Kara Baxter

Jazz Vocalist, Violinist, Composer, Arranger, Educator

Kara Baxter is a jazz artist, violinist, vocalist, composer, arranger and educator.

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Live at the Rococo Theatre

by Kara Baxter Big Band with QuinteCentral

The centerpiece of this album is an original work for Big Band and Five voices, composed by Kara Baxter, and performed by her band and professional vocal jazz group QuinteCentral, titled "On This Journey." It is a Suite in 4 movements. Baxter opens the concert with the swinging arrangement of "The Nearness of You" based on the Dianne Reeves version using the bridge of "Misty." The concert closes out with an encore acapella performance by QuinteCentral performing Baxter's arrangement of "Secret Love," done in an up tempo Latin style.