Christine Correa
Christine Isobel Correa (born July 8, 1955 in Bombay ) is an American jazz singer of Indian origin.
Live and act
Correa comes from a musical family; her father Micky Correa leads dance and big bands. Correa moved to Boston in 1979 to study with Ran Blake and Gerry Martin at the New England Conservatory of Music .
She mainly appears with Frank Carlberg's quintet, for example in ballet music for the New York Battery Dance Company , with which she has also performed in Poland and Finland. She has continued to work with Steve Lacy , Ran Blake, John LaPorta, and Jeanne Lee . She is adjunct professor at Columbia University and director of the Maine Jazz Camp .
Correa is married to Frank Carlberg, with whom she has two children.
Prizes and awards
Correa was artist in residence at the Sibelius Academy and received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts .
Discographic notes
- Steve Grover: Blackbird Suite (1986)
- Claire Ritter: In Between, Ain't Life a Circus (1991)
- Ran Blake: Round About (1994)
- Frank Carlberg Quintet: The Crazy Woman (1996)
- Frank Carlberg Quintet: In the Land of Art (2003)
- Ran Blake & Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows (2010)
- Ran Blake & Christine Correa: Down Here Below: A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln, Vol. 1 (2012)
- Ran Blake & Christine Correa: The Road Keeps Winding: Tribute to Abbey Lincoln, Vol. II (2014)
Lexical entries
Web links
- Christine Correa at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Correa, Christine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Correa, Christine Isobel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay |