Carol Britto

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Carol Britto (born May 20, 1935 in Cleveland , Ohio as Carol Whitney , † March 16, 2012 in New York City ) was an American jazz pianist .

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Britto grew up in Cleveland and then moved to Toronto , where she attended Oscar Peterson's Advanced School of Music to lead a trio, first at the Royal York Hotel and later at George's Spaghetti House . She also played in Tommy Dorsey's band in the 1970s . She was also the organist for the Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 1979 . In the late 1970s she performed with bassist Dave Young at Toronto's Bourbon Street jazz club . After many years in Toronto, she moved to New York City in 1984. From 1985 to 1990 she presented her music in a duo with Major Holley . She mostly played ballads and jazz standards , for example by Duke Ellington , Thelonious Monk , Miles Davis and Paul Desmond . After her first trio recordings in Toronto in 1967, she recorded the album Inner Voices in 1985 in a duo with bassist Michael Moore ; In 1987 the album Alone Together followed , again with Michael Moore and with Flip Phillips . Britto was known for her percussive style.

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  1. ^ Notice of death at Cleveland.com
  2. ^ Obituary by Carol Britto at Legacy
  3. ^ Leslie Gourse : Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists . Oxford University Press, 1995, p. 216
  4. ^ Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz , p. 712
  5. ↑ See The New Yorker , Volume 66, Issues 7-15, 1990
  6. ↑ The Carol Britto Trio , with Bill Britto (bass) and Bruce Farquhar (drums). Toronto March 1967 (CBC); see. Jack Litchfield: The Canadian jazz discography, 1916-1980 (1983)
  7. ^ Portrait in The New York Times
  8. ↑ Entry in the Canadian jazz archive
personal data
SURNAME Britto, Carol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whitney, Carol (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2012
Place of death New York City