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As a singer / songwriter, musician and arranger, Carol Duboc
has assembled an impressive list of credits having worked with
George Duke, Patti LaBelle, Maurice White, Joe Sample, Hubert
Laws, Jeff Lorber, Stephanie Mills, Chante Moore and many others.
Carol wrote "Precious", the title cut on Chante
Moore’s Gold CD. George Duke produced "Precious" and
Carol did the vocal arrangements. She wrote the hit single
"Never Do You Wrong" for Stephanie Mills, as well as
songs on Patti Labelle’s "Gems" CD which went Gold and
Jade’s "Jade To The Max" CD which attained platinum
status; to name a few. It is Carol’s incredible love of music
and her multi-faceted talent as a vocalist, keyboard player and
songwriter that embark her on this much-anticipated solo career.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Carol could not help but be
influenced by hometown jazz legends Charlie Parker and Count Basie
as well as jazz greats Miles Davis and Joe Henderson. Raised in a
musical family--her father was a pianist and a drummer in big
bands, her grandfather an opera singer and her grandmother a
concert pianist, she had an appreciation for jazz and classical
music at a very young age. She started playing piano at age five,
learned to play saxophone and joined the Kansas City Performing
Arts Company, as a featured vocalist and actress, performing as
her school schedule would permit. Also as an athlete, this gifted
young woman traveled around the country playing national tennis
tournaments from the young age of 11. While finishing high school
she joined a popular local band as a keyboard player and singer
and toured the Midwest.
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Moving to Los Angeles some years ago to attend U.S.C.’s
school of music as a vocal performance major, Carol studied as a
double major in both vocal performance and music composition,
while also pursuing a minor study in music engineering. It was
while attending U.S.C. that Carol’s natural soulful vocal style
attracted the attention of a well- known pop / r&b producer,
which was in fact the start of her recording career. She quickly
began working with some of the top artists and producers in the
industry, as a singer, writer, arranger and producer.
After working a year and a half with acclaimed pop / r&b
producer Teddy Riley, Carol decided that pop / r&b was not
enough. Inspired by her own unique jazz sensebility, her ability
to write more complex melodies and harmonies, encouragement from
artists Joe Sample, Hubert Laws and Kenny Burrell, she decided to
expand her career as an improvisational vocalist.
For the past two years, Carol has been performing in the Los
Angeles area
to rave reviews with her band. She recently recorded and produced
her own urban / jazz CD with featured artists Hubert Laws, Gerald
Albright, and Wayne Johnson among others.
If this project is any indication, Kansas City will soon be able
to boast the talent of another
great innovative artist -- Carol Duboc!
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Carol
Duboc
