Deborah J. Carter - Daytripper

Vocalist Deborah J. Carter was born in the U.S.A. and grew up in Hawaii and Japan. She travels extensively performing in jazz festivals, jazz clubs, seminars, and radio and TV shows through Europe and Asia with her trio or as a guest with various formations; from solo pianists to large orchestras. While on tour, she has also given master classes, often sponsored by US embassies all over the world.

This vocalist / composer / arranger definitely brings her multi - cultural experiences into her music. “We are so privileged in this day and age to have an open door to other cultures and perspectives that enrich our own.” And she brings it to light through her style. Described by the Music Maker magazine as “absolutely top-class”, she is one of the most dynamic vocalists in the jazz scene.

Deborah's latest release, called “Blue Notes and Red Shoes”, was recorded with her long-standing trio together with internationally renowned guest artists and is a prime example of her favourite genre 'metropolitan jazz'. In her own words, “It's a kind of jazz that reflects the energy and spirit of any capital city, in this 21st centrury, that has absorbed the influences and cosmopolitan aspects of its inhabitants. And it's definitely a Saturday night jazz!”

Deborah also has four other solo CD's. Her first,” 'Scuse Me...”, is a flavorful combination of jazz, latin, blues, and gospel. This CD received rave reviews from the international press and one of the first presentation concerts was at the 1998 North Sea Jazz Festival. She later launched a second CD which paid homage to the moon and the nocturnal life with the title song from her own songbook of originals: “ 'Round Moonlight”. Her third CD, “Girl-Talking!”, is a energetic live performance in The Hague, demonstrating her dynamic stage performance. Deborah's fourth CD, “Daytripper”,features eleven tracks of fresh and original versions of Beatles' material

Besides working with her own group, with whom she performs many of her own arrangements and compositions, Deborah also loves to sing the great jazz classics as a guest artist with a number of established European jazz orchestras. Some of these are: the Metropole Orchestra, the HR (Frankfurt Radio) Big Band, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sedavi Latin Jazz Big Band with Mike Mossman (arranger for Tito Puente), the Berlin Jazz Orchestra, the Holland Big Band, the Konrad Koselleck Big Band among others. She has done several tribute tours, among which are the “Duke Ellington Tribute” in 1999, “Tribute to Louis Armstrong” in 2000 with Scott Hamilton, and “The Jazz Legends” with Michael Varekamp and Frits Landesbergen in 2003. Other projects she was involved with was the Jazz Impuls concert series in Holland, doing a tour with the “Pitch Pine Project” playing her music from her Beatles tribute album and later touring with a “Jazz Boogaloo” program, accompanied by the B&W Quintet. At the end of 2008 she colaborated in a project, combining blues and world fusion, called Fado Blue, with Fernando Lameirinhas and the Portuguese fadista, Daisy.

Personnel :
Ed Verhoeff - guitar
Deborah J. Carter - vocals
Coen Molenaar - piano
Enriqur Firpi - drums
Mark Zandveld - bass instrument