“Malin Carta continuously exhibits the talent, dedication, conviction and pursuit of excellence critical for success as a musician and artist. Her leadership abilities and strength of character are immediately recognizable. I am truly excited to watch her career take off and am proud to be associated with her.” -Jimmy Greene

 

Malin Carta is a saxophonist/woodwind doubler, vocalist, and composer based in CT and NY. 

 

A graduate of Western Connecticut State University (Magna Cum Laude), Malin holds her Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance where she studied under the direction of Grammy-nominated saxophonist Jimmy Greene. She is a graduate of Glastonbury High School’s award-winning music program and is currently based in the New York Metropolitan Area. 

 

Malin is a member of the CT-based alternative band Lavender Social Club and regularly performs with big bands as well as her own self-led trios and quartets. In June 2024 Carta played lead alto with The Temptations at Nashua Center for the Arts (Nashua, NH). Big bands that Carta has played with include the Hartford Jazz Orchestra, the New London Big Band, the Elm City Big Band, and the Berkshire Jazz Orchestra. 

 

Malin is also making her way as a solo artist on piano and voice, writing her own music and taking inspiration from legendary song-writers Carole King and Stevie Wonder. In July of 2022, she opened for vocalist and singer/songwriter Sasha Dobson at Cafe Nine, playing a set of original music. Since then, she has performed her original music at The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center, in July 2023 and June 2024 (sold out).

 

Carta’s debut EP A Beautiful Storm (2021) features a more personal side of Malin and her music and includes all original compositions that she sings, plays saxophone and piano on. She played clarinet on Temple Israel of Westport's album entitled The Sound of TI at 75 (2024) led by Cantors Julia Cadrain and Becky Mann, and saxophone and vocals for two tracks on Dina DiMarco, Mike Gaboardi, and Niles Spaulding’s joint album Swingin’ on a Sleigh (2020), “Christmastime is Here” and “Everybody’s Waitin’ For (The Man With A Bag)”. All works are available for purchase and streaming on platforms such as Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify.

 

Malin has been featured as a guest on Jim Motavalli’s segment on WPKN, where she discussed her self-released EP A Beautiful Storm (2021). Her original song “Sleeping Song” was played on WPKN 89.5, as well as her recordings of standards “Four” and “Stars Fell On Alabama”. Lavender Social Club has been featured as part of Factory Underground Studio’s Live Session on their radio station WFUT Radio.

 

Notable venues that Malin has performed at include Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center (NY), Nashua Center for the Arts (Nashua, NH), the Soapbox Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), The Broadway (Brooklyn, NY), Space Ballroom (Hamden, CT), Fairfield Theatre Company (Fairfield, CT), The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (Old Saybrook, CT), The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center (Middletown, CT), the Cellar on Treadwell (Hamden, CT), the State House (New Haven, CT), Cafe Nine (New Haven, CT), Three Sheets (New Haven, CT), Aquila’s Nest & Vineyards (Newtown, CT), Parkville Market (Hartford, CT) and Black Rock Social House (Bridgeport, CT). 

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