Cara LaGreen
  • Jazz Singer
  • August26th

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    Cara received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she performed at the Arden, Wilma, Merrriam, and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts portraying the second nurse from the left in the world premiere musical “I’ll Be Seeing You”.  She debuted her cabaret in NY at the legendary Don’t tell mama theatre and toured it to Los Angeles at the Wyndham Bellage hotel and the Whitefire Theatre. She performed with Palmer Productions as Claire in Personals and Rhetta in her favorite musical of all time Pump Boys and Dinnetts. Cara has performed at the Weathervane Theater in New Hampshire, The NASA Space Center,  she has sung in the White House with Don Ho from Hawaii and with Debbie Reynolds in Las Vegas. Locally Cara has been seen at South Coast Repertory Theater, KCAL 9’s Hour of Power at the Crystal Cathedral and recently performend in the hit show, “Dancing Queen” on board the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach (Much easier to dance and sing on a ship that doesn’t move).
    Cara holds a certificate in songwriting from the Berkley School of Music in Boston and received an honorable mention in the Song of the Year songwriting competition for her original song Closed Book.
    Cara is a member of The Actors Equity Association and The American Federation of Radio and Television Artists. Read More | Comments
  • July19th

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    Charlie ParkerEvery great jazz musician has, at one time or another, transcribed jazz solos from recordings. Since jazz is an art from that is aural in nature, it makes complete sense that listening and copying the improvisations of earlier jazz masters helps one become a more consistent and skilled jazz improviser.

    Transcribing a jazz solo involves the repetitive listening and notation of a recorded jazz solo. To get maximum benefit from the process, the person studying the solo through transcription should memorize and internalize every note and every inflection played by the improviser. “Transcribing” refers to the activity of notating on paper the exact notes and rhythms played by the improviser. Read More | Comments