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Deborah J. Carter
Jazz Vocalist
Deborah J. Carter was born in Texas, raised in Hawaii, and, after an extended period in Spain, is currently based in Amsterdam. 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 exciting up-and-coming jazz vocalists in Europe today.
Deborah's last CD, " 'SCUSE ME...", is a sophisticated mixture of jazz, latin, blues, and gospel, is her first solo project. "It's my very personal realization of the various shades and moods of improvised music." One of the first presentation concerts was at the 1998 North Sea Jazz Festival. This CD received rave reviews from the international press.
Having completed a 1999 theater tour in Holland as a special-guest vocalist with the well - established Dutch Swing College Band in tribute to "100 YEARS OF DUKE ELLINGTON", Deborah is now scheduled for a November 2000 tour in tribute to LOUIS ARMSTRONG with Scott Hamilton (ts), Michel Varekamp (tr), and Frits Landesbergen (vibes). In addition to that, she is currently working on her next solo CD to be released later this year.
At the age of seven Deborah began as a woodwind instrumentalist in Hawaii and later started to study music theory, arranging, and composition in her early teens in Japan. She continued her studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. "All throughout my younger years I was blessed with wonderful teachers and friends that encouraged me to flourish and grow in music." She also initiated her experience in theater during her 3-year sojourn in the Orient playing several lead and supporting roles in Broadway musicals presented by young American theater group there.
Her projects with American Voices includes appearances in Mandalay, Burma and the Caspian Jazz and Blues Festival 2003 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Press Quotes:
"Deborah has a beautiful voice, perfect timing, with immaculate delivery and soul-stirring influences by the great women of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington. Seemingly effortlessly she expanded her interest and skills to encompass latinjazz, funk and blues, but after all, as a jazz singer, you can't bypass Ellington"
De Telegraaf, Netherlands
"Deborah Carter's honey-voice soared like a flight of butterflies through the museum-garden. Guest vocalist Deborah J. Carter gripped the audience from the first note on. The American singer seduced them with her euphonious voice, which she knew to use in various different ways."
Frankfurter Neue Presse & Wiesbadener Tagblatt
Programs Offered:
Jazz from J to Z
Tribute to Louis Armstrong
Tribute to Duke Ellington
First Programs in Egypt
