Carla Stokes is a saxophonist, bandleader, music educator, and music producer born and bred in Cape Town, South Africa.

Carla has been a trained musician for almost her entire life. At 8 years old she started to formally learn music at school, where she studied classical clarinet and piano. When Carla started high school, she joined her school’s orchestra and jazz band and fell in love with Jazz and the sound of the tenor sax, which is now her primary instrument. Carla then went on to study for a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Music thereafter, at the University of Cape Town’s College of Music.

Carla has been gigging professionally in various band set-ups since the age of 15  and has performed in many ranging from big-band to Jazz, Rock, and Pop. Carla currently gigs around Cape Town with her own bands as a solo musician on a regular basis.

 

CARLA STOKES BAND:

PICKING UP THE PIECES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgf4JTZCdCs&ab_channel=UniversityofCapeTownSouthAfrica

MAPUTO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A79-aCP5dCY&ab_channel=UniversityofCapeTownSouthAfrica

BOOGIE WONDERLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7BOti7Bu8A&ab_channel=UniversityofCapeTownSouthAfrica

 

QUARTET:

ISNT SHE LOVELY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1nYzkFeoU&ab_channel=CarlaStokes

CARAVAN:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHVheRkahIc&ab_channel=CarlaStokes

 

SOLO AND OTHER VIDEOS ON CARLA’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.carlastokesmusic.com/youtube-channel