Carol Sloane
Carol Sloane (born March 5, 1937) is an American jazz singer born in Providence, Rhode Island, who has been singing professionally since she was 14, although for a time in the 1970s she worked as a legal secretary in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition, between September 1967 and May 1968, she occasionally wrote album reviews for Down Beat.[1] She lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts.[2]
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Birth name | Carol Morovan |
Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | March 5, 1937
Genres | Jazz, vocal jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1953–present |
Labels | Arbors, Concord |
Website | www |
One of her early efforts was working with Les and Larry Elgart's orchestra. Later she filled in for Annie Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. By 1961, success at the Newport Jazz Festival led to albums for Columbia Records.[3] Her career stalled for a time in the 1970s, but resumed by the 1980s. In 1983 she found a nickel under her carseat and brought it to a psychic who told her she should sign with Concord Records and had some successes touring in Japan. In 1986, she married Buck Spurr.[4] In April 2016 Sloane was among the inductees who were brought into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF).[5]
Discography
As leader
- Live at 30th Street (Columbia, 1962)
- Out of the Blue (Columbia, 1962)
- Subway Tokens (Moonbeam, 1975)
- Spring Is Here (LDC, 1977)
- Carol & Ben with Ben Webster (Honeydew, 1977)
- Carol Sings (Progressive, 1979)
- Cottontail (Choice, 1979)
- Summertime Carole Sings Again (LDR, 1983)
- As Time Goes by (Eastwind, 1984)
- Three Pearls with Ernestine Anderson, Chris Connor (Eastworld, 1984)
- Sophisticated Lady (Audiophile, 1985)
- But Not for Me (CBS/Sony, 1987)
- Hush-a-Bye (SSJ, 1987)
- Love You Madly (Contemporary, 1989)
- The Real Thing (Contemporary, 1990)
- Heart's Desire (Concord Jazz, 1992)
- Sweet and Slow (Concord Jazz, 1993)
- When I Look in Your Eyes (Concord Jazz, 1994)
- The Songs Carmen Sang (Concord, 1995)
- The Songs Sinatra Sang (Concord, 1996)
- The Songs Ella & Louis Sang with Clark Terry (Concord Jazz, 1997)
- Romantic Ellington (DRG, 1999)
- Something Cool (Choice, 2001)
- I Never Went Away (HighNote, 2001)
- Whisper Sweet (HighNote, 2003)
- Dearest Duke (Arbors, 2007)
- We'll Meet Again (Arbors, 2010)
References
- Fitzgerald, Michael. "Down Beat under Dan Morgenstern — A Bibliography". Current Research in Jazz 4. 2012. retrieved 2013-04-22.
- Down Beat Artist's profile Archived October 22, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- All Music
- All About Jazz Archived November 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ChrisS. "GoLocalProv | Lifestyle | Herb Weiss: Abate Joins Exclusive Class of Musicians". GoLocalProv. Retrieved July 27, 2017.