Kat Edmonson - Dreamers Do - New 2 LP Record 2020 Spinnerette USA Vinyl - Jazz

Street Date: 2/7/20

“Dreamers Do”, Kat Edmonson’s upcoming 2020 record, explores the common human struggles around daring to dream, including a range of emotional and psychological consequences. The music all takes place over the course of one, sleepless night.

The album begins with a promising invitation to settle in for the night and dream. Joy and magic are revealed before an eventual left turn is taken, and a wild night ensues. A question gets raised in Kat’s vulnerable original, “Too Late to Dream”: “Are the messages we receive as children about following our dreams relevant through adult life?” Self-despair is explored, however all doubts are ultimately laid to rest in a stunning duet with guitarist Bill Frisell on the song “Age Of Not Believing.” Frisell’s warm playing sounds like a sun rising and his cameo, which comes in the album’s 11th hour, evokes an angel, delivering a much-needed message of hope. To ensure the message is received, hope is echoed prominently in the album’s penultimate offering - a bouncing, twinkling rendition of the American Songbook classic, “What a Wonderful World”.

“Dreamers Do” is a mix of Edmonson's original songs and re-imagined American Songbook standards (many of them, Disney songs from the mid-20th Century) arranged in the style of Kat's trademark vintage-pop, jazz, and chamber-pop. Musical influences were drawn from Africa, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Europe, and early to mid-century United States.