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CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA With special guests GERALD CLAYTON TRIO Premiering John Clayton’s STORIES OF A GROOVE: CONCEPTION, EVOLUTION, CELEBRATION
Commissioned by The Monterey Jazz Festival 2017
SATURDAY NIGHT, September 17, 2017, 7:30pm
John Clayton, conductor;
STORIES OF A GROOVE : CONCEPTION, EVOLUTION, CELEBRATION
I. STORIES OF A GROOVE (pg 1)
II. TIDAL WAVE (pg 19)
III. IT WILL BE JUST – US (pg 30)
IV. SLOW BURN, BABY BURN – AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING (pg 31)
V. ACID FREE (pg 37)
VI. PEN PEN ULTIMATE (pg 43)
VII. PRAYER TO CLEANSE (pg 51)
VIII. CELEBRATE! (pg 55)
The Gerald Clayton Trio
Gerald Clayton – Piano
Joe Sanders – Bass
Obed Calvaire – Drums
The Clayton – Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Musicians
Jeff Hamilton – Drums / Gong – Hammer
Jeff Clayton – Alto Sax 1
- https://jeffclaytonmusic.com
- 1st Clayton to play at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Capp-Pierce Juggernaut (1986)
- Bio from Jeff Clayton Website:
Keith Fiddmont – Alto Sax 2 / Clarinet in Bb
- Credits – https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-fiddmont-mn0000078876/credits
- Santa Monica College Faculty:Jazz Studies, Jazz in American Culture, Jazz Ensemble
Rickey Woodard – Tenor Sax 1 / Clarinet in Bb
Charles Owens – Tenor Sax 2 / Clarinet in Bb
Lee Callet – Bari Sax / Bass Clarinet in Bb
Bijon Watson – Trumpet 1 (bucket, harmon)
Jamie Hovorka – Trumpet 2 (bucket, harmon)
Kye Palmer – Trumpet 3 (bucket, harmon)
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kyle-palmer-mn0000778126
- Kye Palmer trumpet solo on Angel Eyes
- CSU Long Beach
Gilbert Castellanos – Trumpet 4 (bucket, harmon)
James Ford – Trumpet 5 (bucket, harmon)
Ira Nepus – Trombone 1 (bucket) –
George Bohanon – Trombone 2 (bucket)
Ryan Porter – Trombone 3 (bucket)
Maurice Spears – Trombone 4 (bucket)
Graham Dechter – Guitar
Tamir Hendelman – Piano / Rhodes / Keybd(Church Organ, Marimba, Clavinet)
Christoph Luty – Bass
Jessica Ragsdale – Gong. Jessica Ragsdale is also the Librarian and Assistant for the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.