Remember Bobby McFerrin, the jazz singer who had a 1988 No. 1 hit with "Don't Worry Be Happy"? Clearly a cheerful guy, but if you want to see him wearing a really big grin, check out the video on Kate McGarry's Web site. McGarry was in the audience in 2001 at Chick Corea's 60th birthday celebration when McFerrin, who was scatting along to Corea's piano playing, asked if anyone in the crowd knew the words to the classic song "Smile" (it was a hit for Nat King Cole in 1954). McGarry spoke up, and McFerrin handed her the microphone. In the next 60 seconds, McGarry put a smile on everyone's face with her subtly soulful singing. If McFerrin and the rest of the crowd didn't know who the Cape native was then, it's a good bet they do now. McGarry's fourth CD, "The Target" (Palmetto Records), landed a four-star review in the July issue of Down Beat magazine (the Rolling Stone of the jazz world).Last month, McGarry, a 1981 graduate of Barnstable High School, was surprised to learn that she was one of the nominees for best female jazz vocalist — along with Diana Krall, Patricia Barber, Madeleine Peyroux and Cassandra Wilson, among others — in Down Beat's online readers poll. - complete article
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