Carol Sloane is one of the last smoky-voiced jazz singers who came up shoulder to shoulder with jazz greats of the 1950s and '60s. Carol emerged at the tail end of the 1950s with sophistication and depth baked into her husky intonation. Pre-rock era jazz singers had a certain something extra that is impossible to duplicate now. They lived through World …
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