Jazzin Em Up with Cres O'Neal

Jazzin Em Up with Cres O'Neal


Jazz Vocalist Carmen Lundy

October 15, 2014

October 15 - Jazz Vocalist/composer/actress/painter - Carmen Lundy

 

With a career spanning three decades, internationally acclaimed songstress, Carmen Lundy, older sister of bassist, Curtis Lundy, has affectionately been compared to Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzerald, and Sarah Vaughn.  A woman of many hats, Ms. Lundy has composed and published over forty songs.  She is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation.  As a painter, Lundy's oil on canvas paintings have been exhibited in New York at The Jazz Gallery (Soho) and The Jazz Bakery, and in Los Angeles at the Madrid Theater. Her art also appears in the booklets that accompany her CDs

 

Carmen has just released her 14th album, "Soul to Soul".   Almost two years in the making, Soul to Soul consists of new original songs by Lundy, and a few very special collaborations. The album features legendary artists - specialists on their respective instruments - including Patrice Rushen, Geri Allen, Randy Brecker, Ada Rovatti, Warren Wolf, Bennie Maupin, harpist Carol Robbins, and Simphiwe Dana, a stunning South African vocalist and composer, among others.