Emme Kemp is ALL Music.
Pianist, Broadway Composer, Vocalist, Actress and Researcher of American Music.
Emme Kemp has filled the shoes of such diverse musical artists as Jay McShann, Odetta, Jackie and Roy Kral. As a bandleader she has hired the creative likes of Paul Quinichette, and Ernie Wilkins, Arvell Shaw and many others. She played with the New York University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Jimmy Guiffre at Carnegie Hall, and earlier studied at Northwestern University and Berklee School of Music (summer 1965).
Kemp served in the U.S. Army and produced shows for Special Services, and was assigned to the Judge Advocate’s office.
A former three-year-old prodigy who grew up with the good time gospel and blues of Chicago, Emme recorded with the ragtime piano man Eubie Blake. Prior to her move to New York, Ms. Kemp lived in California and coached with the eminent pianist Egon Petri. Her Jazz anthology goes from classic to modern. She has appeared on numerous college campuses. Her lectures, poetry and writings, form a significant overview on popular culture.
In Woody Allen’s film “Sweet and Low Down,” Emme is shown in the Chicago jam session scenes with Sean Penn.
Emme Kemp has released two CD’s “Some One To Sing To,” her debut CD* featured seven Kemp original compositions; her Jazz CD “ Try A Little Tenderness” is an exceptional musical exploration of Ellington, Gershwin, Harold Arlen and others, also featuring two Kemp original compositions “Eyes on Harlem” and “Some One To Sing To.”* The new & re-mastered "Someone To Sing To" CD selling now!
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