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's album, ''Aria 2 – New Horizon'', which reached number 5 on ''Billboard''s Top Classical Crossover Chart in 1999.

Career

Clair Marlo was born in New York City and grew up in Astoria and Flushing, Queens. She began her musical studies at the age of five with accordion, then started piano and voice at the age of nine. She had her first song published by Leeds Levy (MCA Music) at the age of 16, when she started college for composition at the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College. She studied opera with opera singer

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. Her private teachers also included

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, and John Motley. Clair holds a Bachelors Degree from Berklee College of Music (1980) in Composition with additional courses in Audio Production and Engineering. She owns the music production company Invisible Hand Productions, founded in 1995, and production companies Sotto-Voce and Building 11. Clair also owns publishing companies, Tarzana Jane and Veselica Music. Marlo has worked with many notable artists, composers, musicians, engineers and producers. Notable people Clair has worked with include

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Joe Porcaro, David Paich,

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, Abraham Laboriel Sr.,

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, played on her song "'Til They Take My Heart Away" and other songs on her album, ''Let It Go''. Marlo has produced such artists as

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(posthumously), Pat Coil, Michael Ruff, Kilauea (

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), and

. Her production of Michael Ruff's "Speaking in Melodies" for Sheffield Lab Records is an audiophile collector's item and was on Stereophile's list of "1994 Records to Die For".

Discography

Solo albums/as featured artist *''Let It Go'' (1989) *''Til They Take My Heart Away (Finyl Edits)'' *''Til They Take My Heart Away (1994 Power Tools Edit)'' *''Behaviour Self'' (1995) *''Rediscovered'' (2007) *''Trinity'' (2019) Group albums *''Liquid Amber'' (1994) *Liquid Amber – ''Adrift'' (1995) *Tairona – ''Andean Christmas'' (1996) *Vox Mundi – ''Christmas Spirit'' (1998) As producer *Pat Coil – ''Steps'' (1990) *Kilauea -'' Antigua Blue'' (1992) *Pat Coil – ''Just Ahead'' (1992) *Michael Ruff – ''Speaking in Melodies'' (1993) *Kilauea -'' Diamond Collection'' (1995) *Grant Geissman – ''In with the Out Crowd'' (1998) *Lori Barth – ''Sensuel'' (2002) As composer/songwriter *Glenn Eric – ''Glenn Eric'' (1987) *Spies – ''Music of Espionage'' (1988) *''Let it Go'' (1989) *Kilauea -'' Antigua Blue'' (1992) *''Liquid Amber'' (1994) *''Behaviour Self'' (1995) *Liquid Amber – ''Adrift'' (1995) *Tairona – ''Andean Christmas'' (1996) *Grant Geissman – ''In with the Out Crowd'' (1998) *Vox Mundi – ''Christmas Spirit'' (1998) *Mark Winkler – ''City Lights'' (1998) *Aria – ''3 CD collection'' (2004) *Red Rose – ''Good Friends'' (2004) *Neil Young – ''Living with War'' (2006) *Julia Duncan – ''The Love Lounge'' (2007) *''3 Hours of Creepy Sounds for Halloween''(2009) *Celtic Journey – ''Celtic Journey'' (2011) *Up Close Volume 8 – ''Sheffield Lab Sampler Featuring Pat Coil''

Personal life

Marlo is based out of Los Angeles, and Istria, Croatia. She has a daughter and a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marlo, Clair 1959 births Living people American people of Croatian descent American women pop singers American jazz composers Women jazz composers Berklee College of Music alumni American women singer-songwriters Record producers from New York (state) American women record producers American keyboardists American session musicians American male singer-songwriters 21st-century American women