Carol Sloane Explained

Carol Sloane
Birth Name:	Carol Morvan
Birth Date:	5 March 1937
Birth Place:	Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Death Place:	Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz, vocal jazz
Occupation:	Singer
Years Active:	1953–2023
Label:	Arbors, Columbia, Concord

Carol Sloane (March 5, 1937 – January 23, 2023) was an American jazz singer.

Biography

Born Carol Morvan in Providence, Rhode Island to parents Frank and Claudia (Rainville) Morvan,^[1] she began singing professionally when she was 14, although for a time in the 1970s she worked as a legal secretary in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition, between September 1967 and May 1968, she occasionally wrote album reviews for Down Beat.^[2] She lived in Stoneham, Massachusetts.^[3]

One of her early efforts was working with Les and Larry Elgart's orchestra. Later she filled in for Annie Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. By 1961, success at the Newport Jazz Festival led to albums for Columbia Records.^[4] Her career stalled for a time in the 1970s, but resumed by the 1980s. In 1983 she found a nickel under her carseat and brought it to a psychic who told her she should sign with Concord Records; then she had some successes touring in Japan. In 1986, she married Buck Spurr.^[5] In April 2016 Sloane was among the inductees into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF).^[6]

She died on January 23, 2023, due to complications from a stroke she had two years prior.^[7]

Sloane: A Jazz Singer, a documentary feature film profiling her career, is currently in production.^[8]

Discography

As leader

• Live at 30th Street (Columbia, 1962)
• Out of the Blue (Columbia, 1962)
• Subway Tokens (Moonbeam, 1975)
• Spring Is Here (LDC, 1977)
• Carol & Ben with Ben Webster (Honeydew, 1977)
• Carol Sings (Progressive, 1979)
• Cottontail (Choice, 1979)
• Summertime Carole Sings Again (LDR, 1983)
• As Time Goes by (Eastwind, 1984)
• Three Pearls with Ernestine Anderson, Chris Connor (Eastworld, 1984)
• Sophisticated Lady (Audiophile, 1985)
• But Not for Me (CBS/Sony, 1987)
• Hush-a-Bye (SSJ, 1987)
• Love You Madly (Contemporary, 1989)
• The Real Thing (Contemporary, 1990)
• Heart's Desire (Concord Jazz, 1992)
• Sweet and Slow (Concord Jazz, 1993)
• When I Look in Your Eyes (Concord Jazz, 1994)
• The Songs Carmen Sang (Concord, 1995)
• The Songs Sinatra Sang (Concord, 1996)
• The Songs Ella & Louis Sang with Clark Terry (Concord Jazz, 1997)
• Romantic Ellington (DRG, 1999)
• Something Cool (Choice, 2001)
• I Never Went Away (HighNote, 2001)
• Whisper Sweet (HighNote, 2003)
• Dearest Duke (Arbors, 2007)
• We'll Meet Again (Arbors, 2010)
• Live At Birdland (Club44, 2022)

As guest

With Ken Peplowski

• Dearest Duke (Arbors)

External links

• Carol Sloane's website
• Carol Sloane discography at jazzdiscography.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carol Sloane, Jazz Singer Who Found Success Early and Late, Dies at 85 . Penelope . Green . February 3, 2023 . The New York Times . December 26, 2023.
2. Fitzgerald, Michael. "Down Beat under Dan Morgenstern — A Bibliography". Current Research in Jazz 4. 2012. retrieved 2013-04-22.
3. http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=97&aname=Carol+Sloane Down Beat Artist's profile
4. Web site: Carol Sloane: Biography . Scott . Yanow . AllMusic . December 26, 2023.
5. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=1097 All About Jazz
6. News: GoLocalProv Lifestyle Herb Weiss: Abate Joins Exclusive Class of Musicians. ChrisS. GoLocalProv. 2017-07-27. en.
7. News: Schudel . Matt . 2023-01-24 . Carol Sloane, jazz singer of late-blooming acclaim, dies at 85 . The Washington Post . 2023-01-24.
8. Web site: SLOANE • A JAZZ SINGER . June 8, 2022.