Deborah J. Carter - Girl-Talking! Live in Concert

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:17
Size: 157,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:39) 1. My Favourite Things
(3:14) 2. Sister Sadie
(5:57) 3. New York State Of Mind
(6:24) 4. Yesterday
(5:09) 5. Red Top
(4:47) 6. Girl talk
(4:11) 7. Perfect Stranger
(4:14) 8. The Whistle Man
(5:40) 9. Ten Minutes Till The Savages Come
(3:48) 10. Between The Raindrops
(5:15) 11. Ahmad's Blues
(5:32) 12. You've Proven Your Point (Bongo Beep)
(3:43) 13. Ten Minutes In Paris
(3:38) 14. Sabado (Barri Sa Coma)

Deborah J. Carter is the epitome of a world class jazz singer. Born in the U.S. with ties in Hawaii and Japan, her home now is in Europe. Her current concert schedule agenda is a global itinerary of performances from Cristofori, Amsterdam to Madrid Spain. Her new recording, Girl-Talking!, highlights one of her live performances at the Pannonica jazz club in Hague, Holland in 2003. The concert features Carter with her working trio performing a variety of popular covers and jazz influenced songs. From her first note it's evident that Carter is a pro. With a polished and elegant voice and diva-like skills, Carter gives the audience an entertaining performance. The first set begins with a version of the classic "My Favorite Thing," which gives light to Carter's panache as she sings with playful exuberance while the band delivers equally engaging music. She's in total control when she scats, chats, and vocalizes on Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie." The modern classic "New York State of Mind" is refreshingly smooth as the trio swings along with Carter's lithe lyrics. Other gems include a moving version of John Lennon's timeless "Yesterday" where Carter soulfully expresses the haunting melody. The second set begins with the colorful "Whistle Man" as Carter's range stretches boundaries with ease. The trio aptly accentuates the singer with solid playing that leaves ample room for discovery on each tune. On the blues-themed "Ten Minute Till the Savage Comes," pianist Colen Molenaar and bassist Mark Zandvald share impressive solos and drummer Enrique Firpi displays crisp rhythmic skills on the bonus track "Sabado (Barr Si Coma)." With captivating vocals, good music, and the right atmosphere, Girl-Talking! is yet another entertaining glimpse of a jazz songstress who deserves a wider audience. It's easy to hear why Deborah Carter is popular with our fellow jazz fans across the ocean.~ Mark F. Turner https://www.allaboutjazz.com/girl-talking-deborah-j-carter-timeless-records-review-by-mark-f-turner.php

Girl-Talking! Live in Concert

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Deborah J. Carter - Scuse Me

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:17
Size: 124,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:58)  1. The Forest
(3:37)  2. Scuse Me
(3:06)  3. Remembering You
(5:17)  4. Alone Again, Naturally
(2:02)  5. Golden Slumbers
(4:05)  6. Sleeping Beauty
(3:25)  7. Winter Samba
(5:46)  8. Sugar // Suger 2 Me
(3:50)  9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(3:47) 10. Sabado
(5:18) 11. Breathless
(4:11) 12. A Misunderstanding
(3:49) 13. My Home

Vocalist Deborah J. Carter was born in the U.S.A. and grew up in Hawaii and Japan. She travels extensively performing in jazz festivals, jazz clubs, seminars, and radio and TV shows through Europe and Asia with her trio or as a guest with various formations; from solo pianists to large orchestras. While on tour, she has also given master classes, often sponsored by US embassies all over the world. This vocalist / composer / arranger definitely brings her multi - cultural experiences into her music. “We are so privileged in this day and age to have an open door to other cultures and perspectives that enrich our own.” And she brings it to light through her style. Described by the Music Maker magazine as “absolutely top-class”, she is one of the most dynamic vocalists in the jazz scene. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/deborahjcarter

Scuse Me

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Max Sunyer & Deborah J. Carter - Black Coral

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:47
Size: 123,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:00)  1. I Dream A World
(5:13)  2. Why Should I Cry For You?
(5:13)  3. The City And The Sea
(4:40)  4. Daydream Day
(3:06)  5. Evensong
(3:54)  6. That's Enough For Now
(6:29)  7. Love Is Conquering Me
(4:16)  8. I'll Worry Tomorrow
(3:29)  9. Here You Are
(4:55) 10. Lullaby Baby
(4:23) 11. Eyes
(3:52) 12. Mirrors
(2:09) 13. Of Such I Dream, Ny World!

Vocalist Deborah J. Carter was born in the U.S.A. and grew up in Hawaii and Japan. She travels extensively performing in jazz festivals, jazz clubs, seminars, and radio and TV shows through Europe and Asia with her trio or as a guest with various formations; from solo pianists to large orchestras. While on tour, she has also given master classes, often sponsored by US embassies all over the world. This vocalist / composer / arranger definitely brings her multi - cultural experiences into her music. 

