Album Notes

Kim Prevost, winner of the 1999 BET on Jazz "Jazz Discovery" national search, is an accomplished vocalist and songwriter. Having strong gospel roots, where she often performed duets with the pastor her father, she has worked in all facets of the entertainment industry. She is a featured vocalist on the Nine Inch Nails release " The Fragile". Kim has shared the stage with such artists as Micheal Franks, Bobby Mc Ferrin,Arturo Sandoval,Amina Figarova,Allen Toussaint and Jonathan Butler.She has performed at the Cancun Jazz festival,New Orleans Jazz festival,and the Umbria Jazz festival in Italy to name a few. Kim's "Talk to Me" CD marks her first release as a leader. The recording finds Kim firmly planted into a smooth Jazz/R&B setting backed by some of the best musicians in New Orleans. Collaborating with Kim on "Talk to Me" are Bill Solley, guitar coach to actor Terrence Howard from the motion film "Ray",jazz trumpeter Nicolas Payton and Bill Summers,percussionist of the Headhunters Group and Los Hombres Caliente.This is a beautiful collection of orignal songs mostly composed by Kim & her husband guitarist Bill Solley with a surprise arrangement of the Beatles classic "Eleanor Rigby".Lovers of smooth R&B will not be dissapointed in this wonderfully crafted CD.