Kitt Wakeley
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Wakeley performing at Carnegie Hall in 2022 | |
| Born | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Other names | AudioKaoz |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Awards | Grammy |
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| Website | kittwakeley |
Kitt Wakeley is a Grammy award-winning American composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger, and musician. He has worked with artists Aaron Lazar, Josh Groban, Sting, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and others. His solo album, Symphony of Sinners & Saints (featuring Joe Satriani), charted at #1 on Billboard's Classical Crossover and Classical charts as well as yielding two #1 singles. In 2023, he won a Grammy Award for "Best Classical Compendium" for An Adoption Story and was nominated in the same category in 2024 for Mythologies II. He produced Aaron Lazar's album Impossible Dream which was also nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album" that same year as well as charting at #2 on Billboard's Classical Crossover Album chart. In 2025, Wakeley was honored by the ALS Network with an Essey Spotlight Award for his production work on the album.