Kit McClure Band

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rdf:langString Kit McClure Band

rdf:langString Kit McClure Band

rdf:langString Karen Jones

rdf:langString Lakecia Benjamin

rdf:langString Laurie Frink

rdf:langString Nicki Parrott

rdf:langString Barbara Laronga

rdf:langString Barbara Merjan

rdf:langString Bernice Brooks

rdf:langString Britta Langsjoen

rdf:langString Cathy Harley

rdf:langString Erica Von Kleist

rdf:langString Jennifer Krupa

rdf:langString Jill McCarron

rdf:langString Kristy Norter

rdf:langString L. Olivia Sci

rdf:langString Liesl Whitaker

rdf:langString Lisa Parrott

rdf:langString Sue Hadjopoulos

rdf:langString Tanya Darby

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rdf:langString The Kit McClure Band is an all-female big band and jazz combo begun by Kit McClure in 1982 at The Ritz in New York City. It eventually caught the attention of Cab Calloway and was signed to Island Records, where it toured with Robert Palmer for two years, playing to sold-out crowds at Radio City Music Hall and Garden State Arts Center, followed by eight tours of Japan. The band released its first album, Some Like It Hot, on its own label, Redhot Records, in 1990. The follow-up, Burning, in 1995, was produced by Teo Macero. In 2004, and 2006, the band released a pair of albums in tribute to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a 1940s big band consisting entirely of women, which, for much of its existence, was all-black. The second of these was released in conjunction with Motéma Music and Redeye Distribution. Both albums, The Sweethearts Project and Just the Thing: The Sweethearts Project Revisited feature exclusively material that was performed by the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, but were entirely re-imagined in a more contemporary style. In 2005, The Kit McClure Band received the from Mayor Michael Bloomberg.