Jeanie Carroll in Concert: You Can Go Home Again

After decades of performances that have carried her from Arizona to Europe, North Africa and beyond, vocalist Jeanie Carroll is bringing her signature blend of style-hopping songcraft back to a stage many locals know well: the Mary D Fisher Theatre. Carroll headlines this musical performance on April 4 at 4 p.m. (Four-four at four: divinely easy to remember), with Dave Len Scott on trumpet and piano and special guests, the Red RockAppella Quartet. For Sedona audiences, the concert has the feeling of a homecoming. Carroll lived in Sedona for 30 years, building a reputation as a performer with an unusually wide repertoire and a gift for connecting across generations. Though she now spends most of her time in Las Vegas, her return date still lands with extra resonance in a town where she’s not just a familiar voice, but part of the community’s musical memory. Carroll’s mantra, “Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart”, reads like the kind of line you might find on a dressing-room mirror, but it also describes the arc of her career. She has gone down many musical paths, from Motown and rock ’n’ roll to disco, Broadway and jazz standards, and blues, and she’s sung in several languages shaped by years of living and performing abroad. Her background includes performances in Europe, and stops in places as varied as Marrakesh, Tunis, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Montreal, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. This performance will include hits from Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Sinatra, Garland, and even Todd Rundgren and Stephen Sondheim. Carroll’s repertoire is as wide-ranging as her passport. She has also played guitar and percussion and her stage résumé includes productions such as Cabaret, Beauty & the Beast, Man of La Mancha, Pirates of Penzance, The Merry Widow and The Gondoliers. What distinguishes Carroll, colleagues say, is not simply range but the way she navigates it as a performer who can shift…