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{{Short description|American jazz pianist and vocalist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Barbara Carroll
| name = Barbara Carroll
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| image = Barbara Carroll (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Barbara Carroll in 2007
| caption = Carroll with [[Clyde Lombardi]] and [[Chuck Wayne]], 1947
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| birth_name = Barbara Carole Coppersmith
| birth_name = Barbara Carole Coppersmith
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|01|25}}
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| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|01|25}}
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| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
| origin =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|11|1925|01|25}}
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| instrument = Piano, vocals
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| years_active = 1947–2016
| occupation = Musician
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| instrument = Piano
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| years_active = 1947–2016
| website = {{URL|www.barbaracarrolljazz.com}}
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'''Barbara Carroll''' (born '''Barbara Carole Coppersmith''', January 25, 1925 – February 11, 2017) was an American [[jazz]] pianist.
'''Barbara Carroll''' (born '''Barbara Carole Coppersmith'''; January 25, 1925 – February 12, 2017) was an American [[jazz]] pianist and vocalist.


==Early life and early career==
==Early life and career==
Carroll was born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. She began her classical training in piano at age eight, but by high school decided to become a [[jazz]] pianist. She attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] for a year, but left it as it conflicted with working for bands. In 1947 [[Leonard Feather]] dubbed her "the first girl ever to play [[bebop]] piano."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barbaracarrolljazz.com/index.swf |title=Barbara Carroll |deadurl=no |accessdate=8 July 2013}}</ref> In the following year her trio, which featured Chuck Wayne on guitar and Clyde Lombardi on bass, worked briefly with [[Benny Goodman]]. Later [[Charlie Byrd]] replaced Wayne and [[Joe Shulman]] replaced Lombardi.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} After Byrd's departure, Carroll decided to have it be a drums, bass, and piano trio.
Carroll was born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. She began her classical training in piano at age eight, but by high school decided to become a [[jazz]] pianist. She attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] for a year, but left it as it conflicted with working for bands. In 1947 [[Leonard Feather]] dubbed her "the first girl ever to play [[bebop]] piano."<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/arts/music/barbara-carroll-dead-cabaret-singer.html?_r=0 |title=Barbara Carroll, Pioneering Jazz Pianist and Singer, Dies at 92 |first=Stephen |last=Holden |authorlink=Stephen Holden |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=A21 |date=February 14, 2017}}</ref> In the following year her trio, which featured [[Chuck Wayne]] on guitar and [[Clyde Lombardi]] on bass, worked briefly with [[Benny Goodman]]. Later [[Charlie Byrd]] replaced Wayne and [[Joe Shulman]] replaced Lombardi.<ref name="playbill">{{cite journal |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/barbara-carroll-jazz-pianist-is-dead-at-92 |title=Barbara Carroll, Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 92 |first=Andrew |last=Gans |journal=[[Playbill]] |date=February 13, 2017 |issn=0551-0678}}</ref> After Byrd's departure, Carroll decided to have it be a drums, bass, and piano trio.


In the 1950s Carroll and her trio worked on ''[[Me and Juliet]]'' by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]. The decade saw her career ebb due to changing musical tastes and personal concerns.
In the 1950s, Carroll and her trio worked on ''[[Me and Juliet]]'' by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]. The decade saw her career ebb due to changing musical tastes and personal concerns.


==Later career==
==Later career==
In 1972 she revived her career due to a renewed interest in her work. In 1975 she was asked by [[Rita Coolidge]] to work on a session for A&M. In 1978 she toured with Coolidge and [[Kris Kristofferson]]. In the following two decades she became known as a [[cabaret]] performer.
In 1972 she revived her career due to a renewed interest in her work. In 1975 she was asked by [[Rita Coolidge]] to work on a session for [[A&M Records|A&M]]. In 1978 she toured with Coolidge and [[Kris Kristofferson]]. In the following two decades she became known as a [[cabaret]] performer.

In the current decade Carroll was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award and the "Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz".


