"Kim
Prevost is New Orleans' answer to Cassandra Wilson."
—Jonathan
Tabak,
OffBEAT Magazine (New Orleans)
"The
kind of chemistry that Prevost & Solley so effortlessly reveal on I Would
Give All My Love 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,
writer for JazzTimes Magazine
"Individually,
the vocalist and the fretman are both tremendous talents—Prevost the sultry
improvisor, Solley the guitar master. As a team, they are the perfect
complement of harmony, rhythm, and emotion."
—Geraldine Wyckoff,
Gambit Weekly (New Orleans)
Winner
of the 1999 B.E.T. on Jazz
"Jazz
Discovery" National Competition
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 pursued modeling.
She continued to sing, dance and model throughout her college years. Her theater credits include leading roles in "Sweet Charity," "Dreamgirls," "A Dose of Reality," "West Side Story" and a Cole Porter review under musical direction of Allen Toussaint. Additional credits include several television commercials and dancing for the MTV show "NFL Jams Live."
Kim has performed with GRP recording artist George Howard, former Herbie Hancock percussionist Bill Summers, and the Walter Payton Trio. She is a featured vocalist on the latest release by Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails.
Kim,
along with her musical partner/husband Bill Solley released their debut
CD, I Would Give All My Love, on STR Digital
Records in April 1999. They won the 1999 B.E.T. On Jazz "Jazz Discovery"
national competition. They have appeared at numerous festivals, including
the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Cancun Jazz Festival, the
Yerevan 2000 International Jazz Festival in Armenia, and 2001 Ingolstadter
Jazztage in Ingolstadt, Germany. They have toured extensively, including
recent performances in South Africa, Japan, Turkey, Brazil, and the Netherlands,
as well as throughout the United States.
Kim & Bill have received nominations for Gambit Weekly's Big Easy Award in the "Best Emerging Artist" category and for OffBEAT Magazine's Best of the Beat award in the "New Jazz Artist" category. They were also selected to perform at the 2000 Best of the Beat Awards show at New Orleans' House of Blues. Their CD, I Would Give All My Love, has received critical acclaim from numerous publications, including OffBEAT, Gambit, Just Jazz Guitar, allmusic.com, and Northshore News.
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Kim's
new CD, Talk
To Me, marks her first release as a leader and is
set to be released on April 19, 2002. The CD release celebration will
be held at The Parish at House of Blues in New Orleans. The new recording
finds Kim firmly planted into more of an urban R&B setting backed
by some of the best musicians New Orleans has to offer: Bill Solley, guitars;
Darrell Lavigne, keyboards; Donald Ramsey, bass; Raymond Weber, drums;
and Kenyatta Simon, percussion. Her working band is augmented with several
guest appearances, including Nicholas Payton, trumpet; Tony Dagradi, saxophone;
Bill Summers, percussion; Jimmy Weber, trumpet; Roland Guerin, bass; and
Larry Seiberth, piano.