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Barbara Jay (b. Aug. 14, 1937) is a British jazz singer.

Barbara Jay grew up in a musical family, her father playing trumpet with many of the leading bands of the time. She took to singing at an early age and by the 1960's she was working with many leading British Jazz musicians.

As a solo Jazz singer Jay has shared he billing at Ronnie Scott's club with Horace Silver, Pharoah Sanders, George Chisholm, Dave Holland and Jon Hendricks in Cabaret on the Saga Ruby Cruise ship and P&O Oriana.

In 1970 she was chosen to sing with Benny Goodman and and his orchestra on an extensive European tour and appeared in many major cities, including Paris, Milan, Copenhagen and Zurich. She also performed at the Carnegie Tavern in New York where she was accompanied by Ellis Larkins. In 1993 she devised the very successful "Ella Fitzgerald Songbook Show" which has been performed at major venues and Festivals throughout Britain and also with her own quartet at the Pizza on the Park Knightstbridge, London. She appears frequently with her saxophonist husband Tommy Whittle and has performed extensively on TV and Radio in the UK.

Sources
  • The Virgin Encylopedia of Jazz, Ed. Colin Larkin. Virgin Books, London (2004).

Selected Recordings

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  • The Nearness of You (Tee-Jay 1982)
  • Just friends (Spotlight 1982, 1988 and 1997)
  • Memories of You (Tee-Jay 2000)
  • The Ella Fitzgerald Songbook Revisited (Spotlight 2001).
  • Reminiscing with Barbara Jay (Spotlight 2003)

Selected Discography

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As leader

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  • 1949: Lee Konitz With Tristano, Marsh And Bauer (Prestige)
  • 1954: Konitz (Storyville)
  • 1954: Jazz at Storyville (Storyville)




With others

  • Johnny Dankworth Orchestra (March, 1957, Parlophone)

Dickie Hawdon, Derek Abbott, Bill Metcalf, Stan Palmer, Colin Wright (tp), Jack Botterill, Garry Brown, Laurie Monk, Tony Russell, Danny Elwood (tb), Johnny Dankworth (as), Tommy Whittle (ts), Alex Leslie (bs,cl), Dave Lee (p), Eric Dawson (b), Kenny Clare (d).