The music business has lost a real one. Former Saturday Night Live musical director and producer Katreese Barnes passed away on August 3 at the age of 56 following a decades-long fight with breast ...

Katreese Barnes may not be a household name–yet–but her work speaks for itself. She started her musical journey as a classical pianist at the age of 10 in North Carolina. Mastering her craft has led ...

Katreese Barnes, a former musical director of Saturday Night Live, has passed away. She was 56. Barnes's brother, Jerry Barnes, told the New York Times that his sister had lost a decades-long battle ...

Katreese Barnes was one of the most successful musicians the general public may never have heard of. She was nominated for a Grammy for her work with Roberta Flack and as musical director for US ...

Katreese Barnes, a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and music producer who accompanied some of the biggest stars of the 1990s and 2000s and won two Emmys as musical director for “Saturday ...

She worked with Roberta Flack and other stars. But she probably made her biggest splash by helping write a risqué song for “Saturday Night Live.” By Giovanni Russonello Katreese Barnes, a ...