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'''Kitt Lough''' is a jazz vocalist who performs regularly in the Pensacola area.
 
'''Kitt Lough''' is a jazz vocalist who performs regularly in the Pensacola area.
  
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A 1980 graduate of [[Catholic High School]],<ref>"CDs feature two from Pensacola." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 15, 2002.</ref> Lough left home and sold newspaper advertising in Washington, D.C. before launching her music career: "One morning I woke up and looked at my life and said, 'Life is too short. I did not dream of being a salesperson.' I quit my job and started living off credit cards, dancing and singing in clubs whenever the bands there would let me. Eventually I moved to Nashville and found my home in singing classic jazz."<ref>[http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2005/1222/Entertainment/039.html "Kitt Lough: Nashville Vocalist Returns Home."] ''Gulf Breeze News'', December 22, 2005.</ref>
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Kitt spent 14 years in Nashville honing her skills as a jazz artist. She moved home to Pensacola in 2004 to help care for her mother and decided to remain after her mom's passing. She now works for Lamar Advertising in sales and appears locally and regionally, with regular forays into New Orleans.
  
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She was well received in Nashville and was playing weekly gigs at the F. Scott's jazz club in 2002 when her first CD, ''Orange Colored View'', was released. The album was featured by the editors of [[Wikipedia:CD Baby|CD Baby]], an online music store.<ref>http://cdbaby.com/cd/kittlough</ref>
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For this year's EIOS appearance June 10, she'll have with her longtime collaborator Dave Shelander on piano, veteran New York bassist Stever Gilmore, New Orleans cornetist Connie Jones along with local talent Sandy Spivey on sax and Jim Green on guitar.
  
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Lough played at the 2004 [[JazzFest]] and moved back to the Pensacola area in 2005 to be close to her mother, playing at the [[Perdido Beach Resort]] and the [[Fish House]].
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Her 2008 schedule includes performances at [[Evenings in Olde Seville]] and the [[600 South]] bar.
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[[Category:Singers|Lough, Kitt]]
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[[Category:Catholic High School graduates|Lough, Kitt]]
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More recently, Kitt can be found performing at D'Vine, a new wine bar on Pensacola Beach inside Geronimo's.  She recently completed filming her first concert DVD, which will be available for purchase on her still-under-construction website towards the end of June 2009.  To check out her music visit www.cdbaby.com/kittlough.
 

Latest revision as of 15:27, 1 June 2010

Kitt Lough's 2002 CD, Orange Colored View

Kitt Lough is a jazz vocalist who performs regularly in the Pensacola area.

Kitt spent 14 years in Nashville honing her skills as a jazz artist. She moved home to Pensacola in 2004 to help care for her mother and decided to remain after her mom's passing. She now works for Lamar Advertising in sales and appears locally and regionally, with regular forays into New Orleans.

For this year's EIOS appearance June 10, she'll have with her longtime collaborator Dave Shelander on piano, veteran New York bassist Stever Gilmore, New Orleans cornetist Connie Jones along with local talent Sandy Spivey on sax and Jim Green on guitar.

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