Jay has gained worldwide attention as
both performer and teacher. She has appeared at major
venues including Lincoln Center, Sweet Basil, Town
Hall, the Kennedy Center, Jazz Alley, and the North
Sea and Montmartre Festivals. She has taught at
Universitat fur Musik in Austria, Bud Shank Jazz
Workshop, and at City College and the New School in
New York City. She has co-taught with Sheila Jordan at
the Vermont Jazz Workshop, Jazz in July in Mass.,
Banff Center in Canada and was on the jazz faculty of
Cornish College of the Arts for 20 years.
Her book, Sing Your
Story: a Practical Guide for Learning and Teaching the
Art of Jazz Singing, was published by Advance Music in
2001.
Jay has performed and recorded throughout the U.S.,
Canada and Europe with leading jazz and new music
artists including Muhal
Richard
Abrams, Steve Reich, Julian Priester, Stanley Cowell,
Kirk Nurock, Gary Bartz, George Cables, Jane Ira
Bloom, Jerry Granelli as well as with the a
cappela group Vocal Summit; Urszula Dudziak, Bobby
McFerrin, Jeanne Lee, Norma Winstone. Her current
projects, covering both standards and original music,
integrate poetry and electronics into her music. Her
projects reflect the diversity of her art and her live
performances, which range from duo to sextet, are
unique events that draw from all of these
collaborations.
Jay's artistic versatility, so highly regarded by
fellow artists, is apparent in her
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