Dyan Kane

Whether in LA, Canada, England, Boston or NYC at the United Nations or Birdland, this 5'9" blue-eyed willow has turned a few heads and ears during her decades of performing experience.

A multi-faceted performer, songwriter, producer, vocalist & recording artist, DYAN KANE's love affair with Jazz began in the busy streets, parks and subways of NYC, where she busked with friends for tips.  While bouncing between classes and starring roles in film, TV, theatre, and dance clubs (where she performed ‘one-off ’club records for the International Bad Boyz label, complete with dancers and backup vocalists), she made rent by serving drinks at Bleecker Street's legendary BLUE NOTE jazz club, a MOVE THAT TRANSFORMED HER LIFE!  No class could teach her eyes & EARS what they'd learn from iconic jazz giants like Oscar Peterson, Ramsey Lewis, Quincy Jones, Ron Carter, Jon Faddis, Kenny Barron, Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrae, Morgana King, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Jon Hendrix, Dizzie Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Cab Calloway, Tito Puente, & Ahmad Jamal.  The Blue Note sanctuary revealed secrets of the discipline of jazz, style, rhythm, dynamics and delivery, and most importantly, how to make the song lyric her own.  But the magic never happens without putting in the work.

4 a.m. late night BLUE NOTE jam sessions with trumpeter Ted Curson and live showstoppers at hot spots in the Tri-boro area, replete with backup singers, dancers, horn sections and top tier musicians helped hone her rhythmic a & percussive scat chops, impeccable phrasing and the earthy, textured vocal style she took to Los Angeles, where her TV, film, & music career merged into one roiling crescendo of unbelievable, life-changing, creative moments!  Dyan topped it all off with her last LA show of ALL ORIGINALS alongside her gifted pianist/producer Robert Turner.  Their songs - a hybrid of jazz-rooted pop, R&B, funk and club music, kept a packed house at THE MINT rockin' & riveted. 

Her first Tokyo tour hosted by Interplay Records was derailed by COVID.  Soon after, a cross-country relocation to RI to care for ailing family members slowed the NY/LA pace for a minute.  Bumps in the road to the impossible dream are nothing new.   They come with the territory.  Success is a mind game.  The key is to stay in it.  Dyan has recorded and performed with the likes of pianists Robert Turner, Dominique Xavier Taplin, Jeff Goldblum; drummers Donald Barrett, Winard Harper, Clayton Cameron, grammy winner Lyndon Rochelle;  grammy bassists Ryan Cross & Dmitry Gorodetsky, as well as trumpeter Rickey Woodard, & saxophonists Cal Bennett and Louis Van Taylor (who she considers a mentor).  On the East Coast she continues to hone her sound with Maestroes Jhony Keys & Sir Richard Hundley. Quitting is not an option. 
 

You can find Dyan's music at ITunes, Amazon, CDbaby.com, Soundcloud, Bandcamp - or stream on Spotify.
 

(Written by Robert Alexander)