Carol Sudhalter

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Carol Stearns Sudhalter (born January 5, 1943 in Newton , Massachusetts ) is an American jazz musician ( flute , baritone and tenor saxophone ).

Live and act

Sudhalter grew up in a musical family: Her father Albert Sudhalter was an alto saxophonist with Herbie Marsh, Eddy Duchin and Bobby Hackett ; her brothers (including Dick Sudhalter ) are also active as musicians. In the early 1960s she learned the flute at Smith College , where she was preparing to study biology. Until 1974 she received instrumental lessons mainly from private teachers in Washington, New York, Boston, Israel and Italy before studying with Ran Blake at the New England Conservatory . In the 1970s she worked as a music teacher.

She decided to learn the saxophone as well. In 1978 she moved from Boston to New York City to play Latin jazz and salsa in the women's band Latin Fever . In 1984 she performed at the New York Women's Jazz Festival with her quartet and Hiroko Kokubu . In 1986 she founded the Astoria Big Band . She has performed with musicians such as Sarah McLawler , Etta Jones , Chico Freeman and Jimmy McGriff and played in the major New York clubs as well as at American and Italian festivals. She founded the Monday concerts in Athens Square Park Jazz , where she presented jazz from 1989 to 2001. At times she was also part of the Diva Jazz Orchestra .

In addition, she was active as an instrumental teacher, including at Mannes College .

Discographic notes

  • Hey There (1985)
  • Who Will Buy? Carol Sudhalter's Astoria Big Band, audio cassette (1993)
  • Soon (1997)
  • Carol in the Garden of Jazz (1999)
  • Tribute to Charlie Camilleri (2001)
  • It's Time , Carol Sudhalter Sextet, (2002)
  • Last Train to Astoria (2002)
  • Palace (2005) Naomi Camilleri. Carol on tenor sax.
  • Shades of Carol (2005)
  • New York Time (2009)
  • Under My Hat (2010)
  • The Octave Tunes (2010)
  • Carmelo and Carol Remember: The Great Film Music of the Sixties (2011)

literature

  • Leslie Gourse Madame Jazz. Contemporary Women Instrumentalists Oxford University Press 1995, pp. 114-123

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personal data
SURNAME Sudhalter, Carol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sudhalter, Carol Stearns (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton (Massachusetts)