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Kim Prevost & Bill Solley are an American jazz duo consisting of singer-songwriter Kim Prevost (born Apr. 27, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) and guitarist Bill Solley (born Dec. 13, 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida).

Music career

Guitarist Bill Solley met singer Kim Prevost at an audition in New Orleans in 1996.[1] Before this, Solley studied classical guitar at the University of New Orleans and was a session guitarist with Allen Toussaint.[2] Prevost performed musical theatre in New Orleans, in a Cole Porter review under the direction of Allen Toussaint, and leading roles in “Sweet Charity”, “Dreamgirls”, “West Side Story”, and “A Dose of Reality”.[3][4]

Prevost and Solley first performed as a duo in between sets of Summers Heat, Bill Summers' band, in which they both performed as well.[1] Prevost and Solley were married in ? in ?.

References

  1. ^ a b Tabak, Jonathan (1 October 1999). "Kim Prevost and Bill Solley: Good Chemistry". Offbeat Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ Wyckoff, Geraldine (1 March 2005). "Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project, Going Places (CRT)". Offbeat Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ Nathan, Dave. "Kim Prevost". All Music. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Kim Prevost and Bill Solley". All About Jazz. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.