TORONTO, Canada (Sept. 24, 2023). When Toronto jazz pianist Jim Clayton began live-streaming during Covid lockdowns, he was only intending to entertain family and friends. He wasn’t planning to wind up with 30,000 followers, or to exit lockdowns as a popular singer and entertainer. But life’s full of surprises. And …

Pianist/composer Jim Clayton isn’t yet a household name to jazz fans, but that is changing. The Canadian co-led the award-winning Clayton/Scott Group and spent a decade as a music director with Emmy-winning theatre company The Second City. But his major break came from his 2014 CD, Songs My Daughter Knows, …