Bio: Carol Morgan is a jazz trumpeter, composer, author and college professor who resides in NYC. Originally from Texas, she is a Juilliard graduate who has worked with many remarkable teachers including Chris Gekker, Mark Gould, Ingrid Jensen, and Dennis Dotson. Carol's discography includes four CD's as a leader. A fall of 2011 release, The Carol Morgan Quartet CD, Blue Glass Music features Joel Frahm, Martin Wind and Matt Wilson. The Carol Morgan Trio CD, Opening, featuring Harvie S and Rich DeRosa was signed by Blue Bamboo Music and released in early 2010. Other session work includes solo outings, Classic Morgana and Passing Time with the Carol Morgan Quintet, as well as filling side-person roles on releases by DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Hawk-Richard Jazz Orchestra, The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, NPR's The Engines of Our Ingenuity, Thomas Helton, Henry Darragh and Calvin Owens. As a composer she has been commissioned by DiverseWorks, the Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, the Arch-diocese of Houston/Galveston and St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, Houston. In 2008, Carol authored what is now a highly-regarded method for jazz improvisation--a textbook entitled The Practicing Improviser. Currently, Carol's performing ensembles include the Carol Morgan Trio, Carol Morgan's Case Study--featuring Helen Sung and Mike Moreno, the Carol Morgan Quartet featuring Joel Frahm, Morganix (an organ trio with Akiko Tsuruga and Cory Cox), and is a member of the New York-based DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Recent performing venues include Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC), Small's Jazz Club (NYC), The 55 Bar (NYC), The Kitano (NYC), The Bar Next Door (NYC), Blues Alley (DC), the Playboy Jazz Festival (The Hollywood Bowl, LA), The Lionel Hampton Jazz Club (Paris), The Elephant Room (Austin), The Deer Head Inn (Delaware Gap, PA) and World Cafe' Live (Philadelphia). Carol's goal as an artist and teacher is to help people enjoy music more. Press: "4 1/2 stars" --James Hale, DownBeat magazine (for Blue Glass Music) "A sparkling, mature but under-recognized trumpeter, Carol Morgan fronts a stellar crew on her impressive fourth release as a leader. The organic interplay that she forges with her frontline partner Joel Frahm, a formidable and consistently adventurous tenor sax player, is sheer magic. A superb outing."--Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times "A few months ago, I was lucky enough to have attended a set by Carol Morgan’s jazz trio at the prestigious Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York City. I was immediately impressed by her confidence and maturity as a soloist and a bandleader. Her willingness to explore less-travelled pathways in her improvisation and simultaneously sound easy and flowing marks her as an important voice on the trumpet." --Joel Frahm, Anzic Records Recording Artist “She moves from brassy assertive playing to great delicacy: Carol Morgan is someone to hear and to admire.”— Michael Steinman, Cadence magazine for more information go to www.carolmorganmusic.com