Deborah J. Carter

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Over: Jazz singer Deborah J. Carter, known for her warm stage persona and virtuoso style, was born in the U.S.A. and grew up in Hawaii and Japan. Her versatility allows her to feel at home in both mainstream jazz and contemporary crossover projects with various influences. She toured with her own band, or as a guest with various formations ranging from solo pianist to orchestra and in recent years she can be found on jazz stages in Japan, China, Germany, India, Croatia, Canada, Spain, Russia, Venezuela, Colombia, Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, United Emirates and many more. During her time in Asia she also became acquainted with the theater, and played various roles in Broadway musicals presented by an American theater group there. In Spain, Deborah sang on the Mediterranean jazz CDs of Max Sunyer, Carles Benavent, Joan Bibiloni, and Salvador Niebla. She also taught for some years at the renowned Musikene conservatory in San Sebastian. Later she was appointed as vocal teacher and choir director at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in Germany. She is currently working as a freelance teacher at various workshops and seminars – both in Asia and Europe. In the Netherlands she is an advisor to the ZoJazz Foundation and the Peter Guidi Foundation; both foundations entailing motivational activities for young musicians as well as the community, in general. Deborah Carter has been heard with her own group at most jazz festivals in the Netherlands and she is a welcome guest artist with various established jazz orchestras such as the Hessische Rundfunk Big Band, The Deutsche Oper Berlin Bigband and Symphony Orchestra, the West Coast Big Band, the Metropole Orchestra, the Brabantse Jazz Orchestra, and the Konrad Koselleck Bigband. Deborah was featured in various radio and TV programs. In recent years she toured theaters in Holland, India, and Thailand with New York Round Midnight. (see clip below) She previously performed on these stages with, among others: Fado Blue (with Fernando Lameirinhas) and The Legends (including Frits Landesbergen)