Carla White
Carla Ruth White ( born September 15, 1951 in Oakland, California; † 9 May 2007 New York City ) was an American jazz singer. Partly it was hailed as queen of scat singing.
Life and work
White grew up in Bellport (New York ) in a musical family (her father played trumpet). Early on, she was encouraged musically by their parents. Even during the time in high school, she appeared as an actress and singer. In New York City she began to study jazz dance and attended from 1969 to 1971 the Webber -Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Upon her return from Europe she took for four years private lessons with Lennie Tristano to can then Warne Marsh (1978-1981) and Don Sebesky (1987 ) teach.
From the late 1970s they began with trumpeter Manny Duran to work; the two took a jointly until 1985 led strip for Stash Records on ( Andruline, 1983). Then she led her own trio, playing under their name albums for Milestone, Evidence and DIW Records a. From the mid- 1980s, it was recognized in the professional journals as considerable talent. She entered increasingly into the great jazz clubs of New York and even in Carnegie Hall and presented at various festivals in North America and Trinidad and toured Mexico, Japan and Europe, where she was recognized particularly in Scandinavia.
On the critically acclaimed album The Sweetest Sounds DIW was Carla White of the pianist Peter Madsen, bassist Dean Johnson, percussionist Steve Berrios and accompanied with some pieces of Lew Tabackin on the tenor saxophone. On her last album, which was created in September 2001, the singer with John Hart, Dean Johnson, Matt Wilson and Claudio Roditi guest worked together. After she died of cancer in May 2007 in New York City.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Orient Express ( Milestone, 1985)
- Mood Swings ( Milestone, 1988) with Joshua Breakstone, Lew Tabakin
- Listen Here ( Evidence, 1991)
- The Sweetest Sounds ( DIW, 1996, ed 2000)
- A Voice in the Night (Bright Moon, 2001, ed 2006)