Monday, February 2, 2009

Booked: Tracy Kash Thomas


2008 Detroit Music Award Nominee for:

*Outstanding Jazz Vocalist
*Outstanding Modern Jazz Band
*Outstanding Jazz Composer


TracyTracy Kash Thomas began her musical life as a classical musician and is an accomplished flutist. Add her impeccable songwriting, arranging and production talents to the mix and it is easy to see why she is an established musician’s musician in her native Detroit, where she currently lives, as well as in her previous hometown, New York City. Her unique brand of jazz and jazz-influenced rock/pop, thrills live audiences as well as her growing radio following.

In addition to her numerous award nominations, some of Tracy's original compositions made the semi-finals in the prestigious 2005 UK Songwriting Contest. In fact, Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull fame, enamored of her classical bent and rock sensibility, invited her on stage as a guest flutist at his 2003 State Theater concert.

Tracy helped found, and is a member of, Lorelei¸ an all women a cappella ensemble with a large following in Michigan. They were featured at the 2006 Superbowl in Detroit. Her extensive media exposure in New York and Detroit, includes the nationally broadcast Mitch Albom Show, and she has done considerable radio and television jingle work nationwide.
Tracy can be heard on the 1999 release of gravelly popular NYC great, Alan Andrews, entitled Cleaned and Pressed. The Tracy Kash Debut album, Some Strong Potion, was released in February, 2000.

Her latest CD, There and Back Again, was released in July 2006.

We hope you will join us for Tracy Kash Thomas at the BloomBox House Concert Series on Saturday, February 28th at 6:00 PM (view Evite)..

Visit Tracy's site.