Carla White
{{short description|American jazz singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Carla White
| image =
| birth_name = Carla Ruth White
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|9|15}}{{cite web |title=Carla White |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=11307 |work=All About Jazz |accessdate=May 1, 2011 |date=May 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331203334/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=11307 |archivedate=March 31, 2008 }}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|05|09|1951|09|15}}{{cite web|title=Jazz Vocalist Carla White Dies |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jazz-vocalist-carla-white-dies_1031175 |work=Contactmusic|accessdate=May 1, 2011|date=May 16, 2007}}
| death_place = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1985–2007
| label = Stash, Milestone, Evidence, Vartan, Jazz Cats, DIW, Bright Moon
}}
Carla Ruth White (September 15, 1951 – May 9, 2007) was an American jazz vocalist.
Biography
White was born in Oakland, California, and raised in New York City, where she studied jazz dance.{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Carla White |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carla-white-mn0000171602/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=13 September 2019}} She began singing and acting in high school. She moved to London in 1969 to attend Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She returned to New York City and took music lessons intermittently during the 1970s with Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh.{{cite book |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide |date=2008 |publisher=Backbeat |isbn=978-0-87930-825-4 |page=109}} In 1979 she met trumpeter Manny Duran, who became her mentor. They formed the White-Duran Band and recorded the album Andruline for Stash. White died from cancer on May 9, 2007, in New York.{{cite web|title=Jazz Vocalist Carla White Dies |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jazz-vocalist-carla-white-dies_1031175 |work=Contactmusic|accessdate=May 1, 2011|date=May 16, 2007}}
Personal life
White was the niece of Broadway costume designer Miles White.{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2000 |title=Paid Death Notice: WHITE, MILES |work=New York Times, Late Edition |publisher=New York Times Company |location=New York |page=49}}{{Cite news |date=September 16, 1984 |title=Dwain Houston White Obituary |work=New York Times |location=New York |page=44}}
Discography
- Andruline with Manny Duran (Stash, 1984)
- Orient Express (Milestone, 1987)
- Mood Swings (Milestone, 1988)
- Listen Here (Evidence, 1995)
- Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz 1998)
- The Sweetest Sounds (DIW, 2000)
- In Mexico (Jazz Cat, 2000)
- Can't Say Goodbye To Yesterday (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty Original Soundtrack, 2001)
- A Voice in the Night (Bright Moon, 2006)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080331203334/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=11307 AllaboutJazz Carla White Biography]
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Category:20th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American women singers
Category:American women jazz singers
Category:American jazz singers
Category:Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
Category:Jazz musicians from California
Category:Milestone Records artists