Jazz Singer Jay Clayton Captivates With Her Voice
At Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, November 18

Brooklyn, N.Y. - Acclaimed jazz vocalist Jay Clayton will give a lecture/demonstration at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.

Sponsored by the Music Department, the event will take place on Tuesday, November 18 at 4 p.m. in the Campus's Library Learning Center Room 122, and is free and open to the public.

Known for her perceptive jazz improvisations and vocal explorations, Jay Clayton began her career in 1963 performing standards on the New York music scene, later moving on to jazz. Her work in these two worlds led to the development of a highly personal musical voice enhanced by the innovative use of vocal electronics.

A critic has said of her, "No one sings, sighs, wails, soars and paints a vocal landscape like Jay Clayton does." Another critic describes her musicianship as "impeccable."

Clayton has appeared at many major venues including Lincoln Center, Sweet Basil, Town Hall, The Kennedy Center, 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 was on the jazz faculty of Cornish College of the Arts for 20 years.

For more information, call Professor Bob Aquino at (718) 488-1668. In addition to a B.A. in traditional studies, the Music Department offers a B.F.A. degree in Jazz Studies. Students may study privately with professionals off-campus for credit. The program can be tailored to suit students' needs with either a minor or double major in other fields.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the university's three residential and three regional campuses, including more than 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.