{"id":127,"date":"2014-02-14T19:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2016-08-23T23:57:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T23:57:35","slug":"jay-clayton-sing-your-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/jay-clayton-sing-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Clayton – Sing Your Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
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“Sing Your Story” –\u00a0A practical guide for learning and teaching the art of jazz singing.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"singyourstory\"<\/a>This book received a rave review in Downbeat Magazine. You can find the review at Jay’s website.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Book with CD $30.00 \u00a0Out of Stock – please check back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scroll down the page to see the table of contents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Be sure to check out Jay’s\u00a0Practice CDs<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jay has taught vocal jazz at New York City College, the Banff Center in Canada, the Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington, the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado and in music schools in Cologne, Berlin and Munich, Germany, and in Graz, Austria.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Reviews<\/h4>\n

Francis Davis – Downbeat\u00a0“Clayton is an important singer…. one who proposed dramatic changes in vocal styles and rules…. her musicianship is impeccable.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheila Jordan\u00a0“Thanks to this book, we can finally eliminate some of the fears we as singers face. The answers are here.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Herb Wong, Downbeat Magazine\u00a0“This book really hits a target and fills a niche.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathleen Willison, Jazz Changes\u00a0If only there were more books like this! … a fantastic guide for those learning and\/or teaching jazz singing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching credits\u00a0include New York’s City College, the Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, Wa., Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and currently co-teaches a summer workshop with Sheila Jordan at Banff Centre in Canada. She is a rotating guest professor at Musica Hochschule in Graz, Austria and for eighteen years was on the jazz faculty of Cornish College for the Arts in Seattle, Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Table\u00a0of Contents for\u00a0Sing Your Story.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Preface<\/span>
Intro<\/span><\/p>\n

CAN JAZZ SINGING BE TAUGHT?<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter I SINGING THE JAZZ STANDARDS<\/strong><\/span>
How Do You Choose Songs to Sing?<\/span>
How Do You Learn a Song?<\/span>
Transposing: Do You Have Clear Charts in Your Keys?<\/span>
How Do You Keep Track of Your Personal Repertoire?<\/span>
What About Arrangements?<\/span>
Counting Off Tempos\/Counting In a Tune<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter II PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/span>
Get Out There and Do It!<\/span>
Hanging Out\/Sitting In Dealing With Stage Fright<\/span>
Jazz Standard Performance<\/span>
Workshops<\/span>
Singer Showcases<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter lll IMPROVISATION<\/strong><\/span>
Scatting Over Changes\/Scat Lab<\/span>
Free Improvisation\/Free Sing<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter IV PRACTICE TIME<\/strong><\/span>
What Are You Doing In There?<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter V THE BUSINESS OF Music<\/strong><\/span>
Promotional Material<\/span>
Getting Gigs<\/span>
Promoting Your Gigs<\/span>
Preparing for the Gig<\/span>
Outro How Do WE Do IT ALL?<\/span>
Coda<\/span>
About the Author<\/span>
Selected Discography<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Sing Your Story”\u00a0includes a CD with the following example tracks to illustrate subjects discussed in the book, featuring Randy Halberstadt – piano\u00a0\u00a0* Many thanks to the singers from the Jazz Department of the University of Music and the Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tracks\u00a0<\/span>
1.\u00a0Minus One<\/a><\/span><\/span>
2 Intros, 4-Bar<\/span>
3 8-Bar Intro <\/span>
4\u00a0Vamp Intro<\/a><\/span><\/span>
5 Rubato Intro<\/span>
6\u00a0Rubato Verse<\/a><\/span><\/span>
7 No Intro<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
8 Endings, Ritard<\/span>
9 Vamp Ending<\/span>
10\u00a0Tag Ending<\/a><\/span><\/span>
11 Basie Ending<\/span>
12 Ellington Ending <\/span>
13 Counting off Tempos <\/span>
14 Trading Fours<\/span>
15 Blues Collage* <\/span>
16 Melody & Roots<\/a><\/span>* <\/span>
17 Drone<\/span>
18\u00a0One Minute Improv – 1<\/a><\/span><\/span>
19 One Minute Improv – 2<\/span>
20 One Minute Improv – 1 & 2<\/span>
21 Improv Warmup<\/span>
22 4-10-2<\/span>
23 4-10-2 with text<\/span>
24\u00a0Meet You There<\/a><\/span><\/span>
25 Fortune Cookies – Voices<\/span>
23 Fortune Cookie – Voice, Piano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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“Sing Your Story” –\u00a0A practical guide for learning and teaching the art of jazz singing.\u00a0 This book received a rave review in Downbeat Magazine. You can find the review at Jay’s website. Book with CD $30.00 \u00a0Out of Stock – please check back. Scroll down the page to see the table of contents. Be sure to check out Jay’s\u00a0Practice CDs. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Jay has taught vocal jazz at New York City College, the Banff Center in Canada, the Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington, the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado and in music schools in Cologne, Berlin and Munich, Germany, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-left-column.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4l8kt-23","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3151,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/3151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}