Carol Fredette Performs Free Concert at Brooklyn Public Library, 3/4

Carol Fredette will perform Thursday, March 4th at 7 PM at the Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at the Brooklyn Public Library as a part of the "Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings Series."

The concert will be free and open to the public. The Brooklyn Public Library is located at 10 Grand Army Plaza.

Fredette will perform with Mark Soskin on the piano, Chris Berger on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums.

Veteran jazz singer Fredette brings new sparkle to songs by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Ivan Lins. Her deep expressive voice, strong sense of swing and charismatic presence have wowed audiences, critics and fellow musicians the world over.

Around the country, Fredette's done stints at Scullers and Regatta Bar in Boston, Milestones in San Francisco, Vine Street in Los Angeles, and Stephen's After All in Chapel Hill, NC. Highlights of her concert and festival appearances include The British Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she performed John Dankworth's jazz interpretations of Shakespeare's poems and sonnets, the Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. with Richard Rodney Bennett, the American Popular Song series with Loonis McGlohon in Charlotte, NC, and a much acclaimed program with Dave Frishberg at the University of North Carolina. She's won fans around the world on the QE2, SS Rotterdam, Banlieues Bleues Jazz Festival in Paris, Veinte-Un in Rio, Cancun Jazz Festival, The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal and Regine's in Paris.

A stellar roster of musicians Fredette has performed and recorded with include Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Lee Konitz, George Mraz, Chris Potter, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum, David Finck, Rufus Reid, Ronnie Cuber, David Spinozza, Chuck Loeb, Charlie Persip, Michael Moore, Lew Soloff, Victor Lewis, Mel Lewis, Al Cohn, Claudio Roditi, Fred Hersch, Romero Lubambo and Helio Alves.

. Her new release on Soundbrush Records, EVERYTHING IN TIME, produced and arranged by David Finck, is scheduled for release in February of '09. With choice offerings from the American Popular Songbook, it also showcases her passion for Brazilian songs and rhythms.

In addition to performing and recording, Carol is inspiring interest and love of jazz in the next generation of singers. She has conducted master classes and vocal jazz workshops at City College, Duke University and Jazz Mobile in Harlem as well as teaching privately.

About her career, Carol says, "...singing this music is ultimately about swinging - and bringing the words of a song to life from one's own experience, so that the words written by someone else become YOUR words, YOUR story...and ultimately the story of your audience. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to play with, and learn from, so many great musicians. Sharing the marriage of lyrics, music and the rhythms of jazz with other musicians, audiences and students-has been a blessing and a gift."

For more information on the concert call 718-230-2100 or visit online at www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.