Faye Carol
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Faye Carol is an American jazz and blues singer.
Biography
Faye Carol was born in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] After moving with her family to Pittsburg, California, she participated in youth choir at the Solomon Temple Missionary Baptist Church.[1] She sang in blues bars after graduating from high school and won a talent contest in Oakland, California.[1] She worked with locals blues musicians such as Eddie Foster, Johnny Heartsman, and Johnny Talbot.[1] During the 1970s she became more of a cabaret singer.[1]
From 2001 until 2013, Carol was founder and director of the Music in the Community program at the Black Repertory Group in Berkeley, California.[2]
Discography
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Flow (with Kito Gamble Trio) | World Stage; reissued on Noir (1998) |
| 2003 | The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol | Gamble Girls/CD Baby |
| 2006 | Represent | Sista Kee |
| 2007 | Harriet Tubman: Bound for the Promised Land | Marcus Shelby |
| 2007 | The Angola Project | Howard Wiley |
| 2008 | Faye Sings Lady Day (Live At Yoshi's) | Gamble Girls/CD Baby |
| 2009 | Carolizing Christmas | Gamble Girls/CD Baby |
| 2009 | Soul of the Movement: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Marcus Shelby |
| 2012 | Twelve Gates to the City | Howard Wiley |
| 2014 | Faye Sings Lady Day 2 (Live At Yoshi's) | Gamble Girls/CD Baby |
References
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- Living people
- American jazz singers
- Musicians from Meridian, Mississippi
- Musicians from Pittsburgh
- Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Singers from California
- Singers from Mississippi
- Singers from Pennsylvania
- Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
- Jazz musicians from Mississippi
- Jazz musicians from California