“We are so privileged in this day and age to have an open door to other cultures and perspectives that enrich our own.” And she brings it to light through her style. Described by the Music Maker magazine as “absolutely top-class”, she is one of the most dynamic vocalists in the jazz scene. https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/deborahjcarter

Black Coral

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Deborah J. Carter - Diggin' The Duke!

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:02
Size: 161,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:31)  1. Petite Fleur Africaine
(4:48)  2. Low and Light
(5:27)  3. Harlem Nocturne
(3:22)  4. The Gal From Joe’s
(4:32)  5. Do Nothing till you Hear From Me
(6:08)  6. Satin Doll
(5:00)  7. Prelude To A Kiss
(2:59)  8. Purple Gazelle
(3:43)  9. It Don’t Mean a Thing
(4:41) 10. Melancholia
(6:05) 11. Solitude
(4:34) 12. Music Is My Mistress
(4:26) 13. I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues
(3:49) 14. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
(4:50) 15. The First Time I Heard Ellington

Diggin' The Duke is the exciting new release from vocal enchantress Deborah J. Carter. With this program Deborah shines a very new and personal light on known and unknown repertoire of Duke Ellington. Deborah, with Mark Zandveld and Leo Bouwmeester, rearranged from a contemporary perspective a selection of Ellington's compositions, and Deborah composed original lyrics to a few of his instrumentals. They use a variety of swing, Latin and fusion rhythms and adventurous harmonies. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diggin-Duke-Deborah-J-Carter/dp/B00Y0JPB3S

Personnel:  Deborah J. Carter, Vocals & Flute | Leo Bouwmeester, Piano | Mark Zandveld, Bass | Gunnar Graafmans, Drums & Percussion | Efraim Trujillo, sax | Hermine Deurloo, Harmonica | Mateusz Pulawski, Guitar | Alex Simu, Clarinet d’amour | Emiel Wienholts, Sax

Diggin' The Duke!

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Deborah J. Carter, Frits Landesbergen & Michael Varekamp - Dear Louis: A Tribute To Louis Armstrong

Size: 134,1 MB
Time: 57:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Mainstream Jazz
Art: Front

01. Ain't Misbehavin' (3:43)
02. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (4:03)
03. Do You Know What It Means (5:27)
04. Our Love Is Here To Stay (3:39)
05. Big Butter And Egg Men (4:48)
06. Someday You'll Be Sorry (4:59)
07. Summertime (5:13)
08. Basin St. Blues (5:36)
09. When It's Sleepy Time Indiana (5:10)
10. What A Wonderfull World (5:02)
11. It Don't Mean A Thing (4:05)
12. St. James Infirmary (5:36)

This the cover of the CD 'Dear Louis', 'A tribute To Louis Armstrong', recorded in October 2000. This album was recorded with a great line up to honor Louis Armstrong and his music. Deborah J Carter sings songs like 'What A Wonderful World' as if she was there when the music came into the world. Michael Varekamp not only looks like Louis Armstrong...

Deborah (Joyce) Carter, vocalist, composer, arranger; b. El Paso, TX, 29 July 1956. She was raised in Oahu, Hawaii and Okinawa, Japan. Her parents are Catherine Carter (b. 21 September 1927), a piano teacher, and Alvin Lilton Carter (b. 11 November 1929). She attended the Berklee School of Music.

She tours with her own and has performed at many jazz festivals, seminars, jazz clubs, and radio- and TV-shows in European countries like the Netherlands (including the North Sea Jazz Festival), Germany, Belgium, England, Spain, Latvia, etc. During her years in Spain she collaborated on cd's with Max Sunyer, Carles Benavent and Salvador Niebla adding vocals to their typical brand of Mediterranean jazz.

Besides working with her own group, which performs her personal choice of contemporary jazz, Deborah is frequently invited as a guest artist with a number of established European jazz orchestras to sing the great jazz classics. Some of these are: the Timeless Orchestra, the HR (Frankfurt Radio) Big Band, Mike Mossman's Sedavi Big Band, The American Songbook Orchestra, the Ruud Bos Big Band, the Metropole Orchestra, the Berlin Jazz Orchestra and the Dutch Swing College Band. With the latter she did a theater tour featuring a "Duke Ellington Tribute" in 1999. In 2000 and 2001, she toured the Dutch theaters with Scott Hamilton, Michael Varekamp, Frits Landesbergen with a "Tribute to Louis Armstrong" show.

