About the Artist

Vocalist Carrie Souza, has been singing her whole life and has been performing live music for almost 30 years. In her youth, she took many years of classes with teacher, director and composer, Deborah Rae Thomson, singing solos from an early age at school music concerts. Carrie also performed in many musical theater productions with Marilyn Izdebski Productions. By 14 she was put in private vocal lessons and she was writing lyrics and forming and playing with her own bands. Carrie was introduced to Jazz at an early age by her Stepfather, Banjo player, Carl Lunsford (Turk Murphy). At 15 she would take a bus into the city and sneak in to the Gold Dust Lounge to sit in and sing a few numbers with his Traditional Jazz band.