Liane Carroll

Liane Carroll (born 1964 in London, England) is an English pianist/vocalist who grew up in a musical family.[1] She has played professionally since she was 15.[2]

Carroll has worked with many artists ranging from Sir Paul McCartney[2][3] and Gerry Rafferty[4] to Ladysmith Black Mambazo. She has also performed as the lead vocalist and Wurlitzer keyboardist for the drum and bass band London Elektricity.[2] She is a regular performer at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and the 606 Club in London, and has made several albums. In 2005 she won two awards in the BBC Jazz Awards: Best Vocalist and Best of Jazz.[5] In 2006 she won the Marston Pedigree Jazz Award for best vocalist. On 13 May 2008, Andy Burnham MP, then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, presented her with the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Musician of the Year Award.[6]

The Liane Carroll Trio currently comprises: Liane Carroll (vocals/piano), Roger Carey (electric bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums).

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Personal life

Liane Carroll lives in Hastings, East Sussex [2][7] with her husband Roger Carey, bassist in the Liane Carroll Trio. She has a daughter, Abi, and grandchildren, from her first marriage.[8]

Discography

Album Record label Release date Notes
Clearly Bridge October 1995 Features Dave Mattacks (drums) and Roger Carey (bass), with a guest appearance by trumpeter Dick Pearce
Dolly Bird Ronnie Scott's Jazz House August 1997 Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Features Peter Kirtley (guitar, vocals), Steve Lamb (bass guitar) and Greg Leppard (drums)
Son of Dolly Bird Ronnie Scott's Jazz House January 2002 Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in January 2001. Features Steve Lamb (bass guitar), Greg Leppard (drums) and special guest Julian Siegel (tenor saxophone)
Billy No Mates Splash Point Records September 2003[9] Solo album
Standard Issue Splash Point Records November 2004 Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and featuring the Liane Carroll Trio (Roger Carey on bass and Greg Leppard on drums) and guests Ian Shaw, John Parricelli and Bobby Wellins [10]
Slow Down Splash Point Records September 2007 Solo album; Ian Shaw guests on one track[11]
Liane Live DVD Splash Point Records February 2008 Featuring concert by the Liane Carroll Trio (Roger Carey on bass and Mark Fletcher on drums) at the Brecon Jazz Festival 2006; Ian Shaw guests on one track[12]
One Good Reason Q Note Records, distributed by Universal Music July 2008 Recorded in 2002, as part of 'The Passion'[13] with Jacqui Dankworth and Sara Colman
Break Even (with John Etheridge) The Agency October 2008 With Hammond organist Pete Whittaker and drummer Mark Fletcher[14]
Live at the Lampie (with Brian Kellock) Splash Point Records May 2009 Recorded live at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen[15]
Ten Day Simon (with Dave Holdsworth as the Dave Holdsworth-Liane Carroll Quartet) Cadillac July 2009 With Dave Holdsworth on trumpet, this album was recorded in 1990 and features original compositions and standards
Up and Down Quietmoney Recordings, distributed by Proper Records June 2011 Recorded in London, Hastings, Brighton, Prague and Memphis, Tennessee, it features Kenny Wheeler, Kirk Whalum, Julian Siegel and James McMillan as guest soloists[16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ In a short film by Sarah Linklater about Liane Carroll and her weekly performances at Porters, a small pub in Hastings, Carroll said that her parents were both singers and her grandmother had played the piano. Sarah Linklater for Hidden Gems (May 2011). "Liane Carroll (video)". Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/22957547. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d Sarah Linklater for Hidden Gems (May 2011). "Liane Carroll (video)". Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/22957547. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Together with Paul McCartney, she performed with the Peter Kirtley Band on the 1998 charity CD single "Little Children".
