With her unmistakable timbre, Fay Claassen is one of the great female voices of European jazz. In a career spanning more than two decades she has won numerous prizes, including the Edison Jazz/World, the Jazzism Audience Prize, the Chet Baker Award and the prestigious German Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Ze performed with orchestras such as the WDR Big Band and the Metropole Orchestra and collaborated with jazz legends such as Toots Thielemans, Mike Stern, Paquito D'Rivera, Bob Brookmeyer, Vince Mendoza and Michael Abene.