... Terence Blanchard, soloist Track from: Watts (Jeff Tain" Watts) [Dark Key Music] * All Of You GeraldClayton, soloist Track from: Two-Shade [ArtistShare] * Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey Roy Hargrove, soloist Track from: Emergence [Groovin' High/Emarcy] * On Green Dolphin Street Martial Solal, soloist Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard [CamJazz] * Villa Palmeras Miguel Zenón,...
... drummer can handle Iyer's geometric puzzles and also swing like mad in a straightahead vein with GeraldClayton on Two-Shade , which easily makes my Top Ten list of 2009 (as does Iyer's Historicity — more on that later). Seriously, you must hear Clayton's arrangement and solo on "All of You." That's all I'm going to say. One more thing on the Iyer preview: H-Prizm...
Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from more than 50 applications to participate in the fifth annual SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop. Under the leadership of pianist/educator/composer Marcus Roberts, the esteemed clinicians of SWING CENTRAL include Jeff Clayton, Wycliffe Gordon, Jim Ketch, Marcus Printup, John Clayton,...
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , November 2009: GeraldClayton , Two-Shade (ArtistShare) Graham Dechter , Right On Time (Capri) Anne Drummond , Like Water (ObliqSound) Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet , Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts) Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID , This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi Recordings) Miguel Zenón , Esta Plena...
... was because of the staunch rapport of his quartet, with the saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, the pianist GeraldClayton and the drummer Justin Brown. Mr. Williams, in his bandleading debut, had set himself up to shine.
