The Artist: CAROL SLOANE

You Can Call Me Sloane

Friends and family have called her “Sloane” for almost the entirety of her career. Born Carol Morvan, she says she'd settled on the name "Carol Vann" by the time she had her first paying gig when she was 14, but band leader Larry Elgart didn't think the name worked.

"He'd introduce me as Carol Rogers or Carol Price or Carol Anything til I felt I didn't have any identity at all! After I’d moved to New York, I used to walk from mid-town to my apartment in the Village every day after my secretarial job, and my trip took me right by an elegant, up-scale furniture store called W.J. Sloane. That was it. I told Larry I wanted to be Carol Sloane - and he agreed without debate...Read Full Narrative Bio

The Magic of it All

Carol Sloane & Paul Montgomery, Live in Chapel Hill

Critics’ Praise

"That gorgeous Sloane voice has never left, and perhaps has gotten better, if that’s even possible. Think Ella and Carmen and Sarah and Maxine. She stands among the greats, and you’d be a fool not to hear her. The pièce de résistance was the very beautiful Mancini and Bricusse tune “Two for the Road.” Hers was like nothing you have heard before, at least equal to the Carmen McRae/George Shearing version, perfectly performed.”
- Jazz critic Gregg Culling, Sept. 21, 2019

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Sloane on Sloane

At the suggestion of a trusted advisor, I have agreed to provide a brief description of some of my recordings. Full details about these recordings can be found at the Carol Sloane discography at JazzDiscography.com. Thanks for listening... Read Sloane on Sloane