caity gyorgy
“Canadian jazz singer Caity Gyorgy, in addition to having a warm voice and swinging phrasing, is a skilled songwriter whose originals sound as if they are from the 1950s with more modern lyrics.””
“While having a beautiful voice is plenty to recommend any singer, also knowing how to use it in the myriad ways that Caity Gyorgy does puts her high up the list of young singers to watch.””
Caity Gyorgy (pronounced George) is a three-time JUNO award-winning Canadian vocalist known for singing bebop and swing music. She has performed internationally, including at all the major Canadian festivals, Tucson Jazz Festival, Tokyo’s famed Cotton Club, Live From Emmett’s Place, and featured with Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal and UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra in Finland.
Gyorgy is currently signed to Brooklyn label La Reserve Records and has released five albums of original and standard music, including her three JUNO award-winning albums Now Pronouncing, Featuring, Hello! How Are You?, and her 2024 JUNO-nominated album with pianist Mark Limacher You’re Alike, You Two. As a collaborator, she has recorded and performed with musicians including Christine Jensen, Laila Biali, Jocelyn Gould, Ira Coleman, Bryn Roberts and Pat LaBarbera.
In addition to being a performer, Gyorgy is an avid writer and composes songs in the style of the Great American Songbook. Her compositions have been sung by other vocalists around the world, and have won multiple awards including the Grand Prize in the jazz category of the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
Gyorgy is also a sought after clinician and is currently on faculty as a vocal jazz instructor at the Yukon Summer Music Camp in Whitehorse, Yukon and the Interprovincial Music Camp in McKellar, Ontario. Her strong social media presence also sees her utilising platforms like Instagram (83k followers) and TikTok (122k followers) to engage with the next generation of jazz students, encouraging them to scat with her or join her, virtually, in the recording studio.
Her album "Hello! How Are You?" features Gyorgy accompanied by her regular piano trio and was released in August, 2024. It was the 2025 JUNO Award-winner for “Best Jazz Album of the Year”. Her upcoming album “Asking For Trouble” is out 11 April 2025 on La Reserve Records and features pianist Mark Limacher. The duo celebrates the music of the incomparable composer and lyricist Frank Loesser.
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