ALBUMShort StoriesVicente Archer, Gerald Clayton & Bill Stewart
Albums by Gerald Clayton
ALBUMShort StoriesVicente Archer, Gerald Clayton & Bill Stewart
ALBUMBells On SandGerald Clayton
ALBUMTributary TalesGerald Clayton
ALBUMLife ForumGerald Clayton
ALBUMBond - The Paris SessionsGerald Clayton
ALBUMThe Strayhorn ProjectDon Braden, Gerald Clayton & Mark Rapp
ALBUMTwo-ShadeGerald Clayton
Gerald Clayton's Popular Music Videos
Guess Who I Saw Today (feat. Gerald Clayton) [Duo Version]
Samara Joy
Jaramillo Blues (For Virginia Jaramillo and Danny Johnson) [feat. Anthony Wilson & Gerald Clayton] [Live at The Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA / 2020]
Charles Lloyd
Peace Invocation
Gerald Clayton
My Ideal 1
Gerald Clayton
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Gerald Clayton Essentials
The jazz pianist is a much-praised composer and collaborator.
Artist Biography
Jazz pianist Gerald Clayton is an adept improviser and composer with a bent toward post-bop and straight-ahead jazz. The son of bassist John Clayton, he has helped to shape a number of high-profile jazz projects including albums by Diana Krall, Roy Hargrove, and Ambrose Akinmusire. His trio dates, including 2009's Two Shade and 2011's Bond: The Paris Sessions, established his reputation as a skilled composer and arranger. The latter album earned Clayton a Grammy nomination, as did 2013's Life Forum, which found him expanding his group with trumpeter Akinmusire, saxophonists Logan Richardson, and vocalist Gretchen Parlato. A larger group also performed 2017's charting Tributary Tales. More Grammy nominations arrived with 2019's Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard. Clayton's debut for Blue Note Records, the live album paved the way for his first studio date for the storied label, 2022's Bells on Sand, which featured appearances by saxophonist Charles Lloyd and others.