Elizabeth Carpenter

WHAT'S *ElizaC's* MUSIC LIKE?????????????? If Mae West & Dorothy Parker played music, you'd get Carpenter's songs of love, lust and loss. She's a Jazz/Pop/Rock cocktail of sultry vocals, smart lyrics and great melodies. 50% JAZZ 20% NEO-SOUL% 20% ROCK 5% Electronic-Dance 5% Latin (her other CD's have the folk thang going on, too). * FOR DOWNLOADS from RHAPSODY & iTUNES: click here to download my songs from Rhapsody ORCLICK here for USA iTUNES ***************** Mes Amies Francaise: CLICK ici pour les chansons sur FRENCH iTUNES ************************************************************ *** ************************************************************ *********************************** HER BIO ~ Elizabeth Carpenter has been performing in the Seattle area for 10 years and has been composing and playing guitar for 20 years. After her feet went kaput as a dancer (her last days as a modern dancer were at The Juilliard School) she took-up guitar & songwriting as her next art form. She originally set off on documentary filmmaking after Juilliard (receiving a BFA in Film from New York University) but music became more a more compelling interest. Meeting Chris Whitley at age 19 was a major influence in her guitar-playing and wanting pursue music. A childhood listening to Lotte Lenya, Frank Sinatra & Marlene Dietrich started her on her road to being a torch singer. She also was inspired to further her exploration of finger-picking and complex chords after being introduced to Nick Drake. Guitarists from Mali and the Angolan guitarist/singer-songwriter Waldemar Bastos also were heavy influences. ************************************************************ ******************************************* She performs as The Elizabeth Carpenter Quartet, Trio, Duo and solo, with a repertoire of over 50 original songs & 15 arrangements of jazz & pop standards ("Skylark" & "Surabaya Johnny" are some of her signature songs). * STYLE :: Carpenter's DISSONANT ROOTS MUSIC evolved from Blues, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Soul, Latin and Folk traditions. Audiences have compared her to a wide-range of female vocalists & composers - Sam Phillips, Joni Mitchell, Nellie McKay, Ute Lemper, Beth Orton, Dido, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Aimee Mann and Michelle Shocked. * RECORDINGS: Listen to all songs or buy CD's at CDBABY.COM CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ALL HER SONGS * FLIRTING © 2005 - Click here to BUY CD FLIRTING ~ Her most recent 11 track CD Pop/Rock/Jazz/Soul: Which includes 2 cover songs by HOAGY CARMICHAEL - "SKYLARK" & "BALTIMORE ORIOLE" * For a review on Collected Sounds, COLLECTED SOUNDS REVIEW *EMERGENCY LOVE© 2003 - click to BUY the CD Emergency Love14 track CD on Blueweed Records Her song "Unexpected" made the top Jazz list catagory on Amercian Idol Underground's May list. click here for American Underground rating page*THE BLUEWEED SONGS © 2001 - Her 14 track CD of her more BluesFolk oriented tunes on Blue Girl Records: click here to buy this CD * She also performs as a jazz & standards vocalist with well-known pianist & composer Victor Janusz. She sang on his song "Guadalupe" - a duet, in Spanish, on his CD COSMO STREET© 2004 - "Guadalupe" received special mention in JazzImprov Magazine's review of COSMO STREET. CLICK here to hear or buy Cosmo Street Victor used one of her photographs for the CD's artwork. Click on Website for Victor Janusz for more on his fine work. * SOME OF HER PERFORMANCE VENUES: The Tractor Tavern - Experience Music Project, Seattle Art Museum After Hours Series, Northwest Folk Life Festival, Gallery 1412, Zeigeist Cafe, Thumpers Oak Room Cabaret, Conor Byrne Pub, Salty's at Alki as vocalist with the Victor Janusz Trio, Pellini, Madison-Renaissance Hotel singing w/Victor Janusz, Ravenna Third Place Books, Le Pichet, LoFi, ToST *RADIO: * KUOWs The Beat on 2/13/06 & 11/ 5/03 - live performance & interview * KBCSs Lunch with Folks on Oct. 23rd, 2003 - live performance & interview * All 3 CDs are on the jazz & folk radio station KBCS's playlists * THE FEMININE GROOVE'S playlist - an internet radio broadcast CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: THE FEMININE GROOVE * DESERT HIGHWAY RADIO which dedicates itself to promoting, producing and preserving roots music CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO DESERT HIGHWAY RADIO * WOMEN OF THE 90'S - A great myspace internet radio show AND! it's well worth subscribing to their BLOG to be introduced to all sorts of great new women musicians. * CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: WOMEN of the 90..'s radio *..This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™_______________________________________________ ______________

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