Category: Reviews

Carmen Lundy creates a new American songbook

Stu Levitan

Isthmus The Daily Page

June 20, 2013

The Jazz Singer as Composer

Carmen Lundy took a circuitous route to becoming a great jazz singer and composer. The soulfully seductive songstress is still on a unique road, with dates in Spain and South Africa after she headlines the Isthmus Jazz Fest at the Memorial Union Terrace on Saturday, June 22. Her free set is 8 p.m. at Mills Hall in the UW Humanities Building.

CHANGES – CD Review

By Nora McCarthy, Jazz Inside Magazine, July 2012

What Carmen Lundy has achieved in her recent offering, changes, takes a lifetime to perfect. A vocal artisan, musician, highly accomplished performer, band leader, composer/arranger, lyricist, and educator she blossoms with beauty and fulfillment on eight original compositions reflecting a complexity of subtle moods from a personal yet very relatable perspective.

Carmen Lundy at Blue Note, NYC

By New Yorker Magazine

Carmen Lundy, a beguiling and outstanding vocalist who deserves wider recognition, has retained her lustre over a decades long career. Catch her at Blue Note July 5-8.

Montreal International Jazz Festival 2012, Carmen Lundy

By Peter Hadekel, The Montreal Gazette

The turnout for Carmen Lundy’s concert Wednesday at Club Soda wasn’t as large as other Festival shows. Maybe folks were too busy celebrating the Fourth of July. If so, they missed one of America’s finest jazz vocalists. Lundy is a well-schooled singer with a complete command of the jazz tradition and a gift for writing her own material.

Montreal International Jazz Festival 2012, Carmen Lundy

By Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette

Picks for Wednesday, July 4th:

Carmen Lundy at Club Soda. A classic jazz singer – not retro, but the real deal – with an adventurous style and imposing voice, in her first festival appearance in nine years. A rare treat.