“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, and singer/songwriter based in NYC and CT. 

 

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

 

Carta is a member of the CT-based alternative band Blood's A Rover. In June 2024, Carta played lead alto with The Temptations at Nashua Center for the Arts (Nashua, NH). She also performs regularly with big bands across CT, including the Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra and the Hartford Jazz Orchestra, and pit orchestras at community theaters. 

 

Making her way as a solo artist, Malin's original music is inspired from legendary song-writers such as Carole King, Stevie Wonder, and Judee Sill. In July of 2022, she opened for vocalist Sasha Dobson at Cafe Nine, playing a set of original music. Since then, she has performed her original music at Park City Music Hall in May 2025 and 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. It includes all original compositions that she sings, plays saxophone, and piano on. Her works are available for purchase and streaming on platforms including 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”. Blood's A Rover 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 (New York, 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 Legacy Theatre (Branford, CT), Park City Music Hall (Bridgeport, CT), The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center (Middletown, CT), the Cellar on Treadwell (Hamden, CT), Cafe Nine (New Haven, CT), Stella Blues (New Haven, CT), Bushnell Park (Hartford, CT), Black-Eyed Sally's (Hartford, CT)​