Carrie Smith

Carrie Louise Smith ( born August 25, 1941 in Fort Gaines, Georgia, † 20 May 2012 at Newark ( New Jersey)) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Life and work

Smith sang as a child in her father's church in Newark and joined with their Gospel Choir in 1957 at the Newport Jazz Festival. In 1970, she began a career as a professional singer at the Blue pianist Big Tiny Little; then she went in 1973 with Tyree Glenn on tour and played in 1974 with Dick Hyman at Carnegie Hall album " Satchmo Remembered " a. With the New York Jazz Repertory Company and then with The World's Greatest Jazz Band, she was more than once on a European tour. On their album " Carrie Smith " (1978) made ​​guest appearances Art Farmer and Budd Johnson. She continued to work with Ram Ramirez, Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Jay McShann and over again with Yank Lawson. She played from 1989 to 1991 in the Broadway musical Black and Blues. In 1992, pianist Marcus Roberts it the center of his tribute to Bessie Smith. In addition, she has performed with his own gospel choirs.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Confessin 'the Blues ( Evidence Records, 1976)
• Do Your Duty (Classic Jazz, 1976)
• Fine and Mellow ( Audiophile Records, 1976)
• Nobody Wants You ( Black & Blue Records, 1977)
• When You're Down and Out ( Black & Blue, 1977)
• Carrie Smith (West 54 Records, 1978)
• Every Now and Then ( Silver Shadow Records, 1993)
• I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues ( IPO Records, 2002)

Lexigraphic entries

• Martin Kunzler Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 2 Reinbek 2002; ISBN 3-499-16513-9