May 3, 2011
To: Listings/Critics/Features
From: Jazz Promo Services
Press Contact: Jim Eigo, jazzpromo@earthlink.net
CAROL FREDETTE IN CONCERT
WEDNESDAY / MAY 4th, 2011 / 1 to 2pm
MIDTOWN JAZZ AT MIDDAY
with TEDD FIRTH on piano
In the Sanctuary of Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church
East 54th & Lexington Avenue, NYC
A donation of $10 is suggested
SUNDAY / MAY 15th, 2011 / 2 to 4pm
MONMOUTH COUNTY LIBRARY
with Jason Teborek, piano
Dean Johnson, bass
Warren Odze, drums
125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, NJ 07726
TEL 732.431.7220
Free to the public
“Carol Fredette is one of New York‘s most blissfully talented jazz singers. When Ms. Fredette is holding court…the work of Kern, Porter, Fields and Arlen gives new meaning to the Great American Songbook. The voice is clear, strong and intensely musical…an exemplary “Last Night When We Were Young,” so exquisitely phrased that she infused E.Y.Harburg’s lyrics with new meaning. On ballads and finger snapping up tunes, she shows a sense of fearless vocal exploration, bending notes and taking risks without ever losing control of her devotion to the story lines. Her dedication to the emotional subtext of her songs turns even the most familiar classics into new minted gems….and the stream-of-consciousness in her narrative approach to lyrics is almost Faulknerian. Startling yet accessible. Carol Fredette is one of the coolest jazz vocalists around. Every time I see her, I hear something new and worthy of hearing again.”
-Rex Reed, The New York Observer