Dear Louis

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Deborah J. Carter - Round Moonlight

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:42
Size: 159,6 MB
Art: Front + Back

(5:08)  1. Moonlight
(4:58)  2. Round Moonlight
(4:51)  3. Monks' New Tune
(6:26)  4. Moonflower
(6:21)  5. The Lamp Is Low (My Tribute to
(3:28)  6. Feels Like Summer (Summer Noct
(5:24)  7. Autumn Nocturne
(3:53)  8. Wintertime
(5:35)  9. Sister Moon
(4:26) 10. La Luna (Moonriver) (Moon Rive
(4:45) 11. Moondance
(6:58) 12. Where Is Love / Body and Soul
(3:21) 13. The Late, Late Show
(4:02) 14. Lovers' Hushaby

Deborah J. Carter is a nomad whose international singing career lies beyond her native North America. Bluesy inflections, jazzy phrasing, and a mid-range earthy tone keep her busy in vocal jazz circuits from Spain into Central Europe.  Carter's interpretive framework in her second release is the trio format, although various guest musicians fortify the recording. The welcoming sense of intimacy afforded by Carter's singing is never lost, nonetheless. Her tribute to Carmen Lundy in "The Lamp Is Low" illustrates the latter point rather well. After a straight up piano-vocal duo head, the trio cascades into action for Carter's bouncy scatting and ensuing rhythmic happy-go-lucky choruses. Indeed, Carter's style and delivery could very well be compared with Lundy's. Both, however, remain distinctive and enjoyable entities in spite of their commonalities. 

"The Late Late Show" is a swinging boppish vehicle for the trio's musical versatility. Although remaining within mainstream jazz territories, the musicians also outsorce Brazilian motifs. 'Round Moonlight is a rather generous recording in length, tempos, hints and steady jazz vocals from a woman in her vocal and intellectual prime. Her arranging and writing is as fine as the players that accompany her, who know how to support a vocalist in enriched and unobtrusive ways.~ Javier Antonio Quiñones Ortiz (http://www.deborahjcarter.com/reviews.htm)

Round Moonlight

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Deborah J. Carter - Daytripper: A Beatles Tribute

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:58
Size: 109,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:59)  1. Can't Buy Me Love
(4:31)  2. And I Love Her
(3:31)  3. Ticket To Ride
(5:18)  4. Yesterday
(4:21)  5. Daytripper / Trippin'
(4:52)  6. I Will / Here, There And Everywhere
(4:24)  7. Something
(3:16)  8. Fixing A Hole
(4:08)  9. Oh! Darling
(3:57) 10. Things We Said Today
(4:36) 11. With A Little Help From My Friends

By her interpretation of Lennon-McCartney compositions Deborah demonstrates eminently the distinction between jazz and pop. Her feeling for phrasing, improvisation and variation brings excitement in these songs which she considers part of the soundtrack of her life. With a fascinating penchant for free-spiritedness she creates in personal versions a sparkling cocktail of contrasts. ~ From the liner notes

On this jazz tribute, jazz vocalist Deborah J. Carter and her backing trio (plus a few guest musicians) opted for a mix of the obvious choices (And I Love Her, Yesterday) and a few not much covered ones (I Will, Fixing A Hole), as well as two medleys, the title track plus Trippin’, a vocalese composed by Carter and I Will coupled with Here There And Everywhere. Another striking thing is that she sings the songs from a woman’s perspective with gender changes in the lyrics when necessary. However, the main reason for buying this disc isn’t the track listing but the beautiful bright interpretations of the songs. With a gorgeous voice that is beyond dispute and the way she treats an up-tempo song like Day Tripper or a rocking Oh Darling by moulding them into her own soulful jazz or gospel style (With A Little Help From Her Friends)  it’s simply a delightful treat for fans of cover versions and sheer pleasure for anyone’s ears. And all embedded in exciting improvisations by her band, without losing sight of the original Beatles melodies clearly made with respect and love for the compositions. ~  Review from "BEATLES UNLIMITED" magazine

Simply put, I was spellbound in my first listen to this CD. It's THAT good. It's as though I'd never heard these songs before; having been given a red carpet treatment of modern chord changes and tasteful vocal styling, the result is an experience that a mere $15 could not buy anywhere. This is without doubt among the finest albums I've bought in many years. ~ Dan Goodman 

If you have never experienced Deborah J. Carter's voice and style then you are truly missing something. Her backing band, is as tight a jazz combo as you will find anywhere. The treatment that the group gives these Beatles tunes is innovative and let's the listener hear a perspective of Lennon & McCartney compositions that further proves the timelessness of the songs themselves as they are skillfully kneaded by the band. ~ Dean Brown    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deborahjcarter3

Personnel: Deborah J. Carter (vocals); Ed Verhoeff (guitar); Coen Molenaar (piano); Mark Zandveld (bass instrument); Enriqur Firpi (drums).

