"Little did i dream"
Laura Karst's debut album, Little Did I Dream, received enthusiastic reviews from All About Jazz, Indie Music Reviewer Magazine, Bop-n-Jazz, and O's Place Jazz Magazine.
It was recorded with some of the San Francisco Bay Area's finest jazz musicians. The CD comprises eleven songs that showcase Laura's warm and smooth alto voice, her interpretation of lyrics as a true storyteller, and her versatility as a singer of a wide range of jazz styles, and in a variety of languages. The album includes swing, scat, bossa nova, samba, waltz, and ballads -- tunes ranging from the 1940s to the new millennium -- sung in English, French, and Portuguese.
Recommended listening if you like Sarah Vaughan, Diana Krall, or Ella Fitzgerald.
Monterey Jazz Festival - April 2nd, 2017 "Next Generation" national finals with JAZZ-ology - © Susan Harding-Palmore
Angelicas Main Stage LK Jazz Quartet Dinner Show - September 12, 2015
Club Bonafide, Manhattan NY with JAZZ-ology, April 2nd, 2018 (photo: D. Peterson)
Jazz Vocal Gala with JAZZ-ology Knox Center for the Performing Arts, May 2018 (photo D. Peterson)
La Strada, San Pablo CA May 2018 (photo: D. Peterson)
Laura Karst Quintet Café Pink House jazz club, Saratoga CA 4/23/16
Monterey Jazz Festival - April 2017 "Next Generation" national finals with JAZZ-ology
Jazz Vocal Gala - May 19, 2017 JAZZ-ology at the Knox Center for the Performing Arts
Hilo Bay Café - January 2017 Laura's Hawai'i debut with the Randy Skaggs Quartet - photo: Leslie Karst
La Tartine Crest, France - August 4th, 2016
Autour de Midi...et Minuit Paris, France - July 29th, 2016
Autour de Midi Paris, France - July 29th, 2016
Péniche le Marcounet Paris, France - July 27th, 2016
Laura with JAZZ-ology Knox Center for the Performing Arts - May 2016
JAZZ-ology 2014-15 DownBeat Magazine Outstanding Performance award winners
Dinner show 2013
Angelica's Poster Laura Sings a Dinner Show in the Bell Theatre
Dinner Show Angelica's 2013
Dinner show at Angelica's 2013
Angelica's Bell Theatre, June 2012 Laura sings a dinner show
Angelica's Bell Theatre, June 7th, 2012 Laura sings a dinner show - photo D. Peterson
Angelicas, Redwood City Dinner Show in Bell Theatre
Fairmont San José's Lobby Lounge CD release concert - photo Jane Garrino
Fairmont San José Lobby Lounge CD Release Concert
Little Did I Dream CD cover photo by Laura Karst
CD tray photo by Jane Garrino
CD back cover by Jane Garrino
Café Universel, Paris July 2012
Octavia Lounge Jazz Club, San Francisco Photo: Leslie Karst