Join us for another episode of Backstage Sessions with Carbe and Durand. Special guest on this installment, will be Carmen Lundy - Grammy Nominee for her album Modern Ancestors.
About Carmen Lundy
Grammy® Nominated vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy began her professional career in
Miami, FL when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists on the horizon.
Over four decades later, Ms. Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is
highly regarded for her jazz innovation.
A native of Miami, Florida, Carmen Lundy's path to being one of today's most talented and...
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Join us for another episode of Backstage Sessions with Carbe and Durand. Special guest on this installment, will be Carmen Lundy - Grammy Nominee for her album Modern Ancestors.
About Carmen Lundy
Grammy® Nominated vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy began her professional career in
Miami, FL when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists on the horizon.
Over four decades later, Ms. Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is
highly regarded for her jazz innovation.
A native of Miami, Florida, Carmen Lundy's path to being one of today's most talented and
respected jazz singers began at age six, with her first piano lessons. She was deeply inspired by
her mother who was then lead singer in the gospel group, The Apostolic Singers. Ms. Lundy
attended The University of Miami as an Opera major, but soon discovered that jazz was where
her talent really shone. While working steadily in the Miami Jazz scene, she graduated with a
degree in Studio Music and Jazz, one of the first singers to do so. Lundy then moved to New
York City in 1978, and in 1991 relocated to the Los Angeles area and continued her storied
career, impressing the notoriously critical jazz cognoscenti and audiences alike.
Currently on the Afrasia Productions label, Carmen is a 2021 Grammy® Nominated artist for
her 15 th album Modern Ancestors, for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Her previous release, 2017’s Code
Noir, debuted at #6 on the Billboard Jazz Chart to both critical and popular acclaim. Carmen’s
full discography consists of “Good Morning Kiss”, “Moment To Moment”, “Night And Day, “Old
Devil Moon”, “Self Portrait”, “Something To Believe In”, “This Is Carmen Lundy”, “Jazz and The
New Songbook – Live at The Madrid”, “Come Home”, “Solamente”, “Changes”, “Soul To Soul”
and “Code Noir”. All have topped the Best Albums and Top Ten Albums lists on Billboard,
JazzWeek, Downbeat, and JazzTimes.
About Carbe and Durand
The two guitarists have bridged the worlds of classical and blues guitar for well over 20 years now. A married couple, a professional partnership, and, in the end, two people who very much love to play their guitars.
They are, along with Jim Stubblefield, co-founders of the acclaimed genre-bending instrumental "world guitar" group Incendio, with 9 CD's and two DVD's available internationally. Constant live work since the year 2000 has galvanized their playing. Their compositions outside of Incendio have been heard on an astounding variety of TV shows and movies, from the blockbuster comedy "Bridesmaids" to "Law and Order" to "Burn Notice" to so many more.
But for Carbé and Durand, Liza sets aside her bass as well as scoring to come back to her first love, the acoustic guitar. It is the instrument she most connected with as a child. In the little spare time outside of Incendio, Liza and JP have concentrated on a variety of classic tunes done in their two-guitar style. Their new disc, "A Bridge Between", is recorded live in the studio, capturing the fiery spontaneity of their duo concerts.
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