Caroline MairCaroline Mair
Caroline Mair started singing opera as a student at University of Pennsylvania, where she performed frequently around campus and at Victor's (Opera) Café in Philadelphia. But when she stepped on stage for an open mic performance for the first time at Zanzibar Blue jazz club in Philadelphia (which sadly closed its doors in 2007), she knew she was in love with something entirely different.

In February 2008, Caroline made her debut on the jazz scene in Trinidad at Satchmo's, a popular jazz bar and restaurant on the booming Ariapita Avenue scene shortly after the joint opened. Her first song was "At Last," which has always been her favourite. Since then, Caroline has performed with a host of highly respected jazz musicians and performers, including Michael Boothman, Errol Ince, Ralph Davies, Gerald "Slam" Charles, Clive "Zanda" Alexander, Mervin de Gannes, and Felix Roach, and Toby Armostrong. She has sung in Trinidad, mostly in Satchmo's, Corner Bar, Coco Lounge and the Hyatt; in Philadelphia at Zanzibar Blue, and in London at Ronnie Scott's, and at the Bequai Music and Blues Festival 2009.

She's doing more than performing jazz classics though. As a new school of sound grows in Trinidad, Caroline is adding her own style, sound and intuition, integrating local and urban forms of expression and performing with fresh young faces including Blue Culture, Anthony Woodroffe Jr, Anton Blackman, and Simon Mendoza, even working on her own compositions from time to time.