Carla Ruth White (September 15, 1951 – May 9, 2007) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

vocalist.

Biography

White was born in Oakland, California, and raised in New York City, where she studied jazz dance. 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 Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation. Tristano studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in music in Chicago before moving to New Yo ...

and

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

. In 1979 she met trumpet 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.

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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