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Carol Duboc's new release,"Burt Bacharach Songbook" featuring three time Grammy nominee Hubert Laws on the Flute, promises to become a Jazz classic for the ages. After moving back to her hometown of Kansas City, from Los Angeles in 2008, recording a collection of Burt Bacharach hits seemed a natural fit for Carol. Both Carol and Burt claim Kansas City as their birthplace and as a songwriter herself, Carol has always admired the writing talents of Mr. Bacharach and his partner Hal David. Joining Carol and Hubert Laws is her all star Kansas City quartet including Danny Embrey (Sergio Mendes, Karrin Allyson), Bob Bowman (Freddie Hubbard) and Joe Cartwright (Mel Torme) and Tim Cambron. Hubert Laws has played with the likes of Miles Davis, Chick Korea, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder and was 2007 flutist of the year in Downbeat Magazine's Reader's poll.

As a writer, arranger, and vocalist, Carol Duboc has sold over three million records and has worked with Patti Labelle, Tom Jones, Stephanie Mills and Jeff Lorber, among many others. "Burt Bacharach Songbook" is Carol's fifth release following her four critically acclaimed albums beginning in 2001, and her big screen debut as "Pumpkin" in Be Cool in 2005, which starred John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Danny DeVito. Don Heckman (Los Angeles Times) declared "Duboc's singing has the strength and originality to quickly move her into the top level of jazz vocalists regardless of genre," and his prediction is proving to be correct. In addition to the song "I Stand for America" which has been featured on CNN numerous times in a tribute to the victims of 911, Carol has been a featured artist on Smoothjazz TV which airs on NBC, and she has been an honored guest on several Best Women of Jazz Compilations along with Sarah Vaughan, Diana Krall and more.

Her writing and arranging success has included, among other things, the song "This Word is All" on Patti LaBelle's "Gems" CD, which went Gold, as well as the title cut, "Precious", on Chante Moore's "Precious" CD which went Gold as well. In addition to writing Tom Jones hit single "Fly Away" which was top 10 in the UK, Carol also penned the hit single "Never Do You Wrong" for Stephanie Mills, and the song "That Boy" on Jade's "Jade To The Max" CD, which attained Platinum status.

Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Carol was greatly influenced by hometown jazz legend Charlie Parker. Carol started playing piano at age five and saxophone at age 8. She moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's School of Music, where she majored in vocal performance and music composition and minored in music engineering. While at USC, Carol's soulful vocal style and songwriting talents attracted the attention of legendary Motown producer Hal Davis who had produced numerous hits for Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five including "I’ll Be there" and "Never Can Say Goodbye". While in college Carol learned much of her producing and arranging skills from Hal Davis.

Following this great education at Motown and USC, Carol was signed to a recording contract with Warner Elektra Asylum by industry legend Larkin Arnold. Mr. Arnold had previously signed Sade, Luther Vandross and was executive producer of Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" album at Columbia Records. While recording with Elektra Carol developed relationships with some of the top musicians and artists in the business and ended up writing with legendary producer Teddy Riley for Tom Jones, The Fine Young Cannibals, Patti La Belle and more.

Carol Duboc first stepped out as a solo artist with her debut album ‘With All That I Am’ in 2001. She immediately began earning critical acclaim as one of the top new jazz singers on the music scene. Sandy Shore of smoothjazz.com announced "Smooth Jazz has a new poster girl!" Following her auspicious debut, Carol's second full release was simply titled "Duboc" in 2003. Her 2005 release, "All Of You" followed by "Songs for Lovers" in 2008, solidified Duboc’s credibility as one of the top jazz artists today. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times Magazine writes "…keenly imaginative Duboc [is] one of the most interesting and dynamic jazz singers of her generation."

Carol is also the founder of the popular website Wineandmusic.com, the 3 radio station in the genre on Live365.com, which specializes pairing fine wine with great music.