Carla White

Although she has not recorded enough (and there are long gaps between some of her recordings), in the '80s and '90s Carla White emerged as one of the better jazz singers. Raised in New York, her original goal was to be an improvising jazz dancer. However, in high school she started singing and becoming involved in acting. After spending two years at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London (1969-1971) and some time traveling overseas, White studied with Lennie Tristano for four years and later with Warne Marsh. In the late '70s she started collaborating with trumpe...