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ALBUM22 / 23Gerald Cleaver
Albums by Gerald Cleaver
ALBUM22 / 23Gerald Cleaver
ALBUMIn the Wilderness (feat. Brandon Lopez)Gerald Cleaver & Hprizm
ALBUMMotenFred Moten, Brandon López & Gerald Cleaver
ALBUMGriotsGerald Cleaver
ALBUMPandemic DuetsStephen Gauci & Gerald Cleaver
ALBUMSignsGerald Cleaver
ALBUMNew York Trio (feat. Jonathan Finlayson)Angelika Niescier, Christopher Tordini & Gerald Cleaver
ALBUMWhat is to Be DoneGerald Cleaver, Nels Cline & Larry Ochs
ALBUMOctagonNate Wooley, Ivo Perelman & Gerald Cleaver
ALBUMThe Art of the Improv Trio, Vol. 1Ivo Perelman, Karl Berger & Gerald Cleaver
Artist Biography
Brooklyn-based, Detroit-bred drummer/composer Gerald Cleaver is among the most agile first-call musicians on the jazz scene. Known in the Motor City as both a musician and an educator from the mid-1980s onward, his national emergence at the end of 1990s was precipitated by his participation in recordings led by Rodney Whitaker, Roscoe Mitchell, Bill McHenry, and Joe Morris. These efforts brought his powerful, detailed drumming to international attention. As a sideman, he has worked with everyone from Craig Taborn and Miroslav Vitous to Matthew Shipp and William Parker. His own dates, including Adjust (2001), Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (2007), Be It as I See It (2009), and Live at Firehouse 12 (2019), reveal a drummer whose discipline is equanimous with his appetite for taking risks. Likewise, Cleaver has also explored experimental electronic music with Signs (2020) and Griots (2021).
Hometown
Detroit, MI, United States
Genre
Jazz