Kate Davis
Kathryn L. "Kate" Davis (born February 4, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, and bassist. Early life. Davis started learning music on the violin. She moved to the Pacific Northwest in middle school and began to study the double bass. She played violin and bass in the Portland Youth Philharmonic. She was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts in 2009 through the YoungArts national arts scholarship program while at West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon. Music career. Davis released the album "Introducing Kate Davis" in 2008. She enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music in  2009, concentrating on jazz and classic American songs, releasing a Christmas album in 2009 and a live album in 2010. She collaborated with guitarist Gabe Schnider and drummer Conor Szymanski, these songs can heard on Michael Feinstein's NPR show "Song Travels". In 2012, she was recognized by ASCAP with the Robert Alan Award for new songwriters. She has said that learning the double bass was difficult, but after learning songs from the Great American Songbook, she was able to translate that knowledge to create her own style. In 2019, she released her fourth album, "Trophy". Her fifth album is  due in 2021: a complete cover of "Retired Boxer" by outsider artist Daniel Johnston. Davis's version is titled "Strange Boy", and is planned to benefit for the mental health charity Hi How Are You Project. She posted "Oh No" to SoundCloud as the lead single in November 2020.