Gerald Clayton

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Full Name	Gerald Clayton
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	May 11, 1984(1984-05-11)
Age	40
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Utrecht
Horoscope	Taurus

Gerald Clayton Biography

Gerald Clayton is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on May 11, 1984 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Grammy-nominated jazz musician who funded the album he released as bandleader Two-Shade through ArtistShare. ArtistShare platform.

He mentioned as his influences his father, Oscar Peterson, Monty Alexander, Benny Green, and He cited as influences his father, Oscar Peterson, Monty Alexander, Benny Green, and Ray Brown..

The Clayton Brothers’ Brother to Brother received a nomination in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category. Gerald Clayton plays piano on the album, which holds loosely to a theme of songs that were made famous by Thad, Hank and Elvin Jones. Clayton’s piano playing was described by Ben Ratliff of The New York Times as “[filling] up the available space” with Clayton “busying himself with prettiness and authority.” Ratliff continued, “If you’ve listened to much hard bop or mainstream jazz of the early ’60s, you might find some easygoing clichés in his playing – or maybe even an awful lot of them – but they are smoothly rendered. More important, the friendly rhetoric of this music allows them.”

He has performed and recorded with Roy Hargrove, Diana Krall, Ben Wendel, Dianne Reeves, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stephens, Kendrick Scott, Ben Williams, Terell Stafford & Dick Oatts, Michael Rodriguez, Avishai Cohen, Sachal Vasandani, Gretchen Parlato, and the Clayton Brothers Quintet. Clayton also has enjoyed an extended association since early 2013, touring and recording with saxophone legend, Charles Lloyd. 2016 marks his second year as Musical Director of the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, a project that features his trio with Ravi Coltrane, Nicolas Payton, and Raul Midón.

He was born into a musical family, with his father being bassist and bandleader He was born into a musical family, with his father being bassist and bandleader John Clayton and his uncle being multi-instrumentalist wind player Jeff Clayton. and his uncle being multi-instrumentalist wind player Jeff Clayton.

Gerald Clayton Net Worth

Gerald Clayton is one of the richest Pianist from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerald Clayton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his classical piano studies at the age of seven under the direction by Linda Buck.

He performed in the United States with The Clayton Brothers and the Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

In 2012 and 2013 Clayton received Grammy nomations for The Paris Sessions (Concord) and Life Forum (Concord). In 2010, he was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition for “Battle Circle”, which is featured on the Clayton Brothers album, New Song and Dance. In 2009, he was nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for his solo on Cole Porter’s “All of You” from his debut album, Two-Shade. His nomination competed with established jazz musicians Terence Blanchard and Roy Hargrove, with whom Clayton toured for several years.

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Facts & Trivia

Gerald Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Gerald Clayton celebrates birthday on May 11 of every year.

Top Facts about Gerald Clayton

1. Gerald William Clayton is a Dutch-born American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader.
2. He attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, USC’s Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.
3. He has performed and recorded with Roy Hargrove, Diana Krall, Ben Wendel, and other respected jazz musicians.
4. Clayton was nominated for several Grammy awards in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
5. His father is American jazz bassist John Clayton.
6. He is the musical director for the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour.
7. His playing style is described as filling up available space with prettiness and authority.
8. He has toured and recorded with saxophone legendary Charles Lloyd since 2013.
9. He studied piano with Billy Childs and Kenny Barron.
10. He has recorded with the Clayton Brothers Quintet.