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Laurie Z.
12+ albums
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Laurie Zeluck Carter (1957- 2006) With a prodigious talent and plucky spirit, Laurie Zeluck Carter single-handedly crafted her career and took her place in the music world. Laurie Z., as she was known professionally, was slim, sexy, and smooth, but also smart, savvy, and self-possessed. She was uncommonly poised, even as a teenager, with a Mona Lisa smile and a quiet twinkle in her eye. At four-years-old, Laurie started piano lessons and fell in love with playing. At five, she performed before a school assembly of several hundred people; she never blinked and never looked back. Soon after that, her family moved from New York to Santa Barbara, where she attended Cathedral Oaks School. At San Marcos High School, her sightreading ability put her in demand. She played for all the music groups and sang in madrigals. One of few girls in the area’s jazz bands at the time, Laurie also played in the school’s jazz band. As a student, Laurie was “a prodigy,” according to her friend Julia Baroni. “Music was clearly her destiny, and nobody was going to stop her. When we went to her house, she would just hit the piano and go crazy. Not like other kids, who would just sit and play one song. Laurie would go to the keyboards, and wham — classical, jazz, or anything else. Improvising, standing up — it just came out of her like there was no time to sit down.” Laurie began composing at the age of 16, and her skills were compared to those of Chopin. She pursued a music major at S.B. City Col
top songs
albums
Roots, The Solo Piano Album
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Roots - The Solo Piano Album
Heart of the Holidays
Roots: The Solo Piano Album
Life Between The Lines
Window to the World
Roots
Common Ground
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Heart of the Holidays Book
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Evangelho no Lar
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Vida Além da Vida - Coleção Música & Espiritismo, Vol. 4
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Musica e Espiritismo 4- Vida Alem da Vida