BARBARA CARROLL — This Heart of Mine (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is one of the better later recordings by Barbara Carroll. A bop-based pianist and a cabaret singer, Carroll balanced her two very different skills quite well throughout the date. There are a few instrumentals along the way (including "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Lester Leaps In") which team her with Jerome Richardson (heard on tenor and alto) and Art Farmer (on the trumpet) along with drummer Joe Cocuzzo and either Jay Leonhart or Frank Tate on bass. The overall music is more jazz-oriented than some of Carroll's recordings and her soft-spoken vocals are generally a delight; however, it is her swinging piano that consistently takes honors. A fine all-around set that serves as a good introduction to the music of Barbara Carroll. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 The Way You Look Tonight 6:33
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
2 I Wanna Be Yours 5:44
Cy Coleman / Kenny G / Carolyn Leigh
3 Sweet Lilacs 5:06
Barbara Carroll
4 Medley: On Second Thought/Why Can't I 6:01
Cy Coleman / Lorenz Hart / Carolyn Leigh / Richard Rogers
5 Lester Leaps In 3:13
Lester Young
6 Some Other Time 6:33
Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden / Adolph Green
7 Rain Sometimes 4:23
Arthur Hamilton
8 Whenever a Soft Rain Falls 5:59
Shirley Cowell
9 It's Like Reaching for the Moon 4:19
Saul Chaplin / Al Lewis / Gerald Marqusee / Al Sherman
10 Never Let Me Go 5:16
Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
11 In Some Other World 6:40
Barbara Carroll
12 This Heart of Mine 6:06
Arthur Freed / Harry Warner / Harry Warren
Credits
Barbara Carroll Arranger, Composer, Piano,
Joe Cocuzzo : Drums
Art Farmer : Flugelhorn, Guest Artist
Jay Leonhart : Bass
Jerome Richardson : Guest Artist, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
 Frank Tate : Bass

THE BARBARA CARROLL TRIO - Plays Standards Plus "Funny Face" and Other Gershwin tunes (2011) M4A (tracks) lossless [16bits 44.1khz]

This CD presents the two albums The Barbara Carroll Trio recorded for the Verve label in 1957. On the first, "Barbara," she confines herself to piano on a selection of familiar standards, with a strong leaning towards slow ballads. Relaxed and refreshingly at ease, she leisurely explores the tonal colours suggested by the material in a reflective approach to trio playing. On the up-tempo tunes, Mine and Acquaintance, the bassist Joe Shulman's strength and intelligence is evident, while drummer Bill Faite's brushwork is a model of good taste. The second album presents six songs from "Funny Face," along with six from several Gershwin shows. This set contains a pair of nicely off-hand vocals, Who Cares?, and a lightly swinging version of 'S Wonderful that she sings much in the sophisticated style of Bobby Troup. With Joe Shulman on bass, and Joe Petti on drums, the trio s approach displays a blend of imagination, taste, touch, and swing. And though Barbara Carroll was by no means an innovator or trailblazer, she was a talented performer with a distinctive musical personality that enabled her to do justice to her repertoire and communicate musically with the listeners attractive and hardly minor gifts at any level of music. freshsound
Tracklist :
The Barbara Carroll Trio – Barbara (1958)
1. The Trolley Song  4:15
(Martin-Blaine)
2. I've Grown Accustomed to His Face  4:50
(Loewe-Lerner)
3. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries 3:49
(Henderson-Brown)
4. It Might as Well Be Spring  4:15
(Rodgers-Hammerstein II)
5. Will You Still Be Mine?  3:18
(Adair-Dennis)
6. Love Is Just Around the Corner  4:51
(Gensler-Robin)
7. Easy Living  5:51
(Robin-Rainger)
8. Happy to Make Your Acquaintance  3:07
(Frank Loesser)
9. Blues for Blue Eyes  4:47
(Barbara Carroll)
"The Barbara Carroll Trio Playing Selections from the Paramount Motion Picture 'Funny Face' and other Gershwin Tunes" (1957)
10. Let's Kiss and Make Up 2:12
(George Gershwin)
11. Funny Face 2:54
(George Gershwin)
12. He Loves and She Loves  3:34
(George Gershwin)
13. 'S Wonderful  1:27
(George Gershwin)
14. How Long Has This Been Going On?  3:07
(George Gershwin)
15. Clap Yo' Hands  2:44
(George Gershwin)
16. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 2:41
(George Gershwin)
17. Someone to Watch Over Me 3:44
(George Gershwin)
18. Who Cares? 2:22
(George Gershwin)
19. They Can't Take That Away from Me  3:01
(George Gershwin)
20. Love Is Here to Stay 4:05
(George Gershwin)
21. They All Laughed  2:32
(George Gershwin)
Personnel on BARBARA:
Barbara Carroll (p)
Joe Shulman (b)
and Bill Faite (d).
Recorded in New York, on November 26, 1957.
Personnel on 'PLAYING SELECTIONS FROM THE PARAMOUNT MOTION
PICTURE ‘FUNNY FACE’ AND OTHER GERSHWIN TUNES':
Barbara Carroll (p, vcl #13 & 18)
Joe Shulman (b)
and Joe Petti (d).
Recorded in New York, March 7 & 8, 1957. 

BARBARA CARROLL TRIO - I Wished On The Moon (2006) M4A (tracks) lossless [16bits 44.1khz]

Barbara Carroll is an elegant jazz pianist, composer and vocalist, long recognized as one of the premier players of swinging jazz piano and expressive vocals. Her inventive piano playing and totally unique vocal sound leads her into transforming any composition into her own art with her trade-mark emotional directness and respect for the tune, its lyrics and its many possibilities.
All Music's Eugene Chadbourne writes that Ms. Carroll "did not ignore the pop styles of subsequent decades, yet always managed to keep a strong jazz flavor present in whatever material she performed. If swing was a bay leaf, it would be said that Carroll had a large bush growing right outside her kitchen window. She recorded for many of the best labels in the genre including Verve and Atlantic and continued to be in demand at clubs and cabarets into her nineties, playing a regular gig at Manhattan's Birdland venue until December 2016."
According to Stephen Holder of the New York Times, "Ms. Carroll plays with an impeccable technique in which harmonies burst into flower. In recent decades she has embraced singing in a parlando style that is witty, literate, discreetly sexy and at times heartbreakingly honest." web
Tracklist  :
1    But Beautiful    6:12
J. Burke - J. Van Heusen          
2    Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You    6:08
A. Razaf - D. Redman          
3    Can't We Be Friends    5:01
P. James - K. Swift          
4    I've Got A Crush On You    4:22          
Ira & George Gershwin
5    How Am I To Know?    6:43          
D. Parker - J. King
6    Prelude To A Kiss    6:06          
Duke Ellington
7    Where Or When    8:53          
L. Hart - R. Rodgers
8    I Wished On The Moon    4:31          
R. Rainger - D. Parker
9    You Are Not My First Love    6:22          
P. Windsor - B. Howard
10    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 6:36
Cole Porter
Credits :
Barbara Carroll - Piano, Vocals
Jay Leonhart - Bass
Joe Cocuzzo - Drums