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\"\"<\/a>Mady Kaye, <\/strong>a 2024 inductee into the Austin Jazz Society Hall of Fame,<\/strong> has been singing ever since she learned to walk. As a jazz vocalist, Ms. Kaye is known for her impeccable phrasing and improvised lyrics. Of her debut jazz CD, \u201cSongs for All Seasons,\u201d Raoul Hernandez,\u00a0Austin Chronicle<\/cite> Music Editor writes: \u201cSophistication and elegance are swooning under the spell of Kaye\u2019s cool, seductive jazz stylings\u2026 she sings jazz \u2013 lives each note, breathes every line, inhabits every song.\u201d Ms. Kaye also performs cabaret, notably at Zach Scott Theater in Austin. Her first show, \u201cA Tribute to Tin Pan Alley\u201d was recorded live, and the CD \u201cMady Kaye Goes Cabaret\u201d is the happy result: \u201c\u2026when she gives voice to these master-pieces of wit and romance, she communicates all the craft, all the feeling that has made these songs the standards\u2026 Kaye\u2019s polished technique makes every word clear, every clever phrase ring\u2026 her voice comes out like a taut thread of silk.\u201d Robert Faires, Arts Editor, Austin Chronicle<\/cite>. \u201cMady Kaye is Austin\u2019s premier straight-up, can-do-it-all vocalist.\u201d Rita DeBellis,\u00a0The Good Life.<\/cite>\u00a0In addition to performing, Ms. Kaye is a full time vocal instructor. The\u00a0Austin Chronicle\u2019s<\/cite> \u201cCritic\u2019s Picks\u201d named her the best professional voice instructor in Austin. Ms. Kaye is also the band leader of The Austin Carolers (passed the torch in 2019, after 25 years) and The Beat Divas. She and Beth Ullman write the Beat Divas’ original food songs and vocal arrangements.<\/p>\n

In her own words:<\/em><\/strong>
\nMy first disaster in the kitchen – the one I remember, anyway – was New Year’s Eve in my senior year of high school.\u00a0 I had decided to throw my first-ever dinner party for my boyfriend and several other couples. Fancy food, dress up clothes, good wine, ironed table linens, the works.\u00a0 I’d seen my mother do this countless times, and she was so accomplished at throwing dinner parties I thought I could sail right through it like she did.\u00a0 I mean, studying at the feet of a master and then emulating that is easy, right?\u00a0 So wrong.\u00a0 I suppose if I hadn’t set the shish kebob on fire, dinner might have been more, um, successful.\u00a0 My mother bailed me out, of course.\u00a0 As soon as smoke started billowing out of the oven (the door was cracked for the broiler), I just started screaming “Mom, Mom” at the top of my lungs.\u00a0 She came barreling into the kitchen, put out the fire, salvaged the food, and helped me prep the rest of the meal. And all this after I got shish kebob grease all over the fabulous gray silk shirt she had loaned me for the evening…\u00a0 the gray silk shirt I had coveted for years and she finally let me borrow. I can’t believe she didn’t give me what-for after that episode.\u00a0 No, she and my dad made a happy retreat to their own event and left me with my friends, who thought I was terribly clever to pull off a meal like that. Little did they know…<\/span>
\n In my family food was an extension of love. Food was celebrated for its flavor, visual appeal, freshness and ingenuity. My parents were both from New York City and spent their courtship and early married years eating at wonderful restaurants. When the kids came along, the whole family went to New York for food, theater and museums, at least once a month. (We lived about ninety minutes north of New York, so it wasn’t a long trip.)\u00a0 My mother was a fearless, first-class cook. So I just took it for granted that this was the way to live — and to cook. What good fortune for me!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mady Kaye, a 2024 inductee into the Austin Jazz Society Hall of Fame, has been singing ever since she learned to walk. As a jazz vocalist, Ms. Kaye is known for her impeccable phrasing and improvised lyrics. Of her debut jazz CD, \u201cSongs for All Seasons,\u201d Raoul Hernandez,\u00a0Austin Chronicle Music \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebeatdivas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}