Carrie Smith

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Carrie Smith
Carrie Smith with Eddie Locke, 1977
Background information
Birth name	Carrie Louise Smith
Born	(1925-08-25)August 25, 1925 Fort Gaines, Georgia, U.S.
Died	May 20, 2012(2012-05-20) (aged 86) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer

Carrie Louise Smith (August 25, 1925 – May 20, 2012)^[1] was an American blues and jazz singer. She was not well known in the United States but had a small following in Europe.^[2]

Career

Smith was born in

• Do Your Duty (Black & Blue, 1976)
• When You're Down and Out (Black & Blue, 1977)
• Carrie Smith (West 54, 1979)
• Gospel Time (Black & Blue, 1982)
• Fine and Mellow (Audiophile, 1983)
• Only You Can Do It (GP, 1983)
• June Night (Black & Blue, 1993) – recorded in 1992
• Every Now and Then (Silver Shadow, 1994)
• I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues with Roland Hanna (IPO, 2002)
• Since I Fell for You (Squatty Roo, 2015)^[5]

As guest

• Doc Cheatham, Buddy Tate, Hank Jones, Harlem on Parade 77 (Black and Blue, 1977)
• Wycliffe Gordon, The Gospel Truth (Criss Cross, 2000)
• Winard Harper, Faith (Savant, 2000)
• Clark Terry, Live on QE2 (Chiaroscuro, 2001)
• Bross Townsend, I Love Jump Jazz (Claves, 1995)

References