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Carol Sloane was born on March 5, 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island. She has been singing professionally since she the age of 14. Between September 1967 and May 1968, she occasionally wrote album reviews for Down Beat and for a time in the 1970s she worked as a legal secretary in Raleigh, North Carolina

One of her early efforts was working with the Les and Larry Elgart orchestra. Later she filled in for Annie Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. But by 1961, with success at the Newport Jazz Festival Carol landed a multi-album contract with Columbia Records.

In the 70s her career stalled for a time, but Sloane was able to resume live performance and recording by the 1980s. She later signed with Concord Records and found some successes touring Japan.

She has worked with Tim Horner, George Duvivier, Art Davis, Barry Galbraith Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Bob Brookmeyer, Richie Pratt, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Grady Tate and Ken Peplowski, just to names a few. Vocalist Carol Sloane continues to perform, record and tour.

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