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Jay Clayton

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Styles: Avant-Garde, Standards, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Creative, Ballads

Biography: Jay Clayton is both a very significant singer in the jazz avant-garde and a highly influential educator. Clayton learned standards very early from hearing her mother sing around their house. She took private piano lessons from a young age and studied at the St. Louis Institute for Music for a short time. ...Read full biography

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The Peace of Wild Things

Released: 2008

Label: Sunnyside

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It is not recent news that Jay Clayton is one of the most phenomenal vocalists in creative improvised music. What she offers in terms of flexibility, diversity, durability, and keen originality sets a ...Read full review

All Out

Released: 1980

Label: Anima

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This is a studio date for a most creative female improviser. Highly recommended. With soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide ...Read full review

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