Claire Martin

Claire Martin, OBE (born 6 September 1967) is an English jazz singer.

Music career Martin was born in Colliers Wood, London. She grew up in a house "full of music" thanks to jazz-loving parents. She cites Ella Fitzgerald's Song Books as the inspiration for her to study singing at the Doris Holford Stage School in New York and London. She was influenced to sing jazz when she saw Betty Carter at Ronnie Scott's club. For two years, she worked aboard the cruise ship QE II,

When she was 21, she formed her jazz quartet.

Discography The Waiting Game (Linn, 1992) Devil May Care (Linn, 1993) Old Boyfriends (Linn, 1994) Off Beat (Linn, 1995) Make This City Ours (Linn, 1997) Take My Heart (Linn, 1999) Perfect Alibi (Linn, 2000) Too Darn Hot! (Linn, 2002) Secret Love (Linn, 2004) Girl Talk with Mari Wilson, Barb Jungr (Linn, 2005) When Lights Are Low with Richard Rodney Bennett (Linn, 2005) He Never Mentioned Love (Remembering Shirley Horn) (Linn, 2007) A Modern Art (Linn, 2009) Witchcraft with Richard Rodney Bennett (Linn, 2011) Too Much in Love to Care with Kenny Barron (Linn, 2012) Say It Isn't So with Richard Rodney Bennett (Linn, 2013) Time & Place (Linn, 2014) We've Got a World That Swings with Ray Gelato (Linn, 2016) Bumpin' (Celebrating Wes Montgomery) with Jim Mullen (Stunt, 2018) Believin' It (Linn, 2019) Songs and Stories with Callum Au (Stunt, 2020) I Watch You Sleep (Stunt, 2023) Almost in Your Arms (Stunt, 2024)