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In September 1954 Carroll married Joe Shulman, a member of the trio. The marriage lasted less than three years due to his death from a heart attack in 1957 at age 33. She subsequently married bandleader Bert Block and had a daughter, Suzanne.
In September 1954, Carroll married jazz bassist [[Joe Shulman]], a member of the trio. He died from a heart attack in 1957 at age 33. She subsequently married agent and photographer Bert Block, with whom she had a daughter, Suzanne Block Glatt. Block died of emphysema in 1986.<ref name="playbill"/> In 2011, Carroll married advertising executive Mark Stroock, a union that lasted until her death at 92.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jazz-Pianist-Composer-and-Vocalist-Barbara-Carroll-Passes-Away-Age-92-20170212 |title=Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Vocalist Barbara Carroll Passes Away Age 92 |website=Broadway World |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="nytobit"/>


==Awards and honors==
She died on February 11, 2017, aged 92.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jazz-Pianist-Composer-and-Vocalist-Barbara-Carroll-Passes-Away-Age-92-20170212 "Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Vocalist Barbara Carroll Passes Away Age 92", ''Broadway World'', Februarey 12, 2017]</ref>
In 2003, Carroll was awarded the Kennedy Center's [[Mary Lou Williams]] Women in Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1292421 |title=Jazz Pianist and Singer Barbara Carroll |website=[[NPR]] |date=June 9, 2003}}</ref>

Carroll was honored as [[The New Jewish Home|The New Jewish Home's]] Eight Over Eighty Gala 2015 honoree.
[[File:Barbara Carroll detail.jpg|thumb|Carroll in New York, 2007]]


==Discography==
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year
* 1981 ''At The Piano'' (Trend Records/Discovery Records)
!Title
* 1991 ''Live at the Carlyle'' ([[DRG Records|DRG]])
!Label
* 1993 ''This Heart of Mine'' (DRG)
!Notes
* 1995 ''Everything I Love'' (DRG)
|-
* 2003 ''Live at Birdland'' (Harbinger)
|1952
* 2007 ''I Wished On the Moon'' (Venus)
|''Barbara Carroll''
* 2008 ''Something to Live For'' (Harbinger)
|Atlantic LP-132, Piano Panorama Series Vol. III
* 2010 ''How Long Has This Been Going On?'' (Harbinger)
|10" LP; reissued 1957 as ''Ladies of Jazz'' with Mary Lou Williams 10"
* 2016 ''Barbara Carroll Plays at Birdland'' (Birdland Records)
|-
|1953
|''Barbara Carroll Trio''
|[[RCA Victor]] LJM-1001, Livingston Binaural 1081-BN (1996)
|Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Herb Wasserman (drums)
|-
|1955
|''Lullabies in Rhythm''
|[[RCA Victor]] LJM-1023
|With Joe Shulman (bass), Ralph Pollack (drums)
|-
|1956
|''Have You Met Miss Carroll?''
|[[RCA Victor]] LPM-1137
|Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Ralph Pollack (drums)
|-
|1956
|''We Couldn't Just Say Goodbye''
|[[RCA Victor]] LPM-1296
|Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Joe Petti (drums)
|-
|1957
|''It's a Wonderful World''
|[[RCA Victor]] LPM-1396
|Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Albert Monroe (drums)
|-
|1957
|''Lookin' For A Boy''
|[[Savoy]] MG 12097
|Joint release with Marianne McPartland Trio, Adelaide Robbins Trio
|-
|1957
|''Funny Face''
|[[Verve Records|Verve]] MGV-2063
|Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Joe Petti (drums) Also known as ''Plays The Best of George and Ira Gershwin''
|-
|1958
|''Barbara''
|[[Verve Records|Verve]] MG V-2095
|With Joe Shulman (bass), Bill Faite (drums)
|-
|1958
|''Flower Drum Song''
|[[Kapp Records|Kapp]] K-1113
|Orchestra directed by Bill Byers
|-
|1959
|''Satin Doll''
|[[Kapp Records|Kapp]] K-1193
|Orchestra directed by Jack Elliot
|-
|1964
|''Fresh From Broadway! The Hit Tunes Of "Hello, Dolly!" & "What Makes Sammy Run?"''
|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] W1543
|Orchestra directed by Glenn Osser
|-
|1967
|''Live! Her Piano And Trio''
|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] WS 1710
|With Beverly Peer (bass), Dick Sheridan (drums)
|-
|1976
|''Barbara Carroll''
|[[Blue Note]] BN-LA645-G
|With [[Chuck Domanico]] (bass), Colin Bailey (drums)
|-
|1977
|''From the Beginning''
|''United Artists Records'' UAG 30168
|With Hugh McCracken (guitar), Steve Gadd (drums) and strings conducted by Gene Orloff
|-
|1979
|''The Barbara Carroll Trio'' (also released as ''Why Not?'')
|Jazz Vault JV-114 ([[SESAC]] N-3201/02)
|With Alan Mack (bass), Joe Boppo (drums), recorded 1959
|-
|1981
|''At the Piano''
|[[Discovery Records|Discovery]] DS-847
|Solo
|-
|1991
|''Live at the Carlyle''
|[[DRG Records|DRG]] 91407
|With Claudio Roditi (trumpet & flugelhorn), [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass), [[Akira Tana]] (drums)
|-
|1994
|''This Heart of Mine''
|[[DRG Records|DRG]] 91416
|With Jerome Richardson (tenor sax, alto sax), [[Art Farmer]] (trumpet), [[Jay Leonhart]] and Frank Tate (bass; separately), Joe Cocuzzo (drums)
|-
|1994
|''Old Friends''
|Audiophile Records ACD-254
|With Phil Bodner (reeds), Jay Leonhart (bass), Grady Tate (drums)
|-
|1995
|''Everything I Love''
|[[DRG Records|DRG]] 91438
|With Randy Sandke (trumpet), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Jay Berliner (guitar acoustic), Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Cocuzzo (drums), James Saporito (percussion)
|-
|1996
|''All In Fun''
|After 9 TWCD-2007
|
|-
|2001
|''One Morning in May''
|After 9 302 062143.2
|
|-
|2004
|''Live at Birdland''
|Harbinger HCD-2301
|With Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Cocuzzo (drums)
|-
|2005
|''Sentimental Mood''
|[[Venus Records|Venus]] TKJV-19163
|With [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass), Joe Coccuzzo (drums)
|-
|2006
|''I Wished On the Moon''
|[[Venus Records|Venus]] TKCV-36398
|With [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass), Joe Coccuzzo (drums)
|-
|2010
|''Something to Live For''
|Harbinger HCD-2601
|Trio with [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass), Alvin Atkinson (drums) plus [[Ken Peplowski]] (tenor sax, clarinet); recorded live in concert
|-
|2010
|''How Long Has This Been Going On? Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola''
|Harbinger HCD-2701
|Trio with [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass), Alvin Atkinson (drums) plus [[Ken Peplowski]] (tenor sax, clarinet); recorded live in concert
|-
|2016?
|''Barbara Carroll Plays at Birdland''
|Birdland
|With [[Jay Leonhart]] (bass); in concert
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=barbara-carroll-mn0000788256}}
*[http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/content/musicians/carroll_barbara/index.php New England Jazz History Database]
*{{Discogs artist|665631-Barbara-Carroll}}
*{{IMDb name|1162346}}
*[http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/content/musicians/carroll_barbara/index.php Barbara Carroll] at the New England Jazz History Database