Daytripper

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Deborah J. Carter - Blue Notes & Red Shoes

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:50
Size: 135,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:22)  1. Moanin'
(4:07)  2. Dizzy And Parker - Groovin' High
(4:00)  3. That Note Costs A Dollar
(8:02)  4. Round Midnight Prelude / 'Round Midnight
(4:00)  5. Meet Me, Midnight
(4:52)  6. Too Darn Blue
(3:24)  7. It Isn't So Good, It Couldn't Be Better
(4:48)  8. The In-And-Outs
(4:57)  9. Big Blue / Senor Blues
(5:00) 10. I'm Walking
(7:37) 11. One For My Baby / This One's On Me
(3:37) 12. Can't Stop It - Say It

One of the most significant American-born jazz singers based in Europe (having lived 15 years in Spain and nearly that many in the Netherlands), Deborah Carter is a delight to hear. Not only does she have a very appealing voice and a thorough understanding of jazz, but her enthusiasm is infectious. A regular at jazz festivals, an important educator, and a frequent guest with big bands, she is most often heard with her regular trio which is featured (along with guests) throughout Blue Notes and Red Shoes.

"With my trio, I always feel like I can fall back on a soft quilt, one that will always catch me," says Deborah. "The music that we do I call 'Metropolitan Jazz.' It is music from a 21st century city where one can go to a Latin club on a Saturday night, cross the street to an r&b/jazz club, and then go a block over and experience some other kind of music."

Blue Notes and Red Shoes is a bluish set filled with bebop, ballads, original vocalese, jazz standards, and the debut of a few superior songs. Ms. Carter is teamed with pianist Coen Molenaar and drummer Enrique Firpi (both of whom have been in her group for ten years), her husband bassist Mark Zandveld (who has been in her trio for 15 years) and such guests as guitarists Leonardo Ameudo (who often works in Brazil with Ivan Lins) and Jan Akkerman, tenor-saxophonist Simon Rigter, and trumpeter Loet van der Lee.

The set begins with Bobby Timmons' "Moanin'," which has both straightahead and funky sections and includes some fine scatting by the singer. "My first experience with jazz was dancing to it as a little girl," remembers Deborah. "'Moanin'' is the type of music that I heard when my mother would get together with her friends." The bop classic "Groovin' High" benefits from her vocalese lyrics (paying tribute to Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker), concise solos, and catchy Latin rhythms.

Deborah was inspired to purchase a couple of CDs by singer-organist Charlie Wood after seeing him perform, resulting in her discovering his swinging strut "That Note Costs A Dollar." There have been a countless number of versions of Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" through the years, but Deborah Carter's is different because she wrote a new verse, used a fresh arrangement, and added her own phrasing to the lyrics. "Most of the songs in my repertoire are at least slightly autobiographical. This is my most honest version of ''Round Midnight' for I have lived this story several times over."

A jubilant "Meet Me, Midnight" precedes the debut of the soulful "Too Darn Blue." Deborah discovered the latter song while perusing My Space, immediately writing to the composer Dave Gill. Perhaps My Space will become the Tin Pan Alley of the 21st century, a new way to discover tomorrow's standards.

Fran Landesman's "It Isn't So Good, It Couldn't Get Better" has not been recorded much since Irene Kral's version over 30 years ago but it fits today's economic crisis. "The In-And Outs," written by Deborah along with her husband and her pianist, discusses a philosophical way of dealing with life. The performers sound quite at ease not only essaying the tricky chord changes but improvising in 5/4 time. Deborah starts Horace Silver's "Senor Blues" with her own vocalese introduction called "Big Blue" which perfectly sets up the tune. "I'm Walking," long a part of her repertoire, really grooves at the slightly slower-than-usual tempo. Johnny Mercer's "One For My Baby" and Roy Meriwether's "This One's On Me" work together logically as a medley since they deal with similar circumstances. Closing off the colorful and memorable program is Mike Kennedy's "Can't Stop It," another song that Deborah discovered while surfing the Internet. The rhythmic piece, originally called "Sing It," has her lyrics and hot scatting to Kennedy's music.

Deborah Carter has accomplished a great deal during her career thus far, and she is very much in her prime these days. Blue Notes and Red Shoes serves as a perfect introduction to her joyful artistry. 

~ Scott Yanow, Author of ten jazz books including Trumpet Kings, Bebop, Jazz On Film and Jazz On Record 1917-76  

http://www.deborahjcarter.com/reviews.htm

Blue Notes & Red Shoes

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