About Kathryn Ballard Shut

KATHRYN BALLARD SHUT (pronounced /shoot/) is an accomplished jazz pianist and vocalist, living and working in the Denver, Colorado live music scene, and grew up surrounded by both music lovers and working musicians. Classically trained on the piano beginning at age 8, reeds at age 10, and incorporating jazz theory by age 14, Kathryn has served as both pianist and woodwind "doubler" in big bands (clarinet/flute/saxes) as well as small combos. Most recently, she served as a prominent member of several jazz orchestras within The Colorado Jazz Workshop under the leadership of Hugh Ragin.

Kathryn is co-leader and founder of the classic jazz small ensemble, 'Lost Soul Jazz Combo' (album: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lostsoul3) and has played major venues in Denver (including a sold out show in the dining room of the famous Dazzle Restaurant). In addition to her work with Lost Soul, she also served as pianist in the long-standing vocal combo, 'The Amy Kay Combo', which performed regularly at both the D-Note and Bliss Cafe in Arvada, Colorado for almost two years.

In addition to collaborating with jazz master and father, Tim Ballard, Kathryn has also worked with Latino film and music stars Daniel Valdez (of 'Zoot Suit','La Bamba','The Westside Oratorio'), Rosana DeSoto (of 'La Bamba','Mambo Cafe'), and Jesse Borregos (of the TV series 'Fame' and 'Blood In, Blood Out'), as well as with Denver jazz artists Mark Diamond, Keith Oxman, Drew Morell, Hugh Ragin, Linda Theus-Lee, Mike Evans, Kevin MacInness, Jared Johnson, Jean-Luc Davis, and many more.

Kathryn is also owner of Denver-based TIMKAT Entertainment, Inc., an agency that focuses on promoting world-class, independent jazz, soul, R&B, and acoustic talent for live performances, multimedia projects, and digital album sales online.

Finally, Kathryn is an active jazz blog contributor and her ideas can be found on music opinion sites such as NPR's "A Blog Supreme", DIYMusician (CDBABY.com), Reverb (HeyReverb.com), AllAboutJazz, and of course, JazzTimes.

For more information about TIMKAT Entertainment and/or Kathryn, please visit and follow the company's social media sites:

Web Portal: http://about.me/timkatent
Twitter: @timkatent (http://www.twitter.com/timkatent)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/timkatent
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/timkatent
CDBABY: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/timballard; http://www.cdbaby.com/timballard2; http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lostsoul3
TIMKAT Blog: http://timkatent.blogspot.com
Email: timkatent@gmail.com

Kathryn Ballard Shut joined the JazzTimes community on Feb 29, 2012