About Claire Martin
“She ranks among the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet.” - Jazz Times
“Few vocalists are as elegant and eloquent as Claire Martin... she’s one of the crown jewels of the jazz world.” - All About Jazz
“Easily the best British singer of her generation” - The Times
Biography
Claire Martin has established herself as a tour de force on the UK jazz scene gaining many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards as best vocalist eight times during her career, which spans almost 4 decades.
Claire became a professional singer aged 19 and two years later realised her dream of singing at Ronnie Scott’s legendary jazz club in London Soho.
Signed to the prestigious Glasgow-based Linn Records in 1990, she released 18 CDs with the label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stephane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Richard Rodney Bennett and Jim Mullen on many of these recordings.
About Jeremy Siskind
Jeremy Siskind is the rare musician whose imaginative albums land on “best of” lists while his ground-breaking instructional books populate “best-seller” lists. A top finisher in national and international jazz piano competitions, Siskind is a two-time laureate of the American Pianists Association and the winner of the Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition. A sought-after educator, Siskind has published more than 20 instructional books, including Playing Solo Jazz Piano, with an introduction by Fred Hersch, and the ground-breaking Jazz Piano Fundamentals series. Besides Siskind’s own YouTube channel, which boasts over 27,000 subscribers, Siskind is frequently seen teaching on digital platforms like Tonebase, Open Studio, and Piano with Jonny.
Jeremy Siskind is my favorite all-time pianist. — Lea DeLaria
Stunning… an artist of the highest caliber. — Brent Wallarab, faculty, Indiana University
Jeremy Siskind is a fine pianist, an imaginative artist and compelling communicator, abounding in wit, charm and depth. — Joel Harrison, DMA, President/Artistic Director of the American Pianists Association
