The Michelle Carr Band

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Michelle Carr, My One and Only TheMichelleCarrBand 164 views 1 year ago "My One And Only" written by: Michelle Carr and Molly Connelly, Performed at The Blue Note New York.
Michelle Carr, I Cried On The Train TheMichelleCarrBand 94 views 1 year ago Michelle sings "I Cried On The Train" at The Blue Note, NY 2/2010
Michelle Carr, performes original song, "You Don't Know" TheMichelleCarrBand 84 views 2 years ago Michelle Carr sings "You Don't Know" at The Blue Note 2/15/10
Michelle Carr performs Ani Di Franco 32 Flavors TheMichelleCarrBand 160 views 2 years ago Michelle Covers this amazing song by Ani Di Franco at The Blue Note NY
Michelle Carr performs "I'm Only Trying" at Blue Note NY TheMichelleCarrBand 52 views 2 years ago Michelle Carr sings "I'm Only Trying", written by her Uncle, Derrick Chevalier.
"Muskrat Love" Performed by Michelle Carr TheMichelleCarrBand 239 views 2 years ago Michelle Carr Performs her rendition of "Muskrat Love" at The Blue Note, NY.
Michelle Carr, Will You Be My Love? at The Blue Note TheMichelleCarrBand 89 views 2 years ago Michelle Carr, Live from The Blue Note NY 2/15/10. Will You Be Love? written by Michelle carr and Miri Ben-ari.
I Dreamed A Dream, Michelle Carr at The Blue Note TheMichelleCarrBand 538 views 2 years ago Michelle Carr performs "I Dreamed A Dream" at The Blue Note 2/15/10
Michelle Carr Live @ Blue Note w/ BET "J" (Part Four) TheMichelleCarrBand 923 views 4 years ago Behind the music with Michelle Carr and band. Interview and performance filmed and aired on BET "J" Part IV.
Michelle Carr Live @ Blue Note w/ BET "J" (Part Three) TheMichelleCarrBand 371 views 4 years ago Behind the music with Michelle Carr and band. Interview and performance with Gary Price from BET "J" Part II

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Behind the Music with Michelle Carr.

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With a confidence that never becomes sass, a strength that never becomes haughtiness, Michelle Carr is a gracious singer whose rapport with the audience gives an air of familiarity and relaxation to her performances. She's clear as a bell, hitting every note with a voice that sparkles. Her warmth and pleasure in being able to share her songs emanates from her radiant smile-- singing is what she was meant to do.

And Michelle always knew that. Even at the age of four, she had an idea her life would be one of singing and performance—she grew up harmonizing with her family around the fireplace in Alta Loma, California. She would sing with her mother, grandmother and sister while her uncle's played the compositions they'd written on bass and guitar. She sang in her high school's choir and musical productions and performed every season with the community theater. She loved every kind of music, looking to artists as diverse as Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Leontyne Price for inspiration.

She went on to graduate from California State Polytechnic University. Then in 1992 she moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School where she studied classical voice, graduating in 1994. She also studied jazz piano with Johnny "Hammond" Smith and was a member of his vocal jazz ensemble. She has worked with Nancy Wilson and Roy Hargrove and was a backup vocalist for the band Hiroshima. She has also lent her smooth jazz vocals to bassist Christian McBride's funk band Escape Route.
Michelle has appeared on BET NYC/LA for her role in "Fangs" and has also appeared on BET "J" for her own concert at New York's famed, Blue Note. Bet "J", also aired Michelle's first video, "The Tracks Of My Tears" on "Soul Sessions". Carr's debut album, "Change" was released under her own label, "Saltbox Records". "Change" consists of ten jazz / R&B tracks, six of which Carr wrote herself and four of which she covers. These include Ani Di Franco's "32 Flavors", "Will Someone Ever Look at Me This Way?" From the 1983 movie "Yentl", "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha", and the jazz standard, "Good Morning Heartache".
The song "Change", which also lends its name to the title of the album, Carr reveals parts of her personal life: "No man has ever touched the depths of the woman that lives within me/ I laugh, I cry, I fly then fall from your love/ you're tearing at the Heart of me..." This song, which Carr wrote herself, is a slow ballad; the kind that makes you want to cry for so many reasons. Carr did all the vocal arrangements and several of the instrumental arrangements. She also produced the CD herself, a feat many artists' do not accomplish in a lifetime.

Michelle's wide range of vocal experience is complemented by her extensive background in theater. Her performances have included Hal Prince's Tony Award-winning musical "Showboat", Lincoln Center's Workshop of "Carmen Jones", Goodspeed Opera House's revival of "The Man of La Mancha" and "Fangs" II at Aaron Davis Hall.

Years of classical training and a keen understanding of musical composition, arranging and vocal technique have provided her with the foundation to create a style that embodies classical, jazz, funk, R&B and folk, which she has done with passion, emotion and technical precision. She delves into all aspects of life when she writes her songs, finding inspiration in joys and heartaches alike. The results are songs full of honest emotion—everything that comes out of her mouth first comes out of her soul.

When legendary song stylist Nancy Wilson was asked to describe Michelle, she said, "Clarity! Her voice is pure and clear, expressing a wide vocal range and a multitude of talent. Those are the things I have always admired about her voice."