Carol Welsman at TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival at National Arts Centre

About

Style and class are timeless. With a warm, crystal clear voice and a gift for swinging, piano-centric arrangements, Carol Welsman’s sound is traditional vocal jazz in the best sense of the term. A six-time Juno-nominee since her 1994 debut LP Lucky to Be Me, Welsman is one of Canada’s best-known jazz singers, and an accomplished songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by performers as diverse as Ray Charles, Celine Dion and Nicole Scherzinger.

Welsman is a dynamic stage presence and a skilled interpreter of songbook standards. Her shows are guaranteed to affect the brain like a good red wine, spreading warmth, sophistication, fun and a little romance.