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Latest revision as of 06:25, 9 April 2024

Barbara Carroll
Carroll with Clyde Lombardi and Chuck Wayne, 1947
Background information
Birth nameBarbara Carole Coppersmith
Born(1925-01-25)January 25, 1925
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 12, 2017(2017-02-12) (aged 92)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Piano, vocals
Years active1947–2016
Websitewww.barbaracarrolljazz.com

Barbara Carroll (born Barbara Carole Coppersmith; January 25, 1925 – February 12, 2017) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

Early life and career

[edit]

Carroll was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She began her classical training in piano at age eight, but by high school decided to become a jazz pianist. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music for a year, but left it as it conflicted with working for bands. In 1947 Leonard Feather dubbed her "the first girl ever to play bebop piano."[1] In the following year her trio, which featured Chuck Wayne on guitar and Clyde Lombardi on bass, worked briefly with Benny Goodman. Later Charlie Byrd replaced Wayne and Joe Shulman replaced Lombardi.[2] After Byrd's departure, Carroll decided to have it be a drums, bass, and piano trio.

In the 1950s, Carroll and her trio worked on Me and Juliet by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The decade saw her career ebb due to changing musical tastes and personal concerns.

Later career

[edit]

In 1972 she revived her career due to a renewed interest in her work. In 1975 she was asked by Rita Coolidge to work on a session for A&M. In 1978 she toured with Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson. In the following two decades she became known as a cabaret performer.

Personal life

[edit]

In September 1954, Carroll married jazz bassist Joe Shulman, a member of the trio. He died from a heart attack in 1957 at age 33. She subsequently married agent and photographer Bert Block, with whom she had a daughter, Suzanne Block Glatt. Block died of emphysema in 1986.[2] In 2011, Carroll married advertising executive Mark Stroock, a union that lasted until her death at 92.[3][1]

Awards and honors

[edit]

In 2003, Carroll was awarded the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]

Carroll was honored as The New Jewish Home's Eight Over Eighty Gala 2015 honoree.

