Judy Carmichael

Dan’s Hamptons
December 22, 2012 by Daniel Koontz

Sag Harbor’s Judy Carmichael plays some mean “stride” piano. Stride is a piano style that comes from an early era in jazz, ’20s jazz that people partied and danced to. It’s a joyous, rollicking sound that evokes Kansas City, Chicago and the rich musical culture of the American South. It’s the kind of music you might expect to hear in a smoky juke joint in Memphis.

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By Don Heckman
The International Review of Music

There’s a long history of great jazz artists, reaching as far back as Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, who understood the value of communicating, connecting and – yes, here’s that awful word – entertaining an audience. It’s a history that hasn’t had much impact upon recent jazz generations.
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BUREAU OF ARTS AND CULTURE
Judy Carmichael LIVE at Vitellos in Southern California February 23rd 2012
Judy Carmichael is coming to Los Angeles on February 23rd 2012 at VITELLO’S
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Q & A: Judy Carmichael

By Don Heckman

Judy Carmichael is a jazz rarity — a lively, contemporary pianist who has been specializing in classic jazz piano styles, especially stride piano, since the early ’80s.  Count Basie nicknamed her “Stride,” and her early career was also aided by the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Benny Carter, Freddie Green and Roy Eldridge, among others.  Performing in all parts of the world, often with the support of the U.S. Information Agency, she has a fan base reaching from China and India to Brazil, Europe and beyond. 
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The Sag Harbor Express
June 15, 2011 – by Annette Hinkle

Judy Carmichael is a woman on a mission. The jazz pianist travels the world bringing the distinctly American music to audiences who don’t often get to hear it. Among the places she’s been or will be this year are Brazil, Australia, Switzerland and England.

But this weekend, she’s just happy to be back home in Sag Harbor where she’ll offer a concert at the Old Whalers’ Church. Carmichael finds that playing here is like no where else in the world.

“I’m going to sing more than usual, including a bunch of new tunes. It will be all jazz standards,” says Carmichael who has an album coming out in the fall. “I’ve got my ‘A’ team – Harry Allen on sax, Chris Flory on guitar.”
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The Berkshire Eagle
September 2, 2011 – By Richard Houdek

Like many offspring of conscientious parents, Judy Carmichael took piano lessons as a child.

And, further along the way, she entertained notions of several careers, although music was the least likely.
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Seção : Música – 31/07/2011 08:26
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Carol Braga – EM Cultura

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JazzTimes
May 2010 – By Lee Mergner

The pianist’s Jazz Inspired radio show brings out the inner jazzbo in creative types
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Judy Carmichael in Her Stride
Jazz Journal – April 2010
Peter Vacher meets the one-woman whirlwind who brings new meaning to the term self-starter
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By PHILIP R. BUTTALL
Dec 11, 2009 – The Herald Plymouth, England

It’s not often that a pianist can enthral a packed audience with a programme which seems essentially the same throughout, save for some changes of pace and the odd vocal thrown in.
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