- The … Read Full Bio ↴“In a world of pretenders, Carmen Lundy is a genuine Jazz Singer”
- The Evening Standard
Carmen Lundy began her professional career in Miami, FL as a jazz vocalist and composer when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists on the horizon. Over four decades later, Ms. Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation.
Currently on the Afrasia Productions label, Carmen is releasing her 14th album in the Fall of 2014. Almost two years in the making, “Soul To Soul” consists of new original songs by Lundy, and a few very special collaborations. The album features legendary artists - specialists on their respective instruments - including Patrice Rushen, Geri Allen, Randy Brecker, Ada Rovatti, Warren Wolf, Bennie Maupin, harpist Carol Robbins, and Simphiwe Dana, a stunning South African vocalist and composer, among others.
The highly regarded 2012 release “Changes” (Afrasia Productions) is on several ‘Top 10 Albums of 2012’ lists, and continues to garner both critical and popular acclaim. Said James Nadal of All About Jazz, “With her release of Changes, veteran singer Carmen Lundy rises to that proverbial summit to enjoy the rarefied air of the chosen few.”
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project - Grammy Winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album of 2011- features the Carmen Lundy composition “Show Me A Sign”, with Ms. Lundy’s original performance from the album “Solamente” reinvented on the arrangement.
Carmen has had several Top Ten albums on JazzWeek (“Jazz and the New Songbook-Live at The Madrid”, “Come Home”, and “Changes”) and a #3 spot on Billboard’s Jazz Chart for 23 weeks with her debut album “Good Morning Kiss”. Among her other awards and recognitions, especially rewarding was Miami-Dade's County Office of the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners proclaiming January 25th "Carmen Lundy Day”, along with handing Ms. Lundy the keys to the City of Miami.
Having recorded more than thirteen albums as a leader, Carmen’s far-reaching discography also includes performances and recordings with such musicians as brother and bassist Curtis Lundy, Ray Barretto, Kenny Barron, Bruce Hornsby, Mulgrew Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kip Hanrahan, Courtney Pine, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, Marian McPartland, Regina Carter, Steve Turre, Geri Allen, Robert Glasper, Patrice Rushen and the late Kenny Kirkland. Ms. Lundy’s 2005 release, the hugely successful “Jazz and The New Songbook-Live at The Madrid”, features some of the jazz world’s best known musicians paying tribute to Ms. Lundy.
Carmen Lundy’s work as a vocalist and composer has been critically acclaimed by The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Washington Post, Jazz Times, Jazziz, Downbeat and Vanity Fair among many others, as well as numerous foreign publications.
Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times writes “Carmen Lundy, as beautiful inside as out, has accomplished the near impossible for a jazz singer by maintaining a solid, successful, three-decade career while focusing largely on original, self-penned material.” And Don Heckman of The Los Angeles Times – “Lundy’s performance was the product of talent that has ripened fully. Her far-ranging, fluidly mobile voice roved through and around the melodies, and her innate sense of theatricality illuminated every layer of drama in her story-driven songs.”
As a composer, Ms. Lundy’s catalogue numbers over 100 published songs, one of the few jazz vocalists in history to accomplish such a distinction, and has led to the first publication of the Carmen Lundy Songbook (2007). Her songs have been recorded by such artists as Kenny Barron ("Quiet Times"), Ernie Watts ("At The End Of My Rope"), and Straight Ahead ("Never Gonna Let You Go"). Officially endorsed by Neumann microphones, Carmen Lundy continues to compose and expand her vast catalogue.
Her own recordings consist of 1985’s “Good Morning Kiss” (CLR/Afrasia Productions), “Moment To Moment” (Arabesque/Afrasia Productions), “Night And Day” (CBS/SONY and re-issued by Afrasia in 2011), “Old Devil Moon” (JVC), “Self Portrait” (JVC), “Something To Believe In” and “This Is Carmen Lundy” (both for Justin Time), “Jazz and The New Songbook – Live at The Madrid” (2-disc set and DVD, Afrasia Productions), “Come Home” (Afrasia), “Solamente” and the 2012 release “Changes” (Afrasia Productions). Her newest recording “Soul To Soul” is almost 2 years in the making, and will be released in the Fall of 2014 on Afrasia Productions.
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Old Devil Moon
Carmen Lundy Lyrics
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Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins bewitching me
It's that old devil moon
That you stole from the skies
It's that old devil moon in your eyes
You and you glance make this romance
Stars in the night
Blazing their light
Can't hold a candle
To your razzle-dazzle
You've got me flyin' high and wide
On a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
Wanna cry, wanna croon
Wanna laugh like a loon
It's that old devil moon in your eyes
Just when I think
I'm free as a dove
Old devil moon
Deep in your eyes
Blinds me with love
The above lyrics are from the song “Old Devil Moon” by Carmen Lundy. The song describes the bewitching feelings that emerge upon seeing someone special, and how their presence can change one's emotions or state of mind. The phrase “old devil moon” is used to personify the general feeling of being under the influence of a greater force. The song opens with the singer observing the person in question and identifying that there's something in their eyes that starts to charm them. As the song proceeds, the singer notes that the other person's "razzle-dazzle" and their "romance too hot to handle" are too irresistible to pass up.
Towards the end of the song, the singer realizes that they're suddenly caught-up in the trance and are unable to resist the feelings of being "blinded by love," something they previously thought they were immune to. The song conveys strong emotions, such as love, infatuation, passion, and makes the listener feel the urge to lose their inhibitions and wild-out. Overall, the song describes the attraction between the two individuals and how their attraction is akin to a powerful spell from a mythical creature.
Line by Line Meaning
I look at you and suddenly
When I gaze at you, all of a sudden
Something in your eyes I see
I perceive something in your eyes
Soon begins bewitching me
It instantaneously starts to cast a spell on me
It's that old devil moon
It's that notorious, seductive moon
That you stole from the skies
The one you plucked from the heavens
It's that old devil moon in your eyes
It's that same seductive moon reflecting in your eyes
You and you glance make this romance
Your mere gaze kindles this passion
Too hot to handle
It's too intense to contain
Stars in the night
Even the stars in the night sky
Blazing their light
With their bright sparks
Can't hold a candle
Can't match the fiery allure
To your razzle-dazzle
Of your captivating charm
You've got me flyin' high and wide
You've exhilarated me, flying me up above
On a magic carpet ride
We soar together, as if on a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
I'm filled with fluttering sensations inside
Wanna cry, wanna croon
I want to weep, to sing soulfully
Wanna laugh like a loon
I want to laugh maniacally
It's that old devil moon in your eyes
It's the illuminating moon in your eyes that's making me feel this way
Just when I think
Exactly at the moment when I believe
I'm free as a dove
I'm unburdened like a free-spirited bird
Old devil moon
The captivating, alluring moon
Deep in your eyes
Reflecting in your captivating gaze
Blinds me with love
Intensely captures me with love
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Alex Riddick
This is a fantastic song so beautifully. I just closed my eyes and was flying,
Raymond Morgan
Love it!! And the original by Donny Hathaway 1973
3ofus
Very nice.