Carroll in New York, 2007

Discography

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Year Title Label Notes
1952 Barbara Carroll Atlantic LP-132, Piano Panorama Series Vol. III 10" LP; reissued 1957 as Ladies of Jazz with Mary Lou Williams 10"
1953 Barbara Carroll Trio RCA Victor LJM-1001, Livingston Binaural 1081-BN (1996) Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Herb Wasserman (drums)
1955 Lullabies in Rhythm RCA Victor LJM-1023 With Joe Shulman (bass), Ralph Pollack (drums)
1956 Have You Met Miss Carroll? RCA Victor LPM-1137 Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Ralph Pollack (drums)
1956 We Couldn't Just Say Goodbye RCA Victor LPM-1296 Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Joe Petti (drums)
1957 It's a Wonderful World RCA Victor LPM-1396 Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Albert Monroe (drums)
1957 Lookin' For A Boy Savoy MG 12097 Joint release with Marianne McPartland Trio, Adelaide Robbins Trio
1957 Funny Face Verve MGV-2063 Trio, with Joe Shulman (bass), Joe Petti (drums) Also known as Plays The Best of George and Ira Gershwin
1958 Barbara Verve MG V-2095 With Joe Shulman (bass), Bill Faite (drums)
1958 Flower Drum Song Kapp K-1113 Orchestra directed by Bill Byers
1959 Satin Doll Kapp K-1193 Orchestra directed by Jack Elliot
1964 Fresh From Broadway! The Hit Tunes Of "Hello, Dolly!" & "What Makes Sammy Run?" Warner Bros. W1543 Orchestra directed by Glenn Osser
1967 Live! Her Piano And Trio Warner Bros. WS 1710 With Beverly Peer (bass), Dick Sheridan (drums)
1976 Barbara Carroll Blue Note BN-LA645-G With Chuck Domanico (bass), Colin Bailey (drums)
1977 From the Beginning United Artists Records UAG 30168 With Hugh McCracken (guitar), Steve Gadd (drums) and strings conducted by Gene Orloff
1979 The Barbara Carroll Trio (also released as Why Not?) Jazz Vault JV-114 (SESAC N-3201/02) With Alan Mack (bass), Joe Boppo (drums), recorded 1959
1981 At the Piano Discovery DS-847 Solo
1991 Live at the Carlyle DRG 91407 With Claudio Roditi (trumpet & flugelhorn), Jay Leonhart (bass), Akira Tana (drums)
1994 This Heart of Mine DRG 91416 With Jerome Richardson (tenor sax, alto sax), Art Farmer (trumpet), Jay Leonhart and Frank Tate (bass; separately), Joe Cocuzzo (drums)
1994 Old Friends Audiophile Records ACD-254 With Phil Bodner (reeds), Jay Leonhart (bass), Grady Tate (drums)
1995 Everything I Love DRG 91438 With Randy Sandke (trumpet), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Jay Berliner (guitar acoustic), Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Cocuzzo (drums), James Saporito (percussion)
1996 All In Fun After 9 TWCD-2007
2001 One Morning in May After 9 302 062143.2
2004 Live at Birdland Harbinger HCD-2301 With Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Cocuzzo (drums)
2005 Sentimental Mood Venus TKJV-19163 With Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Coccuzzo (drums)
2006 I Wished On the Moon Venus TKCV-36398 With Jay Leonhart (bass), Joe Coccuzzo (drums)
2010 Something to Live For Harbinger HCD-2601 Trio with Jay Leonhart (bass), Alvin Atkinson (drums) plus Ken Peplowski (tenor sax, clarinet); recorded live in concert
2010 How Long Has This Been Going On? Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Harbinger HCD-2701 Trio with Jay Leonhart (bass), Alvin Atkinson (drums) plus Ken Peplowski (tenor sax, clarinet); recorded live in concert
2016? Barbara Carroll Plays at Birdland Birdland With Jay Leonhart (bass); in concert

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b Holden, Stephen (February 14, 2017). "Barbara Carroll, Pioneering Jazz Pianist and Singer, Dies at 92". The New York Times. p. A21.
  2. ^ a b Gans, Andrew (February 13, 2017). "Barbara Carroll, Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 92". Playbill. ISSN 0551-0678.
  3. ^ "Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Vocalist Barbara Carroll Passes Away Age 92". Broadway World. February 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jazz Pianist and Singer Barbara Carroll". NPR. June 9, 2003.
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