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PRESS QUOTES FOR VOCALIST KARIN PLATO

"Vancouver jazz vocalist Karin Plato has a warm, welcoming voice that invites you into a song."
Marke Andrews THE VANCOUVER SUN

"THE STATE OF BLISS is a fine example of a gifted jazz vocalist who can beautifully carry a tune, bring out the sensitivity of the music and lyrics, and shares her love of jazz with the listening audience. Karin Plato is a contemporary jazz singer who can sing, and does so with much style, and caring. "
Lee Prosser JAZZREVIEW

"Singer Plato is hip and slick, never following obvious vocal routes, which is why the Vancouver-based warbler's latest disc of 13 songs (including six of her own) is a delight."
Geoff Chapman THE TORONTO STAR

"Karin Plato is a marvellous Canadian jazz singer who has staked out unique terrain for herself. She combines sophisticated song writing with careful investigation into the jazz standard tradition."
John Stevenson  EJAZZNEWS

"She's a cheerful and mostly musicianly vocalist, perhaps most distantly of the Sheila Jordan school, but pleasantly without stylizations or affectation."
Mark Miller  THE GLOBE AND MAIL

"Miss Plato is always on pitch, her phrasing and intonation are silky smooth, and when you add superb articulation and texture and you have a polished, professional performer."
John Gilbert EJAZZNEWS

"There's a sense of danger about her work that's enthralling."
Geoff Chapman  THE TORONTO STAR

"Rather than being an adventurous improviser or a scat singer, Plato's variations are subtle and soulful while paying close attention to the words that she improvises…her haunting voice is appealing…Karin Plato seems to have a great future in front of her."
Scott Yanow  THE JAZZ REPORT

"She knows how to shape a lyric with the insouciant elegance that's an important part of the female vocal jazz tradition"
Chris Wong THE VANCOUVER COURIER

"Darkly alluring, refreshingly unfussy singing…a luxuriously unstrained alto voice with occasional bluesy inflections…"
Ken Eisner  THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

"She's assured and sophisticated bringing conviction and a touch of yearning to the material."
Geoff Chapman  THE TORONTO STAR

"Plato's confident, tuneful phrasing and hip articulation stands out as she weaves a musical spell."
Roger Levesque  THE EDMONTON JOURNAL

"Karin Plato is one of those musicians for whom DOWNBEAT magazine reserves a category: Artists Deserving of Wider Recognition"
THE VANCOUVER SUN

"Karin Plato is a sultry singer that swings like crazy"
Renee Doruyter for THE PROVINCE

"Karin Plato…her glorious sound and expert musicianship amply in evidence…"
George Evans  PLANET JAZZ

"Her vocals are hauntingly beautiful, filled with sensitivity and a sense of mellow desire and she sings each word with perfect clarity."
Lee Prosser THE JAZZREVIEW