For such a young man, clayton is not afraid to dive into the jazz waters with an original concept of where his music lies in the contemporary world. Pioneering vocalist jay clayton with danny oores boxophone. The project features the assembly a ninepiece band led by clayton and including. We present new, exclusive music and the hot hits for information.
Find gerald clayton discography, albums and singles on allmusic. That trio made a sparkling debut album last year, two shade, soon to be reissued on a major record label. His debut recording, two shade artistshare, earned a 2010 grammy nomination for best improvised jazz solo for his. Check out twoshade by gerald clayton on amazon music. Drummer henry cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and crosscultural rhythm in the 21st century. Clayton s piano playing was described by ben ratliff of the new york times as filling up the available space with clayton busying himself with prettiness and authority.
Two shade, a 2009 jazz trio album, is gerald clayton s discographic debut as a leader, featuring longtime friends and collaborators joe sanders on double bass and justin brown on drums. With harmonic curiosity and critical awareness, he develops musical narratives that unfold as a result of both deliberate searching and chance uncovering. The paris sessions 2012, life forum 20, and the clayton brothers the new song and dance. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. The son of bassist and composer john clayton, he has released a total of four studio albums to date, including tributary tales, twoshade, bond. Grammy nominated for jazz instrumental album and improvised jazz solo. Apr 20, 2009 gerald clayton discusses his latest artistshare project and cd release titled two shade. Two shade by gerald clayton, released in 2009 on artistshare. Pianistcomposer tributary tales out now listendownload.
I know im a tortoise and sing things about making noise well, thats ok its rap hey im not like jfk neither like the fray or trey im clayton im a tortoise i. Mar 08, 2017 two shade, a 2009 jazz trio album, is gerald clayton s discographic debut as a leader, featuring longtime friends and collaborators joe sanders on double bass and justin brown on drums. Possible related people for clayton shady include marguerite elsa boudreaux, daniel john pasquince, marie shady, raymond dale shady, gloria lorraine wight, and many others. Jazznote offers the premier jazz solo transcription service at an affordable cost for educational purposes. Rodriguez is a jazz blogger, jazz writer, jazz public radio intern and jazz history grad student.
Clayton is a less radical player than those predecessors, but his postmodern version of the tradition is highly imaginative and distinctive. At times he adapts standards, but mostly this is a program of new music that bears similar allegiances to peers like. Clayton s piano playing was described by ben ratliff of the new york times as filling up the available space with clayton. All albums by gerald clayton available to download and stream in high quality. Clayton has been found in 5 states including iowa, florida, georgia, michigan, missouri. Janice clayton in north carolina nc 22 records found. He is the son of john clayton and the nephew of jeff clayton 3. Mar 14, 2018 jazz pianist and composer gerald clayton who also holds down the piano chair in the charles lloyd quartet has captured the essence of this celebrated land, home to a unique culture and rapidly vanishing folkloric history, and preserved it in a multimedia project. Gerald grew up in a musical family his father is bassistcomposer john clayton and his uncle saxophonist jeff clayton and was exposed to a. Gerald clayton, two shade clayton s nimble piano trio delivers harddriving pieces and explosive improvisations thatll push your hifi to the limit.
A list of music industry deals from the past two weeks, including pianist gerald clayton boarding blue note records and cash money signing rapper fat yunginn. Gerald clayton searches for honest expression in every note he plays. Parlor series updated april 25, 2019 by britt robson for years now, eminent bassist john clayton has been pursuing what he calls a longstanding dream. Last night they played a smokin gig at 505 and ive uploaded two tracks that you can check out. A quarter of the age of jazz, gerald clayton stakes his claim. Ive known all these guys for years and grew up playing music with the drummer, rob turner. The paris sessions he received a third nomination in 2012 for his.
Gerald clayton life forum 320 kbps 20 resttachraro. Also a huge congratulations to john for being the youngest and. Gerald clayton studied classical piano with linda buck for eleven years starting at the age of six. He was immersed in music studies for a long time his teachers include kenny barron, billy childs and shelly berg, while gaining experience playing duo piano concerts with barron, benny green and mulgrew miller and also performing as a sideman with the legendary clark terry. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for janice clayton in north carolina nc. On our site you can to find a romance, vampire romance novels, science fiction, fantasy noves, thriller novels,mystery novels and many interesting books for free. Be it saxophone, piano, flute, or any other melodic instrument, we will accurately prepare a jazz transcription of the solo of your choice, transpose it if required and email it to you as a. Twoshade, a 2009 jazz trio album, is gerald clayton s discographic debut as a leader, featuring longtime friends and collaborators joe sanders on double bass and justin brown on drums. The tradition of jazz is alive and well in the new generation of musicians which includes gerald clayton. Clayton released his debut solo album, twoshade, in 2009, which garnered a. Jazz pianist gerald clayton inks with blue note, cash.
