Judy Carmichael

Judy Carmichael (born Judith Lea Hohenstein, November 27, 1957) is a Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and vocalist who specializes in a form of early jazz called "Stride Piano". She has been honored as a Steinway Artist. In 1992, Carmichael became the first jazz musician sponsored by the United States Government to tour China. She was taught piano by her mother from around age 4, and had two years of formal piano training. Her first public performance on piano, at the age of 17, was at UCLA's Royce Hall, sharing billing with Edgar Bergen, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston.

She shared a bill with Eubie Blake in a performance for the Los Angeles ragtime association, The Maple Leaf Club.

Professional career Carmichael attended California State University, Fullerton as a German Major and later Cal State Long Beach as a Communications Major. She continued to work as a professional ragtime pianist in her early 20s, eventually shifting to jazz. She performed ragtime and stride at Disneyland for five years. There she met trumpeter Jackie Coon, a Los Angeles studio musician, who encouraged her and pointed Basie drummer Harold Jones her way when he was substituting at Disneyland. Through Jones she met guitarist Freddie Green and vocalist Sarah Vaughan, and all of them, Vaughan in particular, encouraged her to make a record. while playing figures and improvised lines with the right hand. It is a physical style of playing associated with James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Carmichael told The New York Times,

Her show appears on American public radio, as well as Sirius/XM's NPR Now channel. She also writes articles for JazzTimes. She produced and hosted a fifteen-part series for public radio: Pet Style Radio with Judy Carmichael. actor Chevy Chase, singer Tony Bennett, rock pianist Billy Joel, actors John Lithgow, Robert Redford, F. Murray Abraham, and others.

Festivals and concerts Carmichael has played major festivals and concert halls internationally. She has toured for United States State Department in Australia, India, Portugal, Brazil, Morocco and Singapore. In 1992, she was the first jazz musician sponsored by the United States Government to tour China. Jazz at Lincoln Center's Fats Waller Festival She made her debut as a vocalist on September 10, 1996, at the Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York City with Steve Ross. 1993? Trio C&D With Michael Hashim (alto sax, soprano sax), Chris Flory (guitar) 1994? And Basie Called Her Stride C&D 1994? Chops C&D Solo piano 1994? Judy C&D With Chris Flory (guitar) 1997? High on Fats and Other Stuff C&D Trio, with Michael Hashim (soprano sax, alto sax), Chris Flory (guitar) 2008? Southern Swing 2012? Come and Get It C&D 2014? I Love Being Here With You CD Baby With Harry Allen (tenor sax), Mike Renzi (piano), Jay Leonhart (bass); Carmichael is on vocals only

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Books You Can Play Authentic Stride Piano Introduction to Stride Piano

Her arrangement of "Ain't Misbehavin'" appears in an anthology of jazz standards: Steinway & Sons Vol. 4: Piano Stylings of the Great Standards Swinger!: A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to Harlem