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Carmen Bradford to Join RJAM Faculty at SFCM

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November 17, 2017 by Shase Hernandez

The 草莓视频福利院 Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of vocalist Carmen Bradford to its Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM) faculty. Bradford, who will begin teaching in Fall 2018, will be the first vocalist to join the RJAM faculty since the program launched in Fall 2017. Currently comprised of students studying bass, drums, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, vibraphone, and composition, RJAM will add voice to its list of disciplines next year as Bradford will be the program鈥檚 first faculty member specializing in jazz vocals.

鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome Carmen Bradford to the SFCM fold,鈥 says RJAM Executive Director Simon Rowe. 鈥淐armen, having had long associations with icons such as Count Basie and Nancy Wilson, is the rare example of a jazz artist at the top of her field who, in turn, is choosing to mentor the students following in her footsteps. Her joy, artistry, and passion will inspire us all鈥攆aculty and students alike!鈥

鈥淚 am deeply honored and excited to be a part of the RJAM/SFCM family,鈥 says Carmen Bradford. 鈥淭ime to sing . . . time to swing!鈥

Discovered early on by William 鈥淐ount鈥 Basie, Bradford has performed and/or recorded with a host of eminent artists and ensembles including Wynton Marsalis, John Clayton and the Clayton Hamilton Orchestra, Nancy Wilson, Doc Severinsen, Tony Bennett, James Brown, Patti Austin, Byron Stripling, Dori Caymmi, George Benson, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, National Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Dani Felber Big Band, Dallas Symphony, Oklahoma Symphony, Vancouver Philharmonic, and countless others around the world. Bradford performed on two Grammy Award-winning albums with the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1980s and later collaborated on a third Grammy Award-winning album, 鈥淏ig Boss Band,鈥 with guitarist George Benson in 1991. She has also performed on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Bradford has also performed in stage productions and her voice has been featured in the music of Hollywood films. She sang on the soundtrack for Oprah Winfrey鈥檚 Beloved, and recently starred in the title role of Duke Ellington鈥檚 folk opera, Queenie Pie, at the University of Texas鈥 Butler School of Music.

Bradford can most recently be heard on Darren English鈥檚 new critically acclaimed album Imagination Nation on Hot Shoe Records. The 2015 release John Mills 鈥 Invisible Design also features Bradford in multiple forms of jazz including fusion, blues, and straight ahead jazz.

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