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About Mady Kaye
The Austin Jazz Society’s Hall of Fame biography dates Kaye’s Texas performing career to 1975 and documents a seven-year run leading the house band at the Hyatt Regency Austin in the 1980s. Her training spans classical piano, flute, voice, and Kodály-method teaching.[2]
Kaye’s official biography separates her solo jazz and cabaret recordings from two continuing vocal groups. She founded the Austin Carolers in 1994 and led its arrangements for 25 years, while The Beat Divas became a long-running jazz-vocal trio with food-themed original songs and programs.[1][2]
Her documented recordings include the live Mady Kaye Goes Cabaret, a second volume built around The Magic of Mercer, and Songs for All Seasons, which introduced her songwriting and lyric work. The official music and video pages preserve those projects alongside selected performances.[1][3][4]
Austin Jazz Hall of Fame
The Austin Jazz Society inducted Kaye in 2024 and published a detailed account of her local performing and teaching work.[2]
Cabaret recordings
Her first-party biography documents the Tin Pan Alley and Johnny Mercer programs that became two live albums.[1]
Austin Carolers and Beat Divas
Kaye’s ensemble work includes founding and arranging for the carolers and leading the jazz-vocal trio.[1][2]