Jean Carne is an American jazz and soul singer known for her unique vocalising and her impressive interpretative and improvisational skills. Early in her career, her name was spelled as Jean Carn.

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Carne was born Sarah Jean Perkins in Columbus, Georgia and was raised in Atlanta. Her talent as a singer became evident from an early age and was encouraged by her parents.
Carne attended Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, and learned to speak Russian fluently. She received a scholarship after graduating in 1965, to attend Morris Brown College where she was trained in musical theater to opera. Carne planned on furthering her studies at Juilliard School of Music in New York when she met and married Jazz pianist Doug Carn and became a featured vocalist in his jazz fusion band. The couple based themselves in Los Angeles, California, where Carne did three early albums with her husband, âInfant Eyesâ, âSpirit Of The New Landâ and âRevelationsâ. Her work with the band garnered enthusiastic new jazz fans and brought her to the attention of the soon-to-be mega-group Earth Wind and Fire. Her voice helped brighten the groupâs first two albums, âEarth Wind And Fire,â and âThe Need Of Loveâ where she expanded her musical learning with the group and went beyond her jazz work.
In 1976, Carne was signed to Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huffâs Philadelphia International Records; her debut album Jean Carn was a classy affair that merged the best of â70s soul and jazz with solid song-writing and tight instrumental support (MFSB, Instant Funk). The debut single âFree Loveâ went to number 23 R&B. Though the follow-up single did not chart, several of the albumâs tracks received considerable radio airplay. In June 1978, Happy to Be With You, her second album for the label was released. It included the hit single âDonât Let It Go to Your Head.â
Carneâs third Philadelphia International album When I Find You Love was more of a return conceptually (musically and sonically) to that of Jean Carn. Produced by Dexter Wansel, the album rates as one of Carneâs best efforts. The smooth and halting âMy Love Donât Come Easyâ peaked at number 43 R&B in the summer of 1979. At this time Ms. Carne was switched from the Philadelphia International label to the subsidiary TSOP imprint for her final outing. Released in August 1981, Sweet and Wonderful featured a stunning and classy remake of the Spinnersâ âLove Donât Love Nobody,â which went to number 35 R&B.
Carne moved to Motown Records in 1982, making her label debut with the album Trust Me. The single âIf You Donât Know Me By Now,â a cover of the Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes hit with backing vocals by The Temptations, went to number 49 R&B, by 1986, Carne signed to Omni Records. Closer Than Close was released in July of that year and the title track went to number one R&B. Her 1988 album Youâre a Part of Me included a hit cover of Aretha Franklinâs âAinât No Way.â Carne later signed with Place One Entertainment, which reunited her with former Omni Records president Steve Bernstein and producer Hal S. Batt, with her Love Lessons album.
In 2003 Carne saw the release of Collaborations, an album for the Expansion label, that featured Carneâs various musical collaborations over the years. Carne has worked with some of the most prolific soul artists, producers and songwriters over the years, including The Temptations, Glenn Jones, the late Phyllis Hyman, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff among other stellar musicians.