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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Fay Victor (born July 26, 1965)[1][2] is an American musician, composer, lyricist and educator. Originally a singer in the traditional jazz field, she has been working in jazz, blues, opera, free improvising, avant-garde, modern classical music, and occasional acting since re-settling in New York in 2003.

Early life and career

Victor was born in Brooklyn, New York City.[3] After spending her early childhood years in New York, Zambia, and Trinidad & Tobago, her mother settled in Long island, NY, where Victor spent her teenage years.[4] After her mother's sudden death,[1] Victor re-discovered music and singing, and after a 3-month stint at a club in Fukui City, Japan with pianist Bertha Hope, she decided to start a career as a jazz singer.[5] In 1996, Victor settled in Amsterdam, the Netherlands[6] and performed and toured through the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the UK, Sweden, Russia, and India.[7] While living in the Netherlands, Victor branched out into blues, songwriting, and forms of improvising outside the standard jazz canon. Victor has lived in NYC since 2003. She has worked with the likes of Randy Weston, Roswell Rudd, Anthony Braxton, Misha Mengelberg, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell, Marc Ribot, Martine Syms, Daniel Carter, William Parker, Darius Jones, Wolter Wierbos, Ab Baars, Joe Morris, Sam Newsome, Reggie Nicholson.

Victor's work has been reviewed in The New York Times,[8][9] Jazz Times,[10][11] and Down Beat.[12][13][14][15]

Music

Victor has coined the term "freesong" to describe her vocal approach.[1][4] In her jazz repertoire, Victor has specialized in the work of Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and Herbie Nichols.[4][16]

Activism

Victor is co-director of the TalkRace forum[17] and is a member of the "We Have Voice" collective.[18][19][20]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Title Artist Year Label
We've Had Enough! Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFUNK 2020 ESP Disk[21]
Barn Songs Fay Victor 2019 Northern Spy[22]
In My Own Room Fay Victor 1998 Timeless Records[23]
Darker Than Blue Fay Victor 2001 Timeless Records[24]
Should We Do This Again? Fay Victor 1995 Groovie Sound
Lazy Old Sun Fay Victor 2004 Greene Ave Music[25]
Wet Robots Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFUNK 2018 ESP Disk[21]
Kaiso Stories Other Dimensions In Music with Fay Victor 2010 Silkheart[26]
Absinthe & Vermouth Fay Victor Ensemble 2013 Greene Ave Music
The FreeSong Suite Fay Victor Ensemble 2009 Greene Ave Music
Cartwheels Through The Cosmos Fay Victor Ensemble 2007 ArtistShare[27]
Bare The Exposed Blues Duo (with Anders Nilsson) 2010 Greene Ave Music[28]
New York/Sankt Johann ReDDeer (with Elisabeth Harnik & Dominic Lash) 2017 Evil Rabbit[29]

As featured artist/sideperson

Title Artist Year Label
West Coast Blues Gregor Hilden 1998 Acoustic Music Records[30]
Aces of Swing: A Tribute to the Music of John Kirby & Charlie Shavers Robert Veen Sextet 1996 Basta Basta[31]
Trombone for Lovers Roswell Rudd 2013 Sunnyside[32]
Embrace Roswell Rudd 2017 Rare Noise Records[33]
The Invisible Blow Ab Baars Trio + NY guests 2014 Stichting Wig[34]
Trillium E Anthony Braxton 2011 New Braxton House[35]
Glorious Ravage Liza Mezzacappa 2017 New World Records[36]
The Jazz Lounge Trio Meets... Jazz Lounge Trio 2000 Laika Records[37]
Songs of Resistance - 1942-2018 Marc Ribot 2018

References

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External links

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