Christine Isobel Correa (born July 8, 1955) is an American jazz singer of Indian origin.
Christine Correa | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christine Isobel Correa |
| Born | July 8, 1955 Mumbai, India |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Music & Arts |
| Website | christinecorrea |
Life and work edit
Correa is from a musical family; her father Micky Correa led big bands in India.[1] As a child she sang and played piano.[1] In 1979, she moved to the U.S. and attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where her teachers included Jaki Byard, Ran Blake, and Joe Maneri.[1] She worked with the quintet of Frank Carlberg, in ballet music for the Battery Dance Company. She teaches at Columbia University and is the director the Maine Jazz Camp.[2]
Discography edit
With Ran Blake
- Round About (Music & Arts, 1994)
- Out of the Shadows (Red Piano, 2010)
- Down Here Below: Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume One (Red Piano, 2012)
- The Road Keeps Winding: Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Volume Two (Red Piano, 2015)[3]
- Streaming (Red Piano, 2018)
- When Soft Rains Fall (Red Piano, 2021)
With Frank Carlberg
- Ugly Beauty (Northeastern, 1993)
- The Crazy Woman (Accurate, 1995)
- Variations On A Summer Day (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1999)
- In The Land Of Art (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2002)
- State of The Union (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005)
- The American Dream (Red Piano, 2007)
- Uncivilized Ruminations (Red Piano, 2009)
- Big Enigmas (Red Piano, 2012)
- Word Circus (Red Piano, 2014)
- No Money In Art (Red Piano, 2016)
References edit
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott (2008). The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide. Backbeat. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4.
- ^ Campers march to different beat, Sun Journal, 18. Juli 2011
- ^ "CD review: Ran Blake/Christine Correa, 'The Road Keeps Winding'". The Boston Globe.