With a captivating voice and crowd-pleasing repertoire, Clairdee is well known to patrons of San Francisco’s jazz clubs. This month, though, the American jazz vocalist is taking a break from her regular circuit and moonlighting at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.

Born Barbara Clairdee in Tucson, Arizona, Clairdee spent her early years in Denver, Colorado, before settling down in San Francisco.

With three highly praised albums to her credit, including “Music Moves” and “Destination Moon”, Clairdee is currently working on her newest recording, “A Love Letter to Lena Horne.”

When she’s not in studio or performing at her regular clubs, she tours the world, and has sung with symphony pop orchestras and big bands, and shared the stage with artists as diverse as Bucky Pizzarelli, Boz Scaggs, David Sanborn, Dick Hyman, Houston Person and the late, great Etta James.

“It has become a tradition for the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit to bring the finest jazz to Bangkok,” the hotel’s general manager Richard Chapman tells Explore.

The venue for the jazz is the Living Room, a dimly lit bar on the second floor that oozes with speakeasy ambience. In September, the comfortable chairs and café tables were packed every night as jazz fans came to enjoy the dulcet tones of Lezlie Harrison, an American vocalist from New York.

Anna Mjoll, Iceland’s coolest jazz singer, was supposed to perform in October but her residency was put on hold as Thailand went into deep mourning for His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

With entertainment once again permitted, Clairdee is now performing at The Living Room, giving her all through a sparkling repertoire of her own songs and jazz classics.

As ever, she is being backed by the Randy Cannon Group featuring Cannon on piano, Willard Dyson on drums and Therdsak Wongvichien on bass.

Located in downtown Bangkok, |the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit is a short walk from Asok BTS and Sukhumvit MRT stations.

SOFTLY AFTER DARK

< Clairdee and the Randy Cannon Group perform Tuesday to Thursday from 9.15pm and on Friday and Saturday from 8.45pm.