Results for "Clark Gayton"

Clark Gayton

Born: January 18, 1963

You would be hard-pressed to identify a musician as comfortable with classical music as he is with jazz, indie rock, folk and reggae. You would be equally hard-pressed to identify a musician who can rock with Levon Helm (formerly of The Band) on weekends, fly to Istanbul for a command performance, pack the house weekly in New York at nublu, make recording sessions, wax eloquent about music history and the fundamentals of musicianship, tour with friends in support of their fledgling bands, and still find the wherewithal to record a big band piece from scratch in the remaining spare time (you must listen to the phenomenal re-recording of “Tina,Too”) … unless you happen to know Clark Gayton. Clark Gayton was born in Seattle, Washington, January 18th, 1963

Cajun Bleu

By Juliet Varnedoe

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sing High Sing Low; Old Spot; Mon Chéri; Far Away; Petite Fleur; Bon Rétablissment

Combobulate

By Michael Blake

Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Henry’s Boogaloo; Combobulate; Focus Pocus; Cuyahoga Valley; Strange Affair; Bills In The Bell; Bob The Bob; Malagasy; The Parting Glass.

Standards and My Songs

By Ron Jackson

Label: Roni Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl); Walk Fast; From Dusk To Dawn; For Pat; Moose The Mooche; This Nearly Was Mine; The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite); Will You Still Be Mine?; She Is Love; Roundabout; Time After Time

Cajun Bleu

By Juliet Varnedoe

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Mon Chéri

Cajun Blue

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Mon Chéri

Michael Blake: Combobulate

by Chris May
November 5, 2022

The instrumentation alone promises something out of the ordinary. Saxophone, two tubas, trumpet, trombone, drums. Then there are the musicians, luminaries of downtown New York jazz. Michael Blake, Bob Stewart, Marcus Rojas, Steven Bernstein, Clark Gayton, Allan Mednard. And within seconds of the needle descending on track one, side one, Combobulate starts delivering on the promise. ...

Mon Chéri

January 28, 2022

Album: Cajun Bleu
By Juliet Varnedoe
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Duration: 3:13

Juliet Varnedoe: Cajun Blue

by C. Michael Bailey
January 21, 2022

New York based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe has a plan. She has developed a New Orleans themed recording, Cajun Blue, which is to be released later this year, a collection of eight original blues and jazz songs combining the disparate influences of King Oliver Creole Band, the classical French chanson as realized by Blossom Dearie and ...

Eddie Who: Michael Blake's Tribute to Eddie Harris

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 20, 2020

The latest project by veteran saxophonist Michael Blake and his long-time collaborators Clark Gayton on trombone and Tony Mason on drums is a heart-felt tribute to the legendary Eddie Harris. This mixtape features five tunes by Eddie Harris cherry-picked by Michael Blake mixed with music by Michael Blake selected by Mondo Jazz.