Kayla Waters burst on to the contemporary jazz scene

with an astounding four #1 Billboard contemporary jazz

radio hits! Lovingly mentored by her father, jazz icon Kim

Waters, Kayla has been voted the winner of "The Rising

Star In Jazz Award" by The Black Women in Jazz and the

Arts, and the prestigious Washington DC WAMMIE

Award as "The Best Jazz Artist." Having performed with

such greats as Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight and at

major jazz festivals world-wide, this charismatic keyboard virtuosa has taken the jazz world by storm!!! Presence, her brilliant new album release, is overflowing with inspired melodies and ebullient grooves - a true

expression of Kayla's unique creativity. Veteran hit

maker Chris "Big Dog" Davis, and father Kim Waters,

join Kayla in the production of 10 Kayla Waters original

compositions. From the glowing spirituality of the title

tune, "Presence," and the romantic "Waterkisses," musical universe of Kayla Waters is on full display!