Kim Prevost and Bill Solley

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Kim & Bill
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Years active1996–present
LabelsSTR Records, Enthropya Records, Kim Prevost Records
Members
  • Kim Prevost
  • Bill Solley
Website www.kimandbill.com
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Kim Prevost & Bill Solley

Kim Prevost and Bill Solley are an American jazz duo consisting of singer-songwriter Kim Prevost (born April 27, 1968, in New Orleans, Louisiana) and guitarist-composer-Visual Artist https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bill-solley Bill Solley (born December 13, 1957, in Jacksonville, Florida).

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Music career

Guitarist Bill Solley met singer Kim Prevost at an audition in New Orleans in 1996. [1] Before this, Solley studied classical guitar at the University of New Orleans and was a session guitarist with Allen Toussaint. [2] Prevost performed musical theatre in New Orleans, in a Cole Porter review under the direction of Allen Toussaint, and leading roles in "Sweet Charity", "Dreamgirls", "West Side Story", and "A Dose of Reality". [3] [4]

Prevost and Solley first performed as a duo in between sets of Summers Heat, Bill Summers' band, in which they both performed as well. [1] Kim and Bill won the "Black Entertainment Television on Jazz" Jazz Discovery Award in 1999. [4] Prevost and Solley were married in 2000 in New Orleans.

Prevost listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday as she shaped her own style which materialized as a crackling mixture of jazz, blues, funk and R&B – tinged gospel. [3]

Solley's musicianship is truly amazing, as he works melody, improvisations and baseline simultaneously with virtuosity and ardor on his trademark 7-string guitar. [5]

Kim and Bill relocated to Houston, Texas after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their home in New Orleans in 2005. [5] [6] Kim and Bill continue to tour and perform both in the Houston area and throughout the world. [6]

Discography

Kim Prevost and Bill Solley albums

YearAlbumLabel
1999I Would Give All My LoveSTR Records
2005Just in TimeEnthropya Records
2015Sky HighKim Prevost Records
2018Heal My HeartKim Prevost Records
2000"On canal Street"STR RecordsFeaturing Amina Figarova

Kim Prevost solo albums

YearAlbumLabel
2002Talk To MeSTR Records
2003Precious Is His LoveKim Prevost Records

Bill Solley solo albums

YearAlbumLabel
2013Solo Guitar Vol. 1Kim Prevost Records
2017Solo Guitar Vol. 2Kim Prevost Records

References

  1. 1 2 Tabak, Jonathan (October 1, 1999). "Kim Prevost and Bill Solley: Good Chemistry". Offbeat Magazine. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Wyckoff, Geraldine (March 1, 2005). "Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project, Going Places (CRT)". Offbeat Magazine. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Nathan, Dave. "Kim Prevost". All Music. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Kim Prevost and Bill Solley". All About Jazz. April 6, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Knox, James (September 14, 2006). "Singer Kim Prevost and Virtuoso Guitarist Bill Solley Return to San Francisco for a Post-Katrina Concert". J-Notes. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Piburn, Bill. "Bill Piburn Opening Notes Fingerstyle 360 Magazine". Sonicbids. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
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