CLAIRE MARTIN, THE BRITISH JAZZ SINGER.

A cantora de jazz inglesa Claire Martin nasceu no 6 de setembrpo de 1967 em Wimbledom South London na Inglaterra.

Ela cresceu em um lar cheio de musica, e declara ter aprendido a cantar todas as canções de Judy Garland, quando tinha apenas doze anos. Ela cita a Coletânea da Ella Fitzgerald como a influencia que mudou a sua vida e que a inspirou a se matricular na Stage School (Escola de Teatro) e mais tarde, a tomar lição de canto em Nova York e Londres.

Sua primeira performance profissional fo abordo do QE2, onde ela cantou no Theater Bar durante dois anos.

Em 1991, com a idade de 21 anos, formou seu proprio quarteto de jazz que acabou sendo contratado para gravar o primeiro disco, pela gravadora escosesa Linn Records. O primeiro disco "The Waiting Game" foi muito bem recebido pela critica especializada e o jornal The Times, selecionou-o para lista dos Melhores Albuns do Ano. No final do mesmo ano ela fez o pre-show da apresentação de Tony Bennett no Festival Internacional de Jazz de Glasglow.

Continua desenvolvendo uma brilhante carreira que se reflete na gravação de 11 discos até o presente momento.

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The English Jazz singer Claire Martin was born on September 6,1967 in Wimbledom South LOndon,England.

Claire Martin grew up in a house "full of music", and claims to have learned all of Judy Garland's songs by the time she was 12. She cites Ella Fitzgerald's Song Books as being the life changing influence which inspired her to attend Stage School and later to study singing in both New York and London.

Her professional career started with her first engagement, aboard the QE2, where she sang in the Theater Bar for two years.

In 1991, at the age of 21, Martin formed her own jazz quartet, and was signed by the Scottish jazz label Linn Records. Her debut album, The Waiting Game, was extremely well reviewed and was selected by The Times as one of their "Albums of the Year". Later that year, she opened for Tony Bennett at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival.

Martin continued performing and recording, garnering numerous awards and rave reviews, throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, including awards from the British Jazz Awards and BBC Jazz Awards for Best Vocalist. She recorded a total of 11 albums (all on the Linn label). Apart from touring both in the UK and on the Continent, she also works as a co-presenter for Jazz Line Up on BBC Radio 3.
She has collaborated with the jazz composer and performer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett

Recommended discography:

1993 Devil May Care
1994 Old Boyfriends
1997 Make This City Ours
1999 Take My Heart
2000 Perfect Alibi
2002 Too Darn Hot
2004 Secret Love
2005 When Lights Are Low
2007 He never Mentioned Love (belo tributo à Shirley Horn)

Tradução - Humberto Amorim