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Gerald Clayton
Gerald was born on May 11, 1984 in Utrecht, The Netherlands and moved to the United States at a young age. He graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) in the summer of 2002 and received a Bachelor's of Music from the Jazz Studies program at USC in the Fall of 2006. Gerald grew up in a musical family (his father is bassist/composer John Clayton and his uncle saxophonist Jeff Clayton) and was exposed to a variety of musical styles from a very young age. He studied classical piano with Mrs. Linda Buck and jazz piano and composition with Shelly Berg, Kenny Barron and Billy Childs. Gerald was the winner of the 2001 Music Center Spotlight Awards and received the 'Outstanding Soloist' Award during the Monterey High School Jazz Competition in 2001 and 2002
Marek Śmietański's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Marek J. Śmietański
Here's a list of albums released in 2025 that left more than just a mark on my memory. For many years now, I've stopped ranking albums as “the best." Such lists usually end up being either personal favorites or, in the case of vote-based rankings, simply the most popular ones--which aren't necessarily the best. I also ...
Adam Beaudoin's 15 Favorite Albums of 2025
by Adam Beaudoin
Year-end lists are a strange creature, as conceptually absurd as they are genuinely useful. They contend to distill a year's worth of recorded music into “the very best," a laughably conceited claim for any one listener or editorial board, no matter how erudite and steeped in the music, to make. For jazz, the situation is even ...
House of the Singing Blossoms
Label: Sam First Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Triple Chase; In A Silent Way; Walk Tall; Bordertown; Because; House of the Singing
Blossoms; Blues for
Wandering Angels; Introduction & Yaqui Indian Folk Song; Le Mistral; Simple Song.
Alone
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Moments with You; Alone; Rapture; The Ice Queen; The Shadow of Your Smile;
Blues for D.P.;
Stella by Starlight;
Since I Fell for You.
Simply Me
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Down Home Blues;
Give Me One Reason;
How Glad I Am;
The Very Thought Of You;
Alright Ok, You Win;
But Beautiful;
Never Make Your Move Too Soon;
Do It Again;
We're in This Love Together / Let's Do It Again;
Simply Me.
Ones & Twos
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Angels Speak; Cinnamon Sugar; Sacrifice Culture; How Much Love?; Count M; Just Above; Lovingly; Rush; For Peace; More Always; Space Seas; Endless Tubes
Anthony Wilson: House of the Singing Blossoms
by Joshua Weiner
Guitarist Anthony Wilson is well known for his session and touring work with vocalists, including Diana Krall, Norah Jones, and Paul McCartney, as well as his time in the big band led by his father, the late trumpeter Gerald Wilson. But in the early 2000s, he also released four albums with his own nonet, sharing solo ...
Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Jakob Dreyer searched for a new sound for his third album as a leader. He has, for his previous two releases, expressed his art via the standard quartet--sax, bass, drums and piano. For Roots and things, the piano is replaced by Sasha Berliner's vibraphone, joining the leader's other new-to-the-fold sidemen, saxophonist Tivon Pennicott and drummer ...
John Scofield Combo 73 at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
John Scofield Combo 73 Miner Auditorium San Francisco November 7, 2025 Grammy-winning guitarist John Scofield returned to Miner Auditorium for a three-night residency (November 6--8) alongside Combo 73, a lively quartet featuring pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Bill Stewart. Their performance on the second night crackled with grit, ...
