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Listen to Fay Claassen, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Fay Claassen

Jazz

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Listen to Almost Blue by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
Almost BlueFay Claassen
Listen to Satin Doll (feat. Jessie Breve) [The Dutch Heritage Series] by Fay Claassen, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw & Johan Plomp, see lyrics, music video & more!
Satin Doll (feat. Jessie Breve) [The Dutch Heritage Series]Fay Claassen, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw & Johan Plomp
Listen to Easy to Love by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
Easy to LoveFay Claassen
Listen to Love for Sale by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
Love for SaleFay Claassen
Listen to What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your LifeFay Claassen
Listen to Oh Shenandoah by Fay Claassen, Ingmar Heller, Peter Tiehuis & Olaf Polziehn, see lyrics, music video & more!
Oh ShenandoahFay Claassen, Ingmar Heller, Peter Tiehuis & Olaf Polziehn
Listen to I Fall In Love Too Easily by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Fall In Love Too EasilyFay Claassen
Listen to Blame It On My Youth by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
Blame It On My YouthFay Claassen
Listen to Sailing by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
SailingFay Claassen
Listen to So In Love (Bonus Track) by Fay Claassen, see lyrics, music video & more!
So In Love (Bonus Track)Fay Claassen

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Listen to The Second Time Around (The Dutch Heritage Series) by Fay Claassen, Anna Serierse, Esther Van Hees & Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw
ALBUMThe Second Time Around (The Dutch Heritage Series)Fay Claassen, Anna Serierse, Esther Van Hees & Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw

More albums from Fay Claassen

Listen to Fay Sings Barbra Streisand Live by Fay Claassen
ALBUMFay Sings Barbra Streisand LiveFay Claassen
Listen to ONE HEART, THREE VOICES (Réédition) by Fay Claassen, Maria Pia de Vito, Diederik Wissels & David Linx
ALBUMONE HEART, THREE VOICES (Réédition)Fay Claassen, Maria Pia de Vito, Diederik Wissels & David Linx
Listen to Christmas Time Is Here by Fay Claassen & Cor Bakker
ALBUMChristmas Time Is HereFay Claassen & Cor Bakker
Listen to Nerds & Sweeties by Jakob Helling Concert Big Band & Fay Claassen
ALBUMNerds & SweetiesJakob Helling Concert Big Band & Fay Claassen
Listen to And Still We Sing by Fay Claassen, David Linx & WDR Big Band
ALBUMAnd Still We SingFay Claassen, David Linx & WDR Big Band
Listen to Close To You by Fay Claassen
ALBUMClose To YouFay Claassen
Listen to Luck Child (feat. Paul Heller, Ingmar Heller, Peter Tiehuis & Olaf Polziehn) by Fay Claassen
ALBUMLuck Child (feat. Paul Heller, Ingmar Heller, Peter Tiehuis & Olaf Polziehn)Fay Claassen
Listen to Sing! by Fay Claassen, WDR Big Band Cologne & Michael Abene
ALBUMSing!Fay Claassen, WDR Big Band Cologne & Michael Abene
Listen to The Shakespeare Album (feat. Marcel Serierse, Marius Beets & Paul Heller) [1] by Ilja Reijngoud, Fay Claassen & Ilja Reijngoud Quartet
ALBUMThe Shakespeare Album (feat. Marcel Serierse, Marius Beets & Paul Heller) [1]Ilja Reijngoud, Fay Claassen & Ilja Reijngoud Quartet
Listen to Red, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter by Fay Claassen
ALBUMRed, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole PorterFay Claassen
Listen to Fay Claassen Sings Two Portraits of Chet Baker by Fay Claassen
ALBUMFay Claassen Sings Two Portraits of Chet BakerFay Claassen
Listen to Sings Two Portraits Of Chet Baker by Fay Claassen
ALBUMSings Two Portraits Of Chet BakerFay Claassen
Listen to Specially Arranged For Fay by Fay Claassen
ALBUMSpecially Arranged For FayFay Claassen
Listen to Rhythms & Rhymes by Fay Claassen
ALBUMRhythms & RhymesFay Claassen
Listen to Rhythms & Rhymes by Fay Claassen
ALBUMRhythms & RhymesFay Claassen
Listen to With A Song In My Heart by Fay Claassen
ALBUMWith A Song In My HeartFay Claassen

About Fay Claassen

Listen to Fay Claassen, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hometown
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Born
December 2, 1969
Genre
Jazz
Like Soesja Citroen -- one of Holland's best-known jazz singers -- Fay Claassen is a Dutch jazz vocalist who has no problem getting around in the English language. Claassen has brought a slice trace of a Dutch accent to her post-bop recordings, but only a slight trace -- and she obviously has a great understanding of the English-language material she has embraced (which has ranged from Tin Pan Alley standards to Burt Bacharach/Hal David songs to lyrics that Cassandra Wilson wrote for Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven"). But even though Claassen sings in English more often than not, she hasn't confined her singing to that language; the improviser has also performed jazz convincingly in French and Portuguese. And whatever language she is performing in, Claassen isn't a hard-driving or aggressive sort of vocalist; she swings, but not in a forceful way. Claassen's performances have tended to be graceful, elegant, smooth, urbane, and sophisticated. Born in Nijmegin, Holland, in 1969, Claassen explored ballet dancing and acting before deciding to make jazz singing her primary focus. After high school, she studied at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague and went on to become a featured vocalist for various Dutch jazz groups (including the Amsterdam Jazz Quintet). In 1994, a 25-year-old Claassen was featured extensively on German saxophonist Carolyn Breuer's Simply Be, which came out on Holland's Challenge Records the following year; on that album, she is listed as Fee Claassen instead of Fay Claassen. Going by Fay Claassen instead of Fee Claassen, the singer began recording as a leader in the late '90s, when she provided her debut album, With a Song in My Heart, with some help from the Jazz Impuls Foundation (a Dutch organization that helps jazz artists it feels deserve more recognition). In the early 2000s, Claassen traveled to the New York City/northern New Jersey area and recorded her second album, Rhythms & Rhymes, which gave her a chance to work with well-respected American jazz improvisers like guitarist Mike Stern, pianist Kenny Werner, and vibist/marimba player Joe Locke. That album was produced by Jazz Impuls' Bob Hagen and was released in Holland on the organization's Jazz 'n Pulz label. Hagen went on to produce Claassen's third album, Specially Arranged for Fay, a big-band date that found her being joined by the Millennium Jazz Orchestra; that disc also came out on Jazz 'n Pulz in Holland and, like Rhythms & Rhymes, was distributed by Allegro in the United States. ~ Alex Henderson

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