{"id":3786,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/carol-duboc-with-all-that-i-am\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"carol-duboc-with-all-that-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3786","title":{"rendered":"Carol Duboc – With All That I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CarolCarol Duboc<\/font>
With All That I Am<\/b><\/font>
(Gold Note Music – 2001)
<\/font> \u00a0 by S.H. Watkins, Sr. <\/font><\/p>\n

Carol Duboc came along at the end of the year<\/em> and made my 10-best of 2001 list, that’s how much I like this release. Her voice is sultry and steady, sometimes evoking the smooth soulfulness of an Anita Baker<\/em>, other times a vibrant and bouncy songbird a la Dee Dee Bridgewater<\/em> or Flora Purim<\/em>. To make it even better Carol wrote or co-wrote<\/em> ALL of the songs on this marvelous CD. Throw in the sidemen the likes of Hubert Laws<\/strong> and Gerald Albright<\/strong> and you’ve got one for the ages.<\/p>\n

The CD starts out with my favorite track, 2nd Nature<\/em>, where Duboc’s smooth vocals are accompanied by the lilting flute lines of Hubert Laws<\/strong>. Back Home<\/em> is a slow and sultry piece featuring Gerald Albright’s<\/strong> warm sax stylings. The title track, I Wanna Know<\/em> is uptempo with more of a “big” feel to it, again well augmented by Albright’s sweet saxology. The Promise<\/em> follows with more of that same smooth groove. Moody<\/em> has a distinctively Latin flavor while still having that ‘Duboc’ feel to it… cool groove. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that the entire<\/em> CD is good. As a singer\/songwriter musician and arranger Carol has worked with the likes of George Duke, maurice White, Joe Sample, Hubert Laws, Jeff Lorber, Stephanie Mills and Chante Moore<\/strong>, so it’s no wonder that her debut CD is so together. There are no duds here, and I’m glad Carol Duboc has come into my musical life. <\/font>

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