Hattie has signed many songs to music libraries in the US, Canada, and Australia, and has begun to receive radio play in the US, Belgium and Germany. In June 2006, Hattie's song "Whiskey" was selected as a finalist in the compo10.com blues festival and Hattie flew to Finland to perform in the live finals in Vantaa.
In fall 2007, Hattie started seeing song placements in film and TV and
is excited about licensing opportunities and airplay exposure for her
music.
Miss Hattie Moran's Augusta Georgia Rag:
"If Scott Joplin had lunch with Keith Jarret, he might have... jotted down this little ditty."
--Suzanne Dean, Berklee College of Music
Miss Hattie Moran of Augusta, Georgia
(1891-1951)
Hattie wrote "Miss Hattie Moran's Augusta Georgia Rag" in honor of her great-aunt, Hattie Dermott Moran (1891-1951). A stride and ragtime piano player from Augusta, Georgia, Hattie Moran sang and worked as a pianist for the Lion's Club, The Exchange Club of Augusta, local theatre, and for St. John's Methodist Church for more than 30 years.
Twisted and sexy.--Thomas Macaoidh, Vibist and composer, Albany, OR
Come to Montreal, you crazy pianist...--Chris Nippard, Songwriter/vocalist/guitarist, Montreal, Quebec
Scott Joplin, Debussy, Mompou, Stravinsky, Jelly Roll Morton and other influences . . . it could be soundtrack
. . .very surprising and original
--Moises Prieto, Guitarist/Producer, Madrid
Intriguing Quirkiness . . . Kevokian, Hardcore Metal band, New York
Mood zig-zags between Mose Allison, Scott Joplin and--in its classic passages--Dave Brubeck . . . emotionally intense and evocative. The Philomankind (Power Pop) Pisa, Italy
If this performer was playing in my bar, I'd be hanging off the end of the piano and buying the drinks. Jim Pearson, songwriter, UK
Smooth Ragtime --I really like the feel of this song. It has a very different sound to it. It makes you think of a time gone by--very nice touch.--Big Dutch, Hip Hop/R&B Artist & Producer, Watts (Compton) CA
Biography
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, artist, songwriter and composer Hattie Wilcox was raised on Chopin and Debussy, hillbilly blues, and soul. These sounds are in her blood and sneak into her music all the time. In her new CD Red Bird Tattoo, Hattie writes and sings her favorite--the blues.
Playing piano at age 7, Hattie was a shirtless girl growing up in the humid-sweet south, and when she wasn't in school or outside all day in the woods, Hattie played piano for her mama, her "Big Mama" Aunt Hattie and her first music teacher, Annette Kahn. Every week one summer her mama drove Hattie two hours (each way) to Greensboro so she could study with Hungarian concert pianist, Lili Keleti. Hattie remembers her weekly reward after each lesson--a cheeseburger and fries--as exciting to little Hattie as Miss Keleti's mysterious accent and high-drama, arms-in-the-air teaching style. Befriending the piano, riding tree-lined Carolina highways and salty fast-food is the stuff of Hattie's musical beginnings.
At 13, Hattie was accepted for study by Loren Withers, head of the music department at Duke University. Not wanting to practice four hours a day like his other students (and her idol Yoko Nazaki), she soon quit. Classical piano on hold, Hattie discovered the lyrical fiddle music of the Blue Ridge Mountains and continued her life-long love affair with soul. Though she was way to young to get in, Hattie's first concert--Sam and Dave singing and sweating in their satin shirts open to the waist--is a feeling forever in her heart.
After high school, Hattie returned to the piano to continue music study at Mills College in Oakland. After college she lived for five years without a TV, and her love of music and modern poetry came together when she began to write songs inspired by Etta James, Ray Charles, and the Reverend Al Green (to name a few).
Since then, Hattie has studied songwriting with Jack Segal (SGA Hollywood), notation with jazz pianist Paul Conrad (Honolulu) and voice with Janet B. White (San Diego). Currently, Hattie is honored to study with her favorite teachers of all time, both in San Diego: voice with Marguerite (Bonnie) Fink; and piano, notation, and music history with the dynamic pianist, extraordinary musician, artist and mentor Rinna Livshin.
Most recently, in December 2007, Hattie Wilcox debut release "Red Bird
Tattoo" became available. Listen to New Album
