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Grammy nominated pianist Judy Carmichael is one of the world’s leading interpreters of stride piano and swing. Count Basie nicknamed her “Stride”, acknowledging the command with which she plays this technically and physically demanding jazz piano style. Judy’s newly released CD “Come and Get It” features her singing debut on everything from Peggy Lee inspired standards, to humorous takes on Fats Waller tunes. A native of California, Judy Carmichael moved to New York in the early 80’s and has maintained a busy concert schedule throughout the world ever since. She has toured for the United States Information Agency throughout India, Portugal, Brazil and Singapore. In 1992 Ms. Carmichael was the first jazz musician sponsored by the United States Government to tour China. The musician that critics have referred to as “astounding, flawless and captivating” (The New York Times) has played in a variety of venues from Carnegie Hall, to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice (the first concert ever presented by the museum) to programs with Joel Grey, Michael Feinstein, Steve Ross and the Smothers Brothers. In addition, Ms. Carmichael has done comic skits and performed her music on radio and TV and performed private recitals for everyone from Rod Stewart and Robert Redford to President Clinton and Gianni Agnelli. Judy Carmichael is one of a handful of musicians who approach jazz from a perspective of its entire history. Choosing to study jazz piano from its early roots on, she explores the music deeply, infusing it with a “fresh, dynamic interpretation of her own” (Washington Post ). The National Endowment for the Arts rewarded Carmichael’s knowledge of jazz piano with a major grant to present early jazz greats on film and to discuss the history and development of jazz piano with college students across the country. Judy Carmichael’s Grammy-nominated recording “Two Handed Stride” teamed her with four giants of jazz from the Count Basie Orchestra, Red Callendar, Harold Jones, Freddie Green and Marshall Royal. She has written two books on stride piano and numerous articles on the subject of jazz. She has served on a variety of music panels at the National Endowment for the Arts and is one of the few jazz pianists honored as a Steinway Artist. She has been included in a number of jazz anthologies and at one point, to her utter surprise, turned up in the Simon and Schuster murder mystery Murder Times Two as “the stride pianist Judy Carmichael,” the main suspect’s favorite piano player.

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Judy Carmichael: All Taken in Stride

Read "Judy Carmichael: All Taken in Stride" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Swinger! A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to Harlem Judy Carmichael 276 Pages ISBN: # 978-1979764414 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017 Pianist and vocalist Judy Carmichael is a jazz girl who has been performing professionally for nearly 40 years. In her memoir Swinger! A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to Harlem she relates being told of her cervical cancer diagnosis this way: Doctor: “I must say you are taking this remarkable ...

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Judy Carmichael: Come and Get It

Read "Come and Get It" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Judy Carmichael has been on the jazz scene for a long time. She has produced the radio series Jazz Inspired for a number of years and played piano for over a quarter-century with a number of CDs under her belt, most of them issued on her own label. Her specialties are stride and swing (one of her CDs was titled And Basie Called Her Stride), though this outing marks her debut as a vocalist. With a strong ...

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20th Anniversiary Jazz Montana Festival

20th Anniversiary Jazz Montana Festival

Source: Ryan Montana Matzinger

Celebrating our 20th Anniversary, Jazz Montana has partnered with The MSU School of Music and The Ellen Theatre to present you with an incredible jazz festival experience! Come join us for 4 fun-filled days of jazz music and learning. This year the festival will host 6 featured artists, and a jazz big band in concerts, masterclasses, jam sessions and lectures, with opening acts featuring our local Montana jazz stars! The Ellen Theatre The Ellen Theatre is a marvelous reflection of ...

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Grammy Nominated Jazz Pianist, Author and Radio Host Judy Carmichael at Feinstein's

Grammy Nominated Jazz Pianist, Author and Radio Host Judy Carmichael at Feinstein's

Source: Miller Wright & Associates

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine, and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the return of internationally-acclaimed Grammy Award nominated stride pianist, radio host and author JUDY CARMICHAEL. At Feinstein’s, Carmichael – hailed as “a major figure in keyboard jazz performance” by the San Francisco Examiner – will celebrate the release of her new CD “Come And Get It.” The show, ...

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Jazz Pianist Judy Carmichael to Perform in Jazz Concert

Jazz Pianist Judy Carmichael to Perform in Jazz Concert

Source: All About Jazz


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Come and Get It

C & D Productions
2013

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Come and Get It

C & D Productions
2010

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