Clare Teal

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Clare Teal (born May 14, 1973 near Skipton in Yorkshire ) is a British jazz singer and radio presenter who became known not only for her voice, but also for having signed the highest-paid record deal for a British jazz singer with Sony Jazz .

Live and act

Teal grew up in North Yorkshire . Inspired by her father's record collection, she began to be interested in jazz and especially big band singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Loss at a young age . She took music lessons and learned to play the piano , electronic organ and clarinet before starting her music studies at the University of Wolverhampton . One day during her student days she was to be unexpectedly examined, but did not have her clarinet with her. She chose to sing instead and got a very good rating for it. She also realized that she liked to sing in front of an audience. After graduating, she started working in the advertising industry, writing advertising jingles that she recorded herself. In her spare time she performed as a singer in amateur and semi-professional bands.

Teal's musical career began when she replaced Stacey Kent at a festival in Llandrindod Wells . The appearance was followed by further engagements in smaller jazz bands and numerous demo recordings, which in 2001 finally led to a recording contract with the independent label Candid Records . This was followed by three jazz albums on Candid, which made Clare Teal known to a wider audience. The well-known British talk show host Sir Michael Parkinson played a special role in this. He played numerous titles by Clare Taels on his BBC radio 2 show Parkinson's Sunday Supplement and had them appear on his talk show Parkinson .

After three albums on Candid Records with Sony Jazz, Teal signed the highest-value record deal for a British jazz singer. The first album on Sony , “Don't Talk” was released in 2004 and became her final musical breakthrough. It reached number 1 on the UK jazz charts and number 20 on the UK album charts. While many of their recordings are jazz standards , earlier albums also contain their own tracks and even covers of tracks that came about after the swing era.

Between 2005 and 2009 Teal hosted Big Band Special on BBC Radio 2 . Since 2009 she has presented her own The Swing & Big Band show there .

Prizes and awards

In 2005, 2007 and 2017 she was voted "Jazz Vocalist of the Year" at the British Jazz Awards ; In 2006 she was named "BBC Jazz Vocalist of the Year".

Awards (selection)
  • 2004: Deacons Award of the Marlborough Jazz Festival - Best Live Performer
  • 2004: Yorkshire Awards - Arts and Personality Award
  • 2004: Yorkshire Young Achievers Award - Achievement in Arts Award
  • 2005: British Jazz Awards - Jazz Vocalist of the Year
  • 2005: Deacons Award from the Marlborough Jazz Festival - Best Live Performer
  • 2006: BBC Jazz Awards - BBC Jazz Vocalist of the Year
  • 2007: British Jazz Awards - Jazz Vocalist of the Year

Discography

  • Nice Work (1995)
  • Messin 'with Fire (2000)
  • That's the Way It Is (2001)
  • Orsino's Songs (2002)
  • The Road Less Traveled (2003)
  • Don't Talk (2004)
  • Paradisi Carousel (2007)
  • Get Happy (2008)
  • Live at the Ebenezer Chapel (2009)
  • Hey Ho (2011)
  • In Good Company (feat. Pee Wee Ellis), Clare Teal & Grant Windsor (2014)
  • Twelve O'Clock Tales (2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clare Teal Biography . On: BBC Radio 2, accessed September 28, 2008.
  2. ↑ a b c d Celia Dodd: Into a New Groove . In: The Times . May 12, 2007.
  3. ↑ a b Alex Kasriel: Jazz singer leaves it late . In: This Is Local London . August 16, 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Teal, Clare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH near Skipton , UK