Laura Ainsworth is a second-generation musical prodigy. Her late father, Bill Ainsworth, was a renowned big band musician and arranger who played with Freddy Martin and other top bandleaders, and was possibly the youngest member ever of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, backing Frank Sinatra at just 16. As a young girl, Laura watched enraptured as her dad accompanied such idols as Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme and Marilyn McCoo, playing lead sax and clarinet at Dallas famous Fairmont Hotel Venetian Room. Laura grew up worshiping the great jazz, big band and club singers like Ella, Keely Smith, Doris Day, Margaret Whiting and Rosemary Clooney, as well as comedienne/singers Madeline Kahn, Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore. Both music and humor became a big part of her life. Lauras debut album, "Keep It To Yourself," produced and arranged by jazz piano genius Brian Piper, and featuring the Brian Piper Trio (John Adams on bass, Mike Drake on drums), spotlights Lauras nearly three-octave voice, surrounded by some of the greatest jazz musicians in Texas in a delightful genre- and era-skipping collection of songs from the 1920s to today, from ballads to swing and from standards to obscure gems. The hilariously seductive title tune is already being played on radio stations worldwide, and is striking a chord with women as the perfect female revenge fantasy in this era of famous cheating men. Guest artists include violinist Milo Deering of the hot jazz/bluegrass fusion group Beatlegras, adding a Stephane Grappelli-like touch to a swinging "La Vie En Rose;" and jazz guiltarist Chris Derose, a favorite accompanist of Michael Feinstein and Willie Nelson, dueting with Laura on a stripped-down, recorded live-in-one-take version of the Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer classic "Skylark." This rendition was summed up by a fan at Jango online radio in a single word: "Wow." "Keep It To Yourself" is now available at CDBaby.com, iTunes and other download sites, and locally in Dallas at CD Source in Old Town. It can also be ordered by any brick-and-mortar store. Click here to buy the CD or download it from CDBaby.com. Laura creates, produces and performs her own fully-realized, live musical shows that have become known for her gorgeous voice, her unique sense of humor and her trademark elbow-length satin gloves and beaded gowns that would fill Julie London with envy. She ushers audiences into her own enchanting world, a cocktail mix that recreates the elegant retro style of nightclub shows of the ‘30s and ‘40s, but with a sophisticated modern musical sheen and just a twist of flirtatiously naughty humor. It’s an intoxicating blend that has attracted some of the top jazz players in Texas to her side, including longtime partner Brian Piper, one of the most sought-after pianists/producers in the Southwest and the 2011 Sammons Center for the Arts honoree as “Dallas Jazz Musician of the Year.” Her musical spoof of age and beauty paranoia, "Keep Young & Beautiful," has garnered rave reviews and played many venues, public and private, including the Dallas and Las Vegas Comedy Festivals and the Out-Of-The-Loop Theater Festival. Her Cole Porter revue with acclaimed singer/pianist Michael Gott has also received raves from critics and played to sold-out houses from Bass Halls elegant McDavid Studio to two Christmas galas at the Arkansas Governors Mansion. She has also been a guest on countless radio shows from Arizona to Ireland, and notable TV appearances include Fox 4’s “Good Day,” the "Jack E. Jett Show" on the Q TV network, and her own special on Comcast Cable. Laura and husband Pat Reeder also co-create The Comedy Wire, a daily internationally-syndicated topical humor service for radio DJs, and her witty one-liners and parody songs have made her one of the most-quoted, most-played and least-credited women in radio . Her best-known parody songs for morning shows include her take on Julie Andrews "My Favorite Things" ("Try to play chess and well cut off your hand/These are the things that the Taliban banned...") and "Santa Baby (Help Me Through Recession Tonight)." Laura and Pat live with 16 rescued parrots, which Laura writes about in a column for Companion Parrot Quarterly. She and Pat have restored several historic homes, including their current residence, a Fabulous Fifties Midcentury Modern house that in a twist of fate, was Lauras childhood home where she used to watch her dad rehearse and write intricate big band arrangements on the kitchen table.