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John Clayton
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John Clayton is a natural born multitasker. The multiple roles in which he excels—composer, arranger, conductor, producer, educator, and yes, extraordinary bassist—garner him a number of challenging assignments and commissions. With a Grammy on his shelf and eight additional nominations, artists such as Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, McCoy Tyner, Milt Jackson, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gladys Knight, Dr. John, Queen Latifah, and Charles Aznevour vie for a spot on his crowded calendar.
He began his bass career in elementary school playing in strings class, junior orchestra, high school jazz band, orchestra, and soul/R&B groups. In 1969, at the age of 16, he enrolled in bassist Ray Brown's jazz class at UCLA, beginning a close relationship that lasted more than three decades. After graduating from Indiana University's School of Music with a degree in bass performance in 1975, he toured with the Monty Alexander Trio (1975-77), the Count Basie Orchestra (1977-79), and settled in as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam, Netherlands (1980-85). He was also a bass instructor at The Royal Conservatory, The Hague, Holland from 1980-83.
Paul Marinaro: Mood Ellington
by Pierre Giroux
Paul Marinaro's Mood Ellington is an ambitious, carefully crafted double CD that regards Duke Ellington's vocal repertoire not as a fixed monument but as a living collection of work capable of endless renewal. Instead of relying on a single arranging perspective, Marinaro commissioned thirteen renowned composers, allowing Ellington's songs to be explored through multiple aesthetic lenses ...
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.
Naptown Sound
By Steve Allee
Label: Jazzville Studios
Released: 2025
Track listing: Full House; Twins; Spang a Lang; Cookin' at the Kitchen; Naptown Nights; Wes at
the Turf; Hubbub; Friends; Zebra II.
Danhomey Songs
Label: Very Good Music & Fanphant Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Legba; Guédé Houssou; 3. Midougbé Kpowoun;
Zangbèto; Kpérékou; Gbèto; Bachiana Africana;
Lonmin; Chocho.
New Jazz Standards, Volume 7
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: August in New York; High on Blueberry Pie; Theme for Jobim; Feels Like Home; Is That Asking
Too Much?; Looking at You; I Need a Dream; Sweet Talk; You’re So Cute; Do Be Do Be Do;
Alone; Can You Dig Being Dug?; Always in My Heart; Minute Waltz.
Branford Marsalis, Eric Scott Reed, Artemis, Jeremy Pelt and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntje, Marianne Solivan, Thomas Marriott, Mitch Towne, Paul Hecht, Lorraine Feather, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, John Clayton, Ellie Martin, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, Artemis, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Caili O'Doherty, Max Leake, Judy Wexler, Liz Cole, Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch, Willie ...
Nicolas Genest: Danhomey Songs
by Fran Kursztejn
Danhomey Songs is French-Beninese trumpeter Nicolas Genest's first record as leader since 2015. Despite a voraciously prolific career working with just about every Francophone master working today, but specifically under the tutelage of Aldo Romano and Henri Texier, he has only produced a handful of recordings as bandleader. Perhaps it is the personages he usually finds ...
Joe Farnsworth, Sam Dillon, Etienne Charles, Cory Weeds and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Joe Farnsworth, Sam Dillon, Etienne Charles, Tyreek McDole, Cory Weeds, Sarah Wilson, Peter Lin & AAPI Jazz Collective, Ola Annabel/Nicolas Meier, NYO Jazz, Jimme Greene, Jordan VanHemert, Alan Broadbent, Antonio Adolfo, Anaïs Reno, Dave Anderson, Gabriel Latchin, Danny Grissett, Atlantic Jazz Collective, Gregory Tady, Greg Murphy, John Clayton, Nicole Glover, ...
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with John Pizzarelli at the 92NY Jazz in July
by Paul Reynolds
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with John Pizzarelli Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92NY Jazz in July New York, NY July 15, 2025 What's the perfect jazz concert for a sultry summer night? If short and swinging (and air conditioned) is your answer, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra delivered the goods ...
