Jay Clayton (musician)

Jay Clayton (born October 28, 1941) is an American avant-garde jazz vocalist and educator.

Career

Born Judith Colantone in Youngstown, Ohio, she received piano lessons at an early age. She attended Miami University in Ohio, where she studied classical music during the week and performed at jazz clubs as a vocalist during the weekend. She graduated with a degree in Music Education in 1963, then moved to New York City.[1]

Clayton became part of the free jazz and avant-garde jazz crowd, which was unusual for a vocalist. She worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Gary Bartz, Jane Ira Bloom, George Cables, Steve Lacy, Julian Priester, Perry Robinson, and Mark Whitecage. In her career as an educator, she taught for twenty years at the Cornish College of the Arts. She has also taught at City College of New York, The New School, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Bud Shank Jazz Workshop, the Vermont Jazz Workshop, and the Banff Centre in Canada.[1]

Discography

  • 1980 All Out (Anima)
  • 1980 Spihumonesty (Black Saint)
  • 1986 Sound Songs (JMT/Winter & Winter) with Jerry Granelli
  • 1987 As Tears Go By & Some More Songs (Jazzwerkstatt)
  • 1988 Jay Clayton with the String Trio of New York (West Wind)
  • 1988 Jay Clayton & Don Lanphere: The Jazz Alley Tapes (Hep)
  • 1989 Cage: Three Constructions (Tomato)
  • 1989 John Cage: Four Walls (Tomato)
  • 1995 Live at Jazz Alley (Itm)
  • 1995 Tito's Acid Trip (Itm)
  • 1995 Beautiful Love (Sunnyside)
  • 1997 Circle Dancing (Sunnyside)
  • 2001 Brooklyn 2000 (Sunnyside)
  • 2002 An American Garden (Solo Winds)
  • 2002 Beautiful Love (Sunnyside)
  • 2008 The Peace of Wild Things (Sunnyside)
  • 2010 In and Out of Love (Sunnyside)
  • 2013 Harry Who?: A Tribute to Harry Warren (Sunnyside)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Jay Clayton". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jay Clayton". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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