Notifications

No notifications
Load more
We will send an invite after you submit!
In memory of

Jay Clayton

New Paltz
October 28, 1941 - December 31, 2023
Oct 28, 1941 - Dec 31, 2023
  • Helping hands

    In lieu of flowers

    Please consider a donation to Help with postmortem family support.
    Learn more & giveRight arrow
  • Help keep everyone in the know by sharing this memorial website.

More

About

Memories

Give

Obituary

Events

Timeline

Favorites

More

More

About

Memories

Give

Obituary

Events

Timeline

Favorites

More

Memories & condolences

Tell story Tell story (selected)

Story

 Give condolences Give condolences (selected)

Condolence
Year (Optional)
Location (Optional)
Caption
YouTube/Facebook/Vimeo Link
Caption
Who is in this photo?
Or start with a template for inspiration
Cancel
By posting this memory, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Notice.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
More Birthday Celebrations 💖
New York, NY, USA
More Birthday Celebrations 💖 — with Jay, Kendra Shank and Lauren Stephen
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Kendra Shank
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Birthday Celebration - Happy …
Birthday Celebration - Happy Heavenly Birthday Jay💖 — with Jay, Dejha Colantuono and Lauren Stephen
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Kingston, NY, USA
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Kendra Shank
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Helping hands

In lieu of flowers

Please consider a donation to Help with postmortem family support.
$1,150.00
total raised
Learn more & giveRight arrow
The beautiful Jay Clayton is …
New York, NY, USA
The beautiful Jay Clayton is in my Loving thoughts today on her first Heavenly Birthday — with Jay Clayton & Teri Roiger
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Jay's 80th birthday celebrati…
2021, Brattleboro, VT, USA
Jay's 80th birthday celebration at the VT Jazz Center — with Jay Clayton and Kris Adams
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 3
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Teri Roiger
Red heart Kendra Shank
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Showing her infamous list!
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Showing her infamous list!
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Jean Ramirez
Red heart
Close
Working her magic!
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Working her magic!
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Visiting the castle in town
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Visiting the castle in town
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Performing at the bar
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Performing at the bar
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
At the workshop concert after…
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
At the workshop concert after party
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Jay relaxing at the pool afte…
2022, Morsasco, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Jay relaxing at the pool after a day of leading our workshop
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Shared a heart Red heart
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 0
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart
Close
My cousin Mike Nock was visiting NY and took me recently arrived from New Zealand to hear music at Kansas City club. There in the dark I fell into the laps of Jay and Frank Clayton! We all lived in Soho .. and I became firm friends of the family .. 
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 0
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart
Close
Poster for Brunch
1978, Greenwich Village, New York, NY, USA
Poster for Brunch — with Jay
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon 5
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Comments:
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
Yehudit Lieberman
April 13, 2024, 5:37 p.m. EDT
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
I never met Jay in person, but I studied with her online for several years. I first met her in an online workshop on free singing, which I took through the Jazzschool in Berkeley. She told us about her weekly zoom classes on jazz standards and free singing, and I started attending regularly. I learned so much in her jazz standards class, both directly from her feedback to me and from her work with the other students. I loved her warm personality, her humor, and her way of giving feedback in a loving and positive way. I enjoyed participating in her zoom concerts. Once this site started, I was happy to see the names of a couple of the people I got to know through her classes who lived close enough to visit her in person and help with her care. I always hoped I would have a chance to come east and meet Jay in person, but of course, that is not to be.
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
I first saw Jay sing with Quartett at the Kool Jazz Festival near Seattle in 1982.  I was twelve years old.  My older brother was fifteen and he bought the tickets.  We were there to hear Maynard Ferguson!  Quartett came on early in the day.  We listened attentively to the new music.  Interesting.  I heard Quartett again at the Bellevue Jazz Festival two years later.  Jay sang with Don Lanphere and would sit in with Bobby McFerrin.  I still remember her first words to me when I started studying at the Cornish College.  I was sitting in a desk chair in the hallway.  Jay walks towards us with her hands full.  She had a cup of soup.  I offered her the desk chair.  She says, let me sit there, I'm older than you.
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Close
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 3
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Jean Ramirez
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
A wonderful concert led by Ja…
2022, Kingston, NY, USA
A wonderful concert led by Jay. ❤️
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon 1
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Comments:
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 0
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart
Close
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Close
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 2
Speech bubble icon 1
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Close
Comments:
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 3
Speech bubble icon 1
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart Cathy Segal-Garcia
Red heart
Red heart Judy Niemack
Close
Comments:
  • Please make sure you've written a comment before it can be published. If you prefer to remove your comment, you can delete it.
  • Sorry, we had some trouble updating your comment.
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Close
Outline of a red heart indicating that you can add a heart to this memory by clicking on the heart icon 1
Speech bubble icon
Facebook button
Red heart Dejha Colantuono
Red heart
Close

Want to see more?

Get notified when new photos, stories and other important updates are shared.
Your Email

Get grief support

Connect with others in a formal or informal capacity.
View grief support Right arrow

Recent contributions

$150.00
lynn anderson
$75.00
Bobby List
$25.00
Margaret Slovak
See all contributionsRight arrow
Helping hands

In lieu of flowers

Please consider a donation to Help with postmortem family support.
$1,150.00
total raised
Learn more & giveRight arrow

Recent contributions

$150.00
lynn anderson
$75.00
Bobby List
$25.00
Margaret Slovak
See all contributionsRight arrow

Recent contributions

$150.00
lynn anderson
$75.00
Bobby List
$25.00
Margaret Slovak
See all contributionsRight arrow
Created with love by Dejha Colantuono (Jay's daughter), Dov Clayton and Katie Bull.
flag icon Report memorial
×

Stay in the loop

Jay Clayton