RAY RUSSELL, CARLINE

RAY RUSSELL, CARLINE. Jazz bassist (21 April 1925 in New York, New York). She came from a family of professional musicians: her father played brass instruments, and her mother was a pianist. She obtained her musical education at the Juilliard School of Music in New York (B. Mus., 1946) and the Manhattan School of Music in New York (M. Mus., 1956), where she studied voice with John Brownlee. In her professional career she was active as a singer (contralto), bassist,...