Carol Simpson

.. Carol Simpson is a passionate jazz vocalist. Singing with a style that embodies deep emotion, she draws upon both jazz and blues and infuses her work with personality and enthusiasm. As a multi-linguist, she sings bossa novas and sambas in Portuguese and many jazz standards in French. Her influences range from Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin to the bebop 40s and 50s artists, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gilespie, Miles Davis and hardbop artists of the 60s and 70s, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, and Wayne Shorter. Beyond her singing talents, Carol is a skilled composer and lyricist and has penned words to great classic compositions such as Miles Davis’ Blue in Green and Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite.” She has collaborated on songs with renowned pianists Cedar Walton and Freddie Redd. Carol writes daily and recently recorded a CD including her own vocalese lyrics to great standards such as Coltrane's “Moment's Notice,” along with compositions of her own. With a deep desire to bring jazz to youth and specifically to expand the jazz audience in Los Angeles, she seeks to promote jazz outside the traditional jazz community (such as in her hometown, Malibu). She is the 2008 recipient of the first time Malibu Music Award for best song about Malibu. MyGen Profile Generator