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Carolyn Steinberg

Composer of Latin jazz and chamber music, and Latin jazz flutist.

About Me

DMA Juilliard, composition 1987 MM, Manhattan School of Music, composition 1980 BM North Texas State, music theory 1978 Freiburg Musikhochschule, Germany ‘83-87 Siena, Milan, and Rome, Italy, ‘80-‘83

Since 2012, co-leader, arranger, and flutist in La Banda Ramirez, with Chacho Ramirez, playing Latin and Latin jazz.

My Jazz Story

I was first exposed to jazz at home: my parents played recordings of Nina Simone, Bix Beiderbecke, Ella, Satchmo, and many other greats. We also had a good supply of blues: Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters... I love classical music, too, especially Bach, Monteverdi, late Verdi operas, 2nd Viennese School, Sibelius, and many others.