Jazz Articles about Joan Cartwright

Take Five With Joan Cartwright

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2007

Meet Joan Cartwright: World-traveled jazz/blues singer, composer, author and historian.Instrument(s): vocals, piano.Teachers and/or influences? Gerald Price, Betty Carter, Joe Lee Wilson, Gloria LynneI knew I wanted to be a musician when... At age four, when I performed in front of two thousand people with the Bernice Johnson Dance Troupe, in Jamaica, New York.Your sound and approach to music: I found my own voice while studying with Gerald Price, however, I listened to ...