Kate Hammett-Vaughan

Kate Hammett-Vaughan is a Canadian jazz vocalist and teacher living in Vancouver, BC. She was born on May 1, 1957, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and moved to Vancouver from Nova Scotia in 1979, where she has established a reputation as one of Canada's pre-eminent jazz vocalists. Kate has recorded over a dozen albums as a leader and earned a nomination for the JUNO Award as Canada's best vocal jazz singer of the year. She is acclaimed for her interpretation of the jazz standard repertoire as well as her contemporary vocal explorations with groups such as Garbo's Hat and the NOW Orchestra. She started her singing career at 15 singing with her brother's rock bands, then moved toward the acoustic end of music at 19 when she formed the swing group JADA while at Acadia University, doing standards and blues. Her singing technique was initially swayed by Ella Fitzgerald and Cleo Laine, and she moved closer to a contemporary jazz vocal mode after listening to and studying with modern creative stylists, most notably Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan. Kate is a certified Level III teacher of Somatic Voicework – The Lovetri Method. Her versatility, improvisational skills, and commitment to both traditional and contemporary jazz have made her a respected educator and performer in Vancouver's vibrant jazz community for over four decades.

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