Britain’s leading female jazz singer, Claire Martin, presents an acerbic look at what it takes to be a jazz musician in the celebrity-obsessed 21st c. Presented with a cool-edge and tinged with a touch of irony and razor-sharp wit, the original and contemporary songs on 'A Modern Art' are Ms. Martin’s take on ‘new’ jazz classics, all the while tackling the thorny subject of jazz as a contemporary art form rooted in tradition yet relevant and vibrant as ever. Known as The First Lady of British Jazz, Claire Martin has previously won Best Vocalist at the British Jazz Awards on six separate occasions.