Fay Victor
A native of Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Wheatley Heights, Long Island, Fay Victor considered the possibility of becoming a jazz singer as a result of a personal tragedy more than anything else. In the 1980's, while studying International Relations at Syracuse University, she lost her mother during her sophomore year and dropped out of school. Because friends had been telling her she had a good voice, she decided to give singing a try. Victor attended the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music studying music theory and piano. She also attended a vocal workshop at the Williamsburg Music Center in Brooklyn and took private voice lessons for 2 years. Victor kicked off her jazz career began doing club gigs and concerts around the NY metropolitan area. This was followed in 1991 by a 3-month stint at a jazz club in Japan. The Japanese experience was the defining moment for Victor and she chose jazz singing as her profession.
Victor performed at such New York jazz venues as Birdland's, The Village Gate, Sign of the Dove and B. Smith's, working with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie , Walter Booker and Don Braden among others. Having already worked in Europe earlier, Victor moved to Europe in 1996 to take advantage of the greater number of performing available for jazz musicians on the Continent. She appeared at festivals and concerts The Netherlands, Russian, Belgium, Austria and Spain and was featured vocalist on Robert Veen's Aces of Swing in Holland.
Victor cites Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McRae as major influences. Listening to Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane helped her to lay the instrumental foundation for her voice. Her first album for Timeless Records, In My Own Room, released in April of 1999, dedicated to Betty Carter, is a real banquet of song and showcases Victor's considerable vocal talent. She bends the lyrics, swings, sings ballads and the blues. Her delivery can be strong, sassy, smokey or sophisticated, depending on the musical situation and the musical picture she wants to paint. Fay Victor has all the tools to be a major player in the jazz vocal scene.
© Dave Nathan /TiVo
Discographie
15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Life Is Funny That Way
Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG
Jazz - Paru chez Tao Forms le 5 avr. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The World Is Still The Same
Fay Victor, Herbie Nichols SUNG
Jazz - Paru chez Tao Forms le 30 janv. 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful
Jazz - Paru chez Northern Spy le 25 août 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Darker Than Blue
Jazz - Paru chez Timeless Records le 9 oct. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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In My Own Room
Jazz - Paru chez Timeless Records le 1 janv. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Lazy Old Sun (Live/Life in the Low Lands)
Jazz - Paru chez Greene Ave Music le 1 oct. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The FreeSong Suite
Électronique ou concrète - Paru chez Greene Avenue Music le 22 sept. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Cartwheels Through The Cosmos
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez ArtistShare le 1 janv. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You Make Me Happy
House - Paru chez InHouse Records le 10 nov. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo