"If you go and visit Carol Bach-y-Rita at Minha Casa/My House on Augula Records, you will be amply rewarded by her high-flying Brazilian Bebop...turns standards inside-out and writes originals that are so good, they'll be standards of the future." M. Greenblatt

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Warm, captivating, intimate, and swingin' like mad. From the best of the American Songbook, through the gorgeous music of Brazil and the Americas. She delights in unusual duet pairings of voice with drums or bass, mixing and matching languages, rhythms, instrumental groupings.  English, Spanish, and Portuguese are all in the mix, along with spontaneous flights of pure improvisation. 

After a number of years in deep hibernation (pandemic and beyond,) Carol is back on the planet and ready to play!

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She has been a featured performer at Jazz venues and festivals throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, along with  repeat engagements with MTT and The San Francisco Symphony.​

Her current band JAZZ BLISS features Larry Koonse, Trey Henry and Ana Barreiro. 

 

Music took a back seat for a number of years while she explored a successful career in radio and voice over.  Conversant in 5 languages, her credits include hundreds of TV and radio commercials, games, animation, narration, movies, web, print and on-camera work. Her state of the art home studio is fully equipped for session work all over the world.

 

Music and movement are inseparable in Carol's life. Her background in Feldenkrais bodywork has uniquely informed her approach to both dance instruction and performance. She currently owns and runs a small dance studio in Hollywood.

 

Born to Americans living abroad, she grew up primarily in Northern California, with numerous childhood years in Italy, Mexico and Spain. After a degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from UC Berkeley, she spent years singing in Paris, with extensive touring throughout Europe. Her last name (Bach-y-Rita) is Catalan, and she possesses both American and European/Spanish citizenship.

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