Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Dies at 82

Jay Clayton, a singer whose six-decade career encompassed freewheeling improvisation, lyrical songs and poetry, and the prescient use of electronics, died on Dec. 31 at her home in New Paltz, N.Y. She was 82. Her daughter, Dejha Colantuono, said the cause was small-cell lung cancer. Ms. Clayton…

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