Dayna kurtz biography

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    Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter.

Dayna Kurtz

American singer/songwriter

Dayna Kurtz

GenresJazz, folk, Americana
Occupation(s)Songwriter, producer, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1989–present
LabelsKismet Records
Websitewww.daynakurtz.com

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Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter. Her music is a blend of jazz, folk, pop and blues. She began her career in 1989, touring small stages up and down the East Coast, promoting her work with a sparse but haunting self-recorded demo tape. She was named Female Songwriter of the Year in 1997 by the National Academy of Songwriters.

Norah Jones (who duets on Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" on Kurtz's 2004 album Beautiful Yesterday) and Bonnie Raitt[1] have raved about Kurtz in interviews, and she's performed on the radio shows World Cafe, Mountain Stage and NPR's Morning Edition and Tell Me More.

She has toured as a supporting act with Elvis Costello, R

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  • Kurtz recorded the album’s lone original, the Brill Building-inspired “Not the Only Fool In Town,” in New Orleans with George Porter Jr., legendary bassist of the seminal funk combo The Meters, and Crescent City piano master David Torkanowsky.

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  • The Brooklyn-based vocalist/writer/musician/producer has built a formidable body of recordings, won an international reputation as a riveting live performer.
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    “I began my career as a teenager as background music in crowded Jersey Shore beach bars,” explains Kurtz, “and I used to make a game of seeing what it would.
    Dayna Kurtz’s propensity for musical rule-breaking was forged early in life, and she was still in her teens when she began performing her compositions in public.
    Dayna Kurtz's propensity for musical rule-breaking was forged early in life, and she was still in her teens when she began performing her compositions in public.

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      Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter.