If you missed Brenda Carol and ClaireVoyance’s 11th annual four-night run at the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival you just might be able to catch it on CD.
The East York jazz singer said the four-night stand, which wrapped up Wednesday at the Hothouse Cafe on Church street, was recorded with a view to eventually releasing another live CD.
Her first live CD was recorded in identical circumstances at the Hothouse Cafe during the Downtown Jazz Festival and garnered good reviews, copping a “CD of the Week” at Jazz Review in the U.S. It was released in 2000.
This time around she said a more sophisticated recording arrangement was used.
Carol along with husband Stephen Gardner are long-time residents of the Woodbine/Danforth area where both run their long-established teaching studio.
Carol, whose self titled studio debut CD from 1998 was also critically acclaimed, has found her way into the World Who’s Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment, Vol. 1, Showbiz, Pioneers - Best Singers, Musicians, and Entertainers from 1606 to the present, published by the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA).
Carol and her new ClaireVoyance bassist Jack Zorawski took time out from their rehearsing prior to their festival gig for this interview.
Speaking of new recordings, Zorawski, who is married with two adult children 23 and 19 years of age, has released a new CD this year, First Train, by his trio, which also features Richard Whiteman on piano and Kevin Coady on drums.
