First Listen: Sheila E, Patrice Rushen and more add great Girl Power to Carol Duboc project

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    On her new and highly anticipated solo recording, Open The Curtains (due August 19), acclaimed singer, pianist, composer, producer and engineer, Carol Duboc, who has been first call for such heavyweights as Earth Wind & Fire’s Maurice White, Teddy Riley and George Duke, has assembled a star-studded line-up of musicians, who not only happen to be women but who are also some of the baddest musicians to grace this planet. Recorded over a two-month span, the disc includes a cast of all-stars featuring percussionist Sheila E., pianist/ vocalist Patrice Rushen, saxophonist Mindi Abair, guitarists Bibi McGill and Jennifer Batten, drummer Queen Cora Coleman, bassist Rhonda Smith and trombonist and singer Aubrey Logan.

    On her new and highly anticipated solo recording, Open The Curtains (due August 19), acclaimed singer, pianist, composer, producer and engineer, Carol Duboc, who has been first call for such heavyweights as Earth Wind & Fire’s Maurice White, Teddy Riley and George Duke, has assembled a star-studded line-up of musicians, who not only happen to be women but who are also some of the baddest musicians to grace this planet. Recorded over a two-month span, the disc includes a cast of all-stars featuring percussionist Sheila E., pianist/ vocalist Patrice Rushen, saxophonist Mindi Abair, guitarists Bibi McGill and Jennifer Batten, drummer Queen Cora Coleman, bassist Rhonda Smith and trombonist and singer Aubrey Logan.

    And this star-studded band shines on the title track for the album, which is memorialized with the music video, below. Check it out and enjoy the All Star Girl Power!

    Carol Duboc - "Open the Curtains"

     
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