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Kim Prevost and Bill Solley

 

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Top Five Recently Performed Festivals

Sedona Jazz Festival

Napa Valley Mustard Festival

Umbria Jazz Festival

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Ingolstadter Jazztage



 

 

 

 

Kim and Bill receive high note testimonials from fellow artists and reviewers in the industry.

If you would like to view live quotes and testimonials about this dynamic duo from artist such as Arturo Sandoval, Sammy Figueroa, Jimmy Haslip, and Allen Toussaint, click on the link below.

www.kimprevost.com/Test.html


Contact Information

Walker Entertainment Group
10101 SW Freeway Suite #612
Houston, Texas 77074
Phone:(281)431-9393
Fax: (281)431-8573

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All About the Duo

Kim Prevost and guitarist Bill Solley has been racing the high road to success since winning the 1999 "BET on Jazz" Jazz Discovery Award. Individually and together, they've performed with musical greats like Arturo Sandoval, Bobby McFerrin, Nicolas Payton, Nine Inch Nails, Oleta Adams, Ed Calle, Sammy Figaroa and Allen Toussaint.  Both artists are natives of the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans. They have appeared at numerous festivals, and have toured extensively from England to the Netherlands, Japan, Denmark, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, Germany, the United States with plenty stops in between. They are repeat performers at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy. With five music releases, the latest release entitled "Just in Time " on Enthropya Records, the musical duo have received critical acclaim from numerous publications including Jazz times, Just Jazz Guitar, Allmusic.com, and Offbeat.

Kim Prevost is an accomplished vocalist and songwriter. She has worked in all facets of the entertainment industry. She began singing as a child, in church choirs, where she often performed duets with the pastor, her father. In addition to completing eight years of ballet, tap and jazz dance training, she also worked extensively as a model for companies such as Saks Fifth Avenue. She continued to sing, dance and model throughout her college years. Her theater credits include leading roles in "Sweet Charity" "Dreamgirls", "West Side Story" " A Dose of Reality" and a Cole Porter review under the  musical direction of  music great Allen Toussaint. Additional credits include several commercials and dancing for the MTV show "NFL Jams Live". She was chronicled in a feature documentary about her family gospel roots entitled “Full Circle: Journey Back to Gospel”. She is a featured vocalist on "The Fragile" of Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails.

 

 

 

Bill Solley has performed at numerous clubs and festivals around the world, including recent appearances at the New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy. He is well versed in bebop, fusion and Brazilian music, but his current forte is accompanying many of the fine jazz singers across the country including his beautiful vocal partner Kim. His credits include performances and recording dates with many jazz musicians such as Dale Valentine, Terri Lynn Carrington, Phil Degruy, Stanley Jordan,  the Headhunters with Mike Clake, Paul Jackson, and Bill Summers. Bill was proud to take part in the blockbuster motion film "Ray" in which he was the guitar instructor to actor Terrence Howard. He and Kim can also be seen in the recent documentary “No Cross , No Crown”.


Audiences and reviewers alike have all proclaimed Kim Prevost & Bill Solley to be an artistically invigorating and, most important of all, downright entertaining musical duo. Visit the website now!

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Photos Just Ahead

Jazz Times Magazine reviews the duo's work, "This kind of chemistry comes along only once in a blue moon. Think Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald in their classic Pablo encounters of the early 70s...with a modernist spin" - Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times Magazine

To see additional photos of Kim and Bill, click the link below,

www.kimprevost.com/lphoto.html

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A Uniquely Crafted Sound

What happens when Prevost's irresistible vocal force meets Solley's immovable instrumental object? Their fine artistic brew translates into well deserved success. As one critic states,

"Prevost slides effortlessly between elegant, formal jazz vocalizing and soulful R&B singing. Solley emulates a band without getting lost in the technique...He mixes fleet single note runs and quick, smart chords, all the while backing himself by thumb-popping the bass string."- Alex Rawls, writer for Gambit Weekly, Offbeat Magazine

Visit the link below to hear their catalog of music

www.kimprevost.com/lmusic.html

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Press, Video And More

Reviewing Prevost and Solley first CD. I Would Give All my Love, All Music Guide's Dave Nathan said, "There are, of course, other notable vocal guitar duos: Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, Irene Kral and Laurindo Almeida, Jeri Southern and Johnny Smith. None of these, however, are as daring and outrageous as Prevost and Solley on this recording. With Prevost's perfect pitch, excellent diction, ability to scat, swoop and bend words backed by Solley's tightly strung seven -string guitar, I Would Give All my Love is good music and a lot of fun.

To view more press releases and video performances, click the link below. 

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The following promotion information is copyrighted January, 2007