Claire Martin (singer)

She has co-presented BBC Radio 3's Jazz Line Up[2] since 2000 and has interviewed many of her musical heroes, such as Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Brad Mehldau, and André Previn.

She has collaborated with Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stéphane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Richard Rodney Bennett, Jim Mullen,[1] and Nigel Hitchcock.

In 2011, she debuted with pianist Bill Charlap at Lincoln Center in New York City and performed at the Algonquin Hotel for a three-week residency with Rodney Bennett.

Martin collaborated with the Montpellier Cello Quartet, performing arrangements written for her by Rodney Bennett, Mark Anthony Turnage, and Django Bates.

This chamber jazz ensemble toured throughout 2014 to promote the album Time and Place, which featured singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe, who became Martin's cabaret partner.