Judy Carmichael: Swinger!

Grammy nominated pianist/vocalist/songwriter/radio host, Judy Carmichael, is one of the world’s leading interpreters of stride and swing piano. Count Basie nicknamed her “Stride,” for conquering this technically and physically demanding early jazz piano style, and jazz writer, Gary Giddins, sagely observed–about Carmichael’s place in the historically male- dominated world of swing piano–“How ironic that the last man standing is a woman.”