Recordings.
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Vintage Big Band Christmas.
Kimberly’s first recording with a Big Band! "Snowed In!" features vocalist Kimberly Hawkey, along with vocals and trombone by Dan Gabel with The Abletones Big Band.
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Broadway Swing.
Co-bandleaders Kimberly and Assaf energize your favorite 11 o’clock numbers with their long-running swing sextet. Includes “If I Loved You”, “Ain’t Misbehavin”, “You’re the Top”, and more.
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Film Noir Art Song.
“We the Nighthawks” is an album of 13 haunting original songs by Morris & Rivers. Kimberly Hawkey’s archetypal performances weave through a masterful 25-piece orchestra, blending jazz, americana, and art song.
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1940's Territory Band.
Original songs by Kimberly Hawkey and Assaf Gleizner with a raucous swing sextet. “All Aboard!” is vintage jazz through the lens of a 1942 Hollywood “B” movie. Novelty songs, uptempo swing and ballads.
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Lush Christmas Magic.
Original Holiday record with songs by Morris & Rivers, produced by Joel Moss. Featuring Kimberly Hawkey and a 25 piece orchestra with Guest vocalist Adam Pascal.
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Time Traveling Song.
Kimberly Hawkey’s debut record, “Elvanelle & The Escape Act”. This conceptual album highlights “Elvanelle’s” journey through 100 years of American Song. A crossover record featuring a jazz sextet.
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Big Band Escapism
Our highly-anticipated album is finally here! We are so thrilled that it is available via CD, digital download, and Vinyl!
15 tracks featuring Dan Gabel and his Orchestra, Kimberly Hawkey, the Songbook Sweethearts (vocal group), and special guests.
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Live Shows.
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Hollywood Serenade.
Inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood, this vintage music revue pays tribute to such icons as Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. Travel back in time to the ‘30s and ‘40s when big bands and swing dancing accompanied the greatest stars of the silver screen. Featuring songs like “At Last,” “The Joint is Really Jumpin’ in Carnegie Hall,” and “Hooray for Hollywood”, the sextet revives film-focused hits from the Goodman, James and Miller bands with many more “guest” appearances delivered by shapeshifting vocalist Kimberly Hawkey.
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Music of the Night.
With 1940's-style arrangements and a splash of technicolor, Kimberly & The Swingaroos lend a spirited voice to the most-cherished songs and personalities of the Broadway stage. From the opening curtain to the "eleven o'clock" number, Music of the Night overflows with hits by the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Kander & Ebb & more. Featuring "sizzling", award-winning vocals by Kim Hawkey and Broadway-worthy arrangements from Assaf Gleizner, this group is "awesome in every way" (Talkin' Broadway).
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Jukebox Saturday Night.
Countless musical genres emerged during the first half of the 20th Century, and there was only one place you could find them all: The Jukebox. In this jazzy music revue, The Swingaroos put a dynamic twist on the Jukebox’s greatest hits, including “Get Your Kicks On Route 66,” “Heart and Soul,” and “Hound Dog.” Kimberly Hawkey’s time-hopping vocals guide the audience through the musical styles Americans can claim as their own - ragtime, blues, jazz, country, jazz, rock and pop come together in this dazzling show with a swing-style quintet.
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We The Nighthawks
Vocalist Kimberly Hawkey invites you to an original cabaret of American Songbook classics and the cinematic tunes of Morris & Rivers. Set in a post-war night club, a mysterious time traveler brings to life songs inspired by vibrant characters, film noir and vintage Broadway. Can be performed as a cabaret show with a pianist, with a jazz sextet or in full orchestration with a symphony.
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A New Noel.
A holiday concert featuring songs by Morris & Rivers alongside classic Christmas carols and jazzy standards for the season. Broadway meets jazz meets Art Song as Kimberly Hawkey takes you on a sleigh ride of warm feelings and new beginnings. This is a Christmas show for musical adventurers.
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Rodgers + Hart + Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers was one of the American Songbook's most prolific composers, covering over 40 musicals and 900 songs. He began a new wave of popular music with BABES IN ARMS and PAL JOEY, lyrics by Lorenz Hart; and then ushered in The Golden Age of Broadway with OKLAHOMA and CAROUSEL, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Award-winning vocalist, Kimberly Hawkey teams up with her band to revive their favorite jazz and Broadway standards in a celebration of Rodgers + Hart + Hammerstein.
Kimberly is available for booking as a duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, big band. She is available to perform with existing groups and symphony orchestras with her arrangements or yours. Services include music curation and production for corporate events, concerts, weddings, and parties.
Other available projects include The Swingaroos (6-piece territory band), The Harrow Sisters (3-part vocal harmony), and The Era Gone Jazz Band.