February 10, 2010 hes the son of a bassist, the nephew of a saxophonist, the neighbor of his bass player and the roommate of his. Live at the village vanguard hes the son of a bassist, the nephew of a saxophonist, the neighbor of his bass player and the roommate of his drummer. Clayton shady 7 public records found instant checkmate. Therell be a debut record coming out later this year which is being recorded. He is the son of bassistbandleader john clayton and the nephew of multiinstrumentalist wind player jeff clayton. This cd is so smokin hot i could slap somebody lololol. This musictheater experience features a ninepiece band led by clayton and combines music with projected film, new and archival. Bias, steven robert, nov bibbey, william hill, ian petrie, nov mier, susan helen victoria, nov sarjanen, jouni pekka, nov 2 soplones 1 perceptivity 1 eldraini 2 babic 1 medischen 1 neotion 14 bias 5 1 krepsinis 3 causes 2 kadi 1 maymun 35 ara 5 ivrea 18 petrie 5 domino 2 b. Parental advisorysome uncharacteristically explicit lyrics on this one sorry mama. It was a pleasure working with our dear friend gerald clayton on this beautiful song from john legends love in the future album. Pianistcomposer gerald clayton returns as a prominent player in a crowded smorgasbord of impassioned musicians with his latest project life forum.
Over his budding career, clayton has either been the lead or was featured on, 19 albums, won second place at the 2006 thelonius monk institute of jazz piano competition and received three grammy award nominations. Pianist gerald clayton released his debut recording for concord records, life forum, on april 2, 20. Clayton s discography includes two shade 2010, bond. Gerald clayton twoshade 2009, digipack, cd discogs. With this offering, he continues to assure listeners hes truly a forerunner of innovation and permanent fixture in todays jazz. The project features the assembly a ninepiece band led by clayton and including vocalist rene marie and tap dancer maurice chestnut. Piedmont blues is a live concert presentation led by celebrated jazz pianist composer bandleader gerald clayton that explores the essence and impact of the piedmont blues.
Gerald william clayton is a jazz pianist and composer born in utrecht, the netherlands and. Gerald clayton is the piano playing son of veteran bassist john clayton, and this is his debut recording as a leader with a trio. Check out life forum by gerald clayton on amazon music. Gerald william clayton is a jazz pianist best known for his work with roy hargrove. Downloads clayton professional car multimedia system. It is an arrangement of pianist gerald claytons song two heads one pillow. Includes full interviews with gerald and his bandmates, joe sanders and justin brown category. Gerald clayton plays piano on the album, which holds loosely to a theme of songs that were made famous by thad, hank and elvin jones. Take a look at even more movies and tv shows that were so nice they made em twice at least see the full gallery. Provided to youtube by universal music group two heads one pillow gerald clayton twoshade. Visit the project at gerald clayton discusses his latest artistshare project and cd release titled two shade.
Jazz pianist and composer born in utrecht, netherlands, and raised in southern california. If thats not enough, he has recorded more than once with. Twoshade, a 2009 jazz trio album, is gerald claytons discographic debut as a leader, featuring longtime friends and collaborators joe sanders on double. Clayton considers life forum possibly his most ambitious album to date, which is no small claim considering the artistic and commercial success of two shade, his grammynominated 2009 debut album, followed by the equally acclaimed 2011 also grammynominated bond. I havent heard the cd, but i just heard gerald clayton s trio live at the caramoor jazz festival in katonah, ny and was compelled to look up his album on amazon. We have 7 records for clayton shady ranging in age from 32 years old to 1 years old.
Apr 25, 2019 gerald clayton trio of the new generation of jazz pianists to arrive after brad mehldau, jason moran and vijay iyer, gerald clayton has generated the biggest buzz on the street. Two shade decca uk, 2009 gerald clayton was born on may 11, 1984 in utrecht, the netherlands and moved to the united states at a young age. This 12song set combines clayton s highly skilled trio members, bassist joe sanders and drummer justin brown with saxophonists logan richardson and. And at the age of 25 his bandmates hover around there, too clayton made his debut. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. Jazz solo for his solo on cole porters all of you from his debut album, twoshade. Gerald clayton isnt like the average young jazz musician.
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