Six-time Juno Award nominee (Canadian Grammy), Carol Welsman is an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist and pianist, whose expressive vocal styling and dynamic stage presence has captivated audiences around the world.
She describes her latest (and
eleventh) album, 'ALONE TOGETHER,' which marks the first
time she has recorded in NYC with musicians including Wallace
Roney, Lewis Nash, Rufus Reid and Jay Azzolina, as her 'truest
to the jazz art form to date!'
One of Oscar Peterson's favorite
singers, in addition to her Juno recognition, her recordings
have received numerous awards and accolades. In 2008, 'I
Like Men - Reflections of Miss Peggy Lee' was voted Top
5 Album of the Year by USA Today. A follow-up album, 'Memories
of You - A Tribute to Benny Goodman,' released in Japan
that same year featuring clarinetist Ken Peplowski, won
a Gold Award and garnered Carol three sold-out Japan tours.
The granddaughter of the founder and first conductor of the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra, Carol sang her first song, 'O My Darlin' Clementine,'
at age one. By the time she finished high school she had mastered the
violin, bass and classical piano before going on to attend the prestigious
Berklee College of Music.
Carol is an extraordinarily talented musician and one of finer vocalists and pianists on the scene today. She performs worldwide from trio to symphony
orchestra, and has charmed such luminaries as President Bill Clinton, California Governor Gray Davis, Gordon Lightfoot and Stevie Wonder. Carol has also enjoyed a successful songwriting career, having written lyrics for songs recorded by such artists as Ray Charles and Celine Dion, among others. Read more...
