About Fay Victor

“Awesome, incredible, unique, overwhelming—the adjectives to describe the sheer magnificence of vocalist/poet/improviser Fay Victor could go on for days,” declares the New Haven Advocate‘s Bill Carbone. Critics have called her “restlessly creative” (Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader), “artistically complete” (Ben Ratliff, New York Times), “refreshingly outside-the-box” (Time Out New York) and “a musician and composer who is rewriting the rules of vocal jazz” (Andrew Zender, PopMatters.com).

A New York native who spent her childhood summers in Trinidad, and seven years of her adult life as a member of the renowned Dutch jazz scene, Ms. Victor has been one of the city’s most active vocalists since her return in late 2003. Since then she has collaborated with a wide variety of bandleaders, instrumentalists and fellow vocalists, including current projects with Ab Baars, the ICP Orchestra and Other Dimensions in Music. In addition to her primary group, The Fay Victor Ensemble, she also leads The Jazz Vault Project and co-leads The ExPosed Blues Duo with guitarist Anders Nilsson.

Featured Discography

Other Dimensions In Music featuring Fay Victor, Kaiso Stories (Silkheart, 2011)

Kitch Goes Home

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John Gilman Wants Tobacco

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The ExPosed Blues Duo, BARE (Greene Avenue Music, 2010)

Mood Indigo

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Mother Earth

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The Fay Victor Ensemble, The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue Music, 2009)

Joe’s Car

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Gone Fishing

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