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Cat Toren is an award winning pianist, improviser and composer residing in Brooklyn, New York. Described as “vibrant, earthy and spiritual” (UK Vibe), Cat “uses bold atmospheric abstraction and fluid melodies to mix deep human warmth with creative fire” (Coastal Jazz and Blues Society).
Cat Toren leads a dynamic new project influenced by the free-form, socially conscious jazz of the late '60s as well as today’s resurgent civil rights movement. The album has received critically acclaimed reviews such as “A powerful recording” - Bandcamp Daily (The Best New Jazz on Bandcamp) and “Cat Toren should be a household name.
Pianist/composer Cat Toren conjures music as healing force and hope for the future on the second album by her exploratory quintet Human Kind Scintillating Beauty, due out September 11 on Panoramic Recordings, evokes 60s spiritual jazz, sound healing techniques and positive activism
1,053 Followers, 1,200 Following, 577 Posts - Cat Toren (@cat_toren) on Instagram: "Pianist, Composer, Mom, lover of hiking and cats🌲Based in New York raised in Vancouver".
Photographs by Cat Toren assisted by Juhli Conlinn. Design by Byron Dauncey. Includes unlimited streaming of Sea/Sky via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Influenced by the socially conscious spiritual jazz of the late 1960s, Canadian-born pianist and composer Cat Toren is known for her harmonically expansive, exploratory sound.
Sep 29, 2020 · The high-quality on display will not surprise anyone who has heard Cat Toren's Human Kind's self-titled debut album, which featured the same band: Cat Toren (piano, compositions) Yoshie Fruchter (oud), Jake Leckie (bass), and Matt Honor (drums).