  4. ^ She performed with Gerry Rafferty on his 1992 album, On a Wing and a Prayer. "Gerry Rafferty album: On a Wing and a Prayer, 1992". Music World. http://www.themusic-world.com/artist/gerry_rafferty/album/on_a_wing_and_a_prayer. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "BBC Jazz Awards: 2005 winners". BBC website. June 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazzawards2006/winners.shtml. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "Winners announced for 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards". PPL. 14 May 2008. http://www.ppluk.com/en/News--Events/Archived-News/WINNERS-ANNOUNCED-FOR-2008-PARLIAMENTARY-JAZZ-AWARDS/. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  7. ^ Peter Quinn (27 May 2011). "Liane Carroll - On the Upside". Jazzwise magazine. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/feature-table-mainmenu-134/11889?task=view. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 
  8. ^ Helen Pearse (5 January 2008). "Liane Carroll: the generation game". Jazzreview.com magazine. http://www.jazzreview.com/artist-interviews/item/13398-.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  9. ^ "Splash Point Records releases Liane Carroll's fabulous solo album, "Billy No Mates"". Splash Point Records press release. http://www.splashpointmusic.com/press_pages/SPRPressRelease030909.html. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
  10. ^ Peter Quinn (June 2005). "Liane Carroll: Standard Issue". Jazzwise. http://www.splashpointmusic.com/press_pages/jazzwise05.html. Retrieved 25 October 2011.  Reviewing Standard Issue for Jazzwise magazine, Peter Quinn said: "her arrangement of Janis Ian's 'At Seventeen' is close to musical perfection."
  11. ^ As well as jazz standards, and numbers by singer-songwriters including Laura Nyro, Donovan and Tom Waits, the album includes an original song, "You Can’t Slow My Heart Down", co-written by Liane Carroll with Peter Kirtley. Reviewing Slow Down for BBC Music, Kathryn Shackleton said: "On Slow Down Liane sings her way through the whole spectrum from jazz diva to fragile victim. Van Heusen and Cahn's 'All The Way' and Duke Ellington's 'In My Solitude' are remade as torch songs, with vulnerability oozing out of every verse, while 'Lazy Afternoon' perfectly captures her molasses low tones and silken high ones – her sparse electric piano accompaniment creating a brooding, hypnotic tension." Kathryn Shackleton (4 January 2008). "It doesn't just tug at your heart strings, it rips them out...". BBC Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/r43n. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  12. ^ Filmed by the BBC, the DVD is introduced by Julian Joseph.
  13. ^ "Jazz Line-up: The Passion". BBC Radio 3. 8 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010xwgj. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  14. ^ John Fordham (13 February 2009). "John Etheridge/Liane Carroll: Break Even". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/13/jazz. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 
  15. ^ Guardian reviewer John Fordham said of Live at the Lampie, "Since Liane Carroll can loose off a jazz-singing broadside that might touch on Betty Carter and Bobby McFerrin (with soul-vocal asides including everyone from Aretha to Stevie Wonder), and Scottish piano virtuoso Kellock has a comparable range from Fats Waller to free-improv, the potential for repetition in this duo is low. Released from her singer/pianist responsibilities, Carroll has rarely sounded more spontaneous and relaxed" John Fordham (14 August 2011). "Liane Carroll/Brian Kellock: Live at the Lampie". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/14/liane-carroll-brian-kellock-review. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  16. ^ "Jazz breaking news: Liane Carroll Returns With New Album". Jazzwise magazine. 8 April 2011. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/news-mainmenu-139/68-2011/11847-jazz-breaking-news-liane-carroll-returns-with-new-album. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
  17. ^ Dave Gelly (3 July 2011). "Liane Carroll: Up and Down – review". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/03/liane-carroll-up-down-review. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  18. ^ Guardian reviewer John Fordham said of Up and Down, "Singer/pianist Carroll is a world-class act, but this is the first recording to capture the full range of her expressiveness. Up and Down embraces intimate voice/piano performances, orchestra-backed extravaganzas and jazz jams with soloists of the pedigree of Kenny Wheeler and Julian Siegel."John Fordham and others (19 May 2011). "F&M Playlist". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/19/film-and-music-playlist. Retrieved 12 June 2011. 

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