Shades of Blue

Originally formed in 2003, Shades of Blue was a scaled down version of the exciting young Redlands band “Fetty and the Boys”.

The face of Shades of Blue has changed over the years and now consists of it’s founder Katie Dauth (Fetty) and a selection of special friends and guests. Katie has had huge success in her short career performing with many great performers such as James and John Morrison, The Drifters, Joe Chindamo, Graeme Lyall, Phill Stack, Adrian Cunningham, Ed Wilson, Normie Roe, Troy Casserdaly, Tommy Emmanuel and winning many awards along the way.

2003 was a particularly successful year for Katie.
In January 2003 she received the John Morrison Scholarship at the Pan Pacific music festival in Collaroy NSW. Later that year she was voted best saxophone in Queensland in the Australian Music Academy Jiants in Jazz competition.
In June 2003 Katie toured with the Sheldon College jazz Orchestra to Mt Gambier for the Generations of Jazz National Bands Competition, at this event Katie was nominated by James Morrison as a future finalist for the James Morrison scholarship and invited to perform on stage with James.
In October 2003 Katie was awarded Sheldon College Musician of the year.
Katie was lead alto sax in the Brisbane All Stars Youth Big Band. In 2003 the band represented Australia in the International Jazz Educators Conference in Long Beach California.
In January 2004 Katie received an Australia Day Cultural Award presented by Redland Shire Council.
In November 2007 Katie completed her Bachelor of Music and received a Griffith University Excellence Award.
In June 2008 with the Queensland Youth Orchestra, Katie performed an Australian Premiere. Concerto for Alto Saxophone by Derek Burgoius, conducted by Phillip Davis.

Quotes:
John Morrison “Out of several hundred students, Katie came to my immediate attention as a very bright and indeed gifted musician showing an ability to quickly grasp the more difficult challenges of improvisation and demonstrated a mature approach to playing lead in any ensemble”
Ed Wilson: “That girl is a gifted young musician and could really go places”
At this years Balonn Jazz Tent at the Redlands Spring Festival, Katie is joined by vocalist Elly Hoyt.

Elly Hoyt is making her way in the Australian Jazz Scene after winning the prestigious Generation in Jazz Vocal scholarship in 2008. She hails from the back blocks of country Tasmania where she started singing with a big band at the age of 13 and after hearing and playing alongside Don Burrows, Elly only wanted one thing and that is to perform Jazz. She moved to Brisbane in 2006 to study a Bachelor of Music and in 2007 was a finalist in the ABC 612 Jazz Singers competition, judged by Vince Jones.

Elly is the youngest Vocalist in Australian history to sing for the Australian cricket board. She performed the national anthem at the cricket match of Australia vs. England and Australia vs. New Zealand. Throughout her music career Elly has met and played alongside some of the nation’s best Jazz artists including James Morrison, Phil stack, James Muller, Emma Pask, The idea of North, Sam Anning, John Hoffman, James Sherlock, John Morrison and internationally acclaimed Jim Pugh and Chris McNulty to name a few. She has played at the Magnetic Island Jazz Festival, Broadbeach Jazz festival, Generations in jazz and is due to play at the Thredbo Jazz festival and Devonport Jazz festival in 2010.

Quotes: John Hoffman: “She is a brilliant young musician who is already singing like someone beyond her years… I feel that Elly has a very sensitive spirit-an artistic sensitivity that not everyone has. It’s rare.”
The Australian: “Elly Hoyt has a standard issue Australian accent, except when she sings. Then she sounds as if she belongs in a jazz bar in Manhattan.” Stephen Matchett.

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