and Ella Fitzgerald to that description. Hers is a versatile and flexible instrument, which can move from silky, smooth and subtle to bold and bluesy;  refined to brash and raw.  Kaylé's instrumental and compositional approach to singing leads to explorations of the mood, texture and style in each individual tune, which results in exciting variety. 

Imaginative, versatile and eclectic, Kaylé has performed in settings ranging from traditional jazz through bop, free jazz and experimental music.  She is a native New Yorker and began her career as a very young teen, singing blues and standards in the clubs of Greenwich Village.   Her varied and active career has  included concerts, festivals, live radio performances, a TV documentary soundtrack, clubs and other fine venues, studio production work and five recordings.  She has opened for Maynard Ferguson, Freddie Hubbard, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Doc Severinsen, and has  shared the stage with Mel Lewis, Lee Konitz, Red Rodney and others.



A skilled arranger and composer, Kaylé is more than a singer: she is a complete musical package. Combining an impressive command of her expressive instrument and wide range with artful writing, she enchants the listener with vivid subtlety, masterful phrasing and sophisticated lyrics.   

As well as having been a long time member of the BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop in New York City, Kaylé has studied composition and arranging privately with both Jim McNeely and Michael Abene, and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Temple University with a double major in performance and compositions/arranging.   Three of her original compositions  and two of her versions of Freddie Hubbard tunes have been published by Freddie Hubbard's publishing company Hubtones and two of her versions of Herbie Hancock tunes have been published by Hancock Music.  Her compositional skills have also garnered  several awards in the jazz category of the Billboard Song Contest, including one major prize.

Kaylé says of her approach to writing and singing:  “ Each piece is like a movie or vignette in which one is totally immersed; story, emotion, mood and intention brought alive by settings carefully chosen to enhance the ambiance while encouraging improvisation in each performance." "In performance, I feel melodic content as an intricate dance of shapes and colors entwining and flowing with or rubbing against harmonic and rhythmic partners. ”
 

Originally from New York City (the Bronx), Kaylé is now based in the Philadelphia and performs in the tri-state area.  Her regional work has included performances at many well known area venues, such as Zanzibar Blue, Chris' Jazz Cafe, The Painted Bride Art Center, the old Zanzibar Blue, The Academy of Music, Rutgers University, Philadelphia University and Temple University, as well as festivals and a live radio broadcast on WRTI FM of one of her performances at  the old Blue Moon Jazz Cafe.  

An eclectic, dynamic and creative performer, Penchant Four Records artist Kaylé Brecher's release 'Spy Music' is bold, playful and powerful and features many of Philadelphia's finest musicians on an incredible journey of moods and settings,  once again proving that this is a singer whose vocals and arrangements are out of the box and transcend boundaries.

 

 

Kaylé Brecher

 

Kaylé with Dave Burrell,  2004 at Philadelphia Art Alliance       

 
                                            
                                 Kaylé with David Dzubinski at Jersey Shore                                   

 

Kaylé Brecher, Miami Beach

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