Barbara Carroll

Barbara Carroll Barbara Carole Coppersmith January 25 1925 – February 11 2017 Was An American Jazz Pianist. Carroll Was Born In Worcester Massachusetts. She Began Her Classical Training In Piano At Age Eight But By High School Decided To Become A Jazz Pianist. She Attended The New England Conservatory Of Music For A Year But Left It As It Conflicted With Working For Bands. In 1947 Leonard Feather Dubbed Her "the First Girl Ever To Play Bebop Piano." In The Following Year Her Trio Which Featured Chuck Wayne On Guitar And Clyde Lombardi On Bass Worked Briefly With Benny Goodman. Later Charlie Byrd Replaced Wayne And Joe Shulman Replaced Lombardi. After Byrd's Departure Carroll Decided To Have It Be A Drums Bass And Piano Trio. In The 1950s Carroll And Her Trio Worked On Me And Juliet By Rodgers And Hammerstein. The Decade Saw Her Career Ebb Due To Changing Musical Tastes And Personal Concerns. In 1972 She Revived Her Career Due To A Renewed Interest In Her Work. In 1975 She Was Asked By Rita Coolidge To Work On A Session For A&M. In 1978 She Toured With Coolidge And Kris Kristofferson. In The Following Two Decades She Became Known As A Cabaret Performer. In The Current Decade Carroll Was Awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award And The "Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz". In September 1954 Carroll Married Joe Shulman A Member Of The Trio. The Marriage Lasted Less Than Three Years Due To His Death From A Heart Attack In 1957 At Age 33. She Subsequently Married Bandleader Bert Block And Had A Daughter. She Died On February 11 2017 Aged 92. Discography 1981 At The Piano Trend Records/Discovery Records 1991 Live At The Carlyle DRG 1993 This Heart Of Mine DRG 1995 Everything I Love DRG 2003 Live At Birdland Harbinger 2007 I Wished On The Moon Venus 2008 Something To Live For Harbinger 2010 How Long Has This Been Going On? Harbinger 2016 Barbara Carroll Plays At Birdland Birdland Records read less