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Carolyn Graye BiographySinger/pianist/composer Carolyn Graye has performed in West Coast clubs, concerts and theatres since 1976. She has been featured at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Bumbershoot, A Contemporary Theatre (ACT,) the West Seattle Jazz Festival, Earshot's Art of Jazz Series, and Tula's. She lived in Prague (1997-1998) and performed at festivals and clubs throughout the Czech Republic in addition to touring the Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia) on a USIA performance and teaching grant. She has also performed in La Paz, Bolivia at the invitation of the U. S. Embassy. Her self-titled debut CD was released 1996 and spotlights Jessica Williams, Julian Priester, and Jay Thomas in a collection of swinging standards and original compositions that the Prague Post called "witty and curiously conversational." Graye's duo release with Jessica Willams (Songs, OA2) was released in 2003, and her third recording (Poems by Denise Levertov, Pony Boy) came out in the summer of 2005. She has been the recipient of grants from Jack Straw Productions and Artist Trust, and has taught at Highline Community College, Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington, and the Cornish College of the Arts. She has directed and arranged for her own vocal jazz ensemble and is available for private instruction, clinics, and workshops in jazz voice, piano, and improvisation.Graye contributes concert and club reviews to All About Jazz.com, and is currently working on a jazz-related oral history project. She has a BFA in music performance and an MA in musicology.
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