What the critics are saying about Carol Welsman
Carol Welsman, one of Oscar Peterson’s favourite singers, performed the vocals at a special Saturday-night concert in Toronto that kicked off a series of five performances called “Aspects of Oscar”... John Stewart, Mississauga News (Oscar's home town)
“Paying tribute to Peggy Lee on her new album, I Like Men, Welsman captures the late chanteuse’s easy wit and piercing emotional clarity. The latter quality is especially evident on her exquisitely understated piano and voice reading of Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein ll classic……“The Folks Who Live On the Hill” --Pick of the Week/USA Today by Elysa Gardner
"...Her voice glistened..." New York Times
“Without reinventing the wheel, this record is a gracious little gem, full of tenderness thanks to the smooth samba rhythms and very à propos swing feel! It offers 14 tracks that will make you rediscover classics such as Do I Love You, Fever and the Peggy Lee absolute classic Johnny Guitar”…Journal de Montreal
“Carol Welsman is the complete package, a striking 6-foot-tall beauty whose spot-perfect intonation, clear diction, and expressive phrasing have evoked comparisons to Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. As a pianist, Welsman is a minimalist in the tradition of Count Basie whose solos are as distinctive for the notes not played as those sounded.” … Chuck Berg - Special to The Capital-Journal
“If you listen to what Welsman and guitarist Pierre Cote make of Peggy Lee’s lyrics to the theme from Nicholas Ray’s wildly over-the-top camp Western “Johnny Guitar,” you know that the woman is capable of small miracles.”……Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News
“She’s tall, blonde, beautiful and blessed with a musical integrity and vocal purity that suggest a female Mel Tormé,………Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes
“At a time when female jazz singers have been arriving in waves, she is that rarity – an authentic vocal/instrumental artist who brings an irresistible blend of musicality and lyrical insight to everything she touches.” Don Heckman, L.A. Times, international Review of Music
"Carol Welsman - A total eruption of exquisite lyrics, powerful grooves, and the effulgence of voice.”……..Baldwin Smith, Jazzmonthly.com
Carol Welsman is more than a world class Jazz-Cabaret singer, songwriter, …pianist and entertainer. She is a vocal-musical perfection. This woman has all the ingredients of the ultimate diva. Welsman's intelligence, multi talent, class, beauty, musical virtuosity, and mesmerizing voice set her apart from all the others……Maximillien de Lafayette - Cabaret Ville