Carla White

CARLA WHITE - A VOICE IN THE NIGHT (2006)

1. Time On My Hands
2. It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight
3. You and the Night and the Music
4. Charade
5. Four On Six
6. May I Come In?
7. I Still Love You
8. Sweet and Low
9. Your Mind Is On Vacation
10. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
11. Peace of Mind
12. I Had No Time To Hate
13. I'll Never Pass This Way Again

Carla was born in Oakland, California and raised in Bellport, New York. She grew up singing and dancing her way through her parents’ classical and pop records -- Stravinsky to Sinatra. At 13, she discovered jazz and responded with a passion that became a lifelong commitment to singing. “Jazz is never a passing fancy,” Carla says. “The first time you hear jazz, really hear it -- if it connects with your soul, it changes your life.” After studying dance, drama and singing for several years, including two years at the prestigious Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she traveled throughout Europe and North Africa for nearly a year singing on the street, living in a cave and exploring other cultures. When she returned to NYC in the early 70’s, she began her musical studies with the legendary jazz pianist and teacher Lennie Tristano. With Lennie as her mentor until his death in 1978, Carla built her jazz vocabulary by singing along with Lester Young, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and many others. She learned hundreds of songs and solos by ear. Studying next with Tristano’s protégé, saxophonist Warne Marsh, Carla concentrated on wordless improvising, or “scat” singing, exploring her voice in a purely instrumental way.