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Kitty Hoff & Forêt-Noire
12+ albums
jazzgermanfemale vocalistschansonBossa Nova
about
Kitty Hoff is a german singer and songwriter * Kitty Hoff - vocals, musical saw, accordeon, piano, melodica * Marq Wenzel - piano, rhodes piano * Phil Marone - guitars * Moe Jaksch - double bass, e-bass * Beat Lee Burns - drums, percussion Discography * Rauschen (2005) * Blick ins Tal (2007) * Zuhause (2009) * Curiose Geschichten (2010) Growing up in a small village near Münster, Kitty’s life early starts being influenced by the arts. Only three years old, she plays flute, at the age of four she finds herself in front of a piano. Playing violin is the next consequent step, before she begins singing choir together with her father. Her initial choice of profession is psychologist, to follow in her dad’s footsteps. But the love for music is stronger in the end. Her collaboration with a pianist results in several lieder recitals near her hometown and an award in the category »Jugend musiziert«. After marrying «Mister Right« already at an early age and giving birth to the children Julius and Rosalie, she decides to go the »Theatre an der Wien« in order to study Acting, Singing and Dancing which she resumes at »Folkwang College Essen«. Kitty’s next step to climb up the career ladder is to move to Berlin where she receives a recording scholarship. Kitty never stops to polish her skills and takes a master class with Gisela May, a famous Brecht-actor. She becomes a member of a nine-headed all-female band to bring back the Swing of the 20s, but that’s just another stepping stone to
