Album Notes

Carole Simpson came on the national music scene in the mid-1950s as a vocalist with the Billy May band. This was followed shortly thereafter, in 1957, with a widely praised debut album, "All About Carole," a release that has mostly stayed in print somewhere in the world ever since it first came out. And while Carole has remained musically active in the ensuing years, “'Live' (and Otherwise)" is only the fourth recording that she has ever released (her second and third album mostly fell beneath radar). The tracks herein are drawn from Simpson’s extensive personal archive and come from several sources, but mainly from a 1990 appearance at Hollywood’s Vine Street Bar and Grill. Other cuts find her in a late night, reflective mood, captured at one or another of several L.A. recording studios. But whatever the source, after all these years, it’s obvious that her singing and playing are just as spirited and infectious as ever!

Tracks 1-7 rec. “live” Vine Street Bar and Grill 5/22/90 Bass Jessie Murphy, drums Michael Barsemanto

This just in: the May 2009 issue of Japan's prestigious "Swing Journal" magazine has just accorded “'Live' (and Otherwise" 4 1/2 stars out of a possible Five.


Carole's CD "All About Carole" is also available at CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/carolesimpson2