Clayton began his bass career in elementary school playing in strings class, junior orchestra, high school jazz band, orchestra, and soul/R&B groups. In 1969, at the age of 16, he enrolled in Ray Brown’s jazz class at UCLA, beginning a close relationship that lasted more than three decades.[2] Three years later, he was bassist on the Henry Mancini's television series The Mancini Generation.[2] In 1975, he graduated from Indiana University School of Music with a degree in bass performance.
He has been Artistic Director for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Sarasota Jazz Festival, Santa Fe Jazz Party, Jazz Port Townsend Summer Workshop, Jazz at Centrum[3] and Vail Jazz Workshop. From 1999 to 2001, he was the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic program at the Hollywood Bowl. He conducted the All-Alaska Jazz Band. He has taught at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and has served as president of the International Society of Bassists.
In 2006, his son Gerald Clayton came in second at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.
Awardsedit
In 2007, Clayton won a Grammy Award for Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the song "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" by Queen Latifah. In December 2009, Brother to Brother by the Clayton Brothers received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
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This article is about the bassist For other persons with the same name see John Clayton disambiguation This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources John Clayton bassist news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Lee Clayton Jr born August 20 1952 1 is an American jazz musician classical double bassist arranger and composer John ClaytonClayton in Rotterdam with Trijntje OosterhuisBackground informationBirth nameJohn Lee Clayton Jr Born 1952 08 20 August 20 1952 age 71 Venice California U S GenresJazz swing classicalOccupation s Musician arranger composerInstrument s Double bassYears active1980s presentWebsitejohnclaytonjazz wbr com He is the father of pianist Gerald Clayton and the brother of saxophonist Jeff Clayton with whom he formed The Clayton Brothers and The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hamilton Contents 1 Music 2 Awards 3 Discography 3 1 As leader or co leader 3 2 As guest 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksMusic edit nbsp Clayton with trombonist Jiggs Wigham in 1989Clayton began his bass career in elementary school playing in strings class junior orchestra high school jazz band orchestra and soul R amp B groups In 1969 at the age of 16 he enrolled in Ray Brown s jazz class at UCLA beginning a close relationship that lasted more than three decades 2 Three years later he was bassist on the Henry Mancini s television series The Mancini Generation 2 In 1975 he graduated from Indiana University School of Music with a degree in bass performance He went on to tour with the Monty Alexander Trio and the Count Basie Orchestra before taking the position of principal bass in the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam Netherlands 2 After five years he returned to the U S for a break from the classical genre and in 1985 co founded the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with his brother saxophonist Jeff Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton 2 He also performed in a duo as the Clayton Brothers with musicians such as Bill Cunliffe and Terell Stafford He has been Artistic Director for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Sarasota Jazz Festival Santa Fe Jazz Party Jazz Port Townsend Summer Workshop Jazz at Centrum 3 and Vail Jazz Workshop From 1999 to 2001 he was the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic program at the Hollywood Bowl He conducted the All Alaska Jazz Band He has taught at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and has served as president of the International Society of Bassists He has composed and arranged for The Count Basie Orchestra Diana Krall Whitney Houston Carmen McRae Nancy Wilson Joe Williams Ernestine Anderson Quincy Jones Dee Dee Bridgewater Natalie Cole Till Bronner and The Tonight Show Band In 2006 his son Gerald Clayton came in second at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Awards editIn 2007 Clayton won a Grammy Award for Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist s for the song I m Gonna Live Till I Die by Queen Latifah In December 2009 Brother to Brother by the Clayton Brothers received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group Discography editAs leader or co leader edit With The Clayton Brothers 1991 The Music 1997 Expressions 2000 Siblingity 2005 Back in the Swing of Things 2008 Brother to BrotherWith Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 1990 Groove Shop 1991 Heart and Soul 1995 Absolutely 1999 Explosive with Milt Jackson 2000 Shout Me Out 2005 Live at MCG 2009 Charles Aznavour amp The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 2011 Sundays in New York with Trijntje OosterhuisAs guest edit With Monty Alexander 1976 Live Montreux 1983 Reunion in Europe 1983 The Duke Ellington Songbook 1985 The River Monty 1986 Li l DarlinWith Milt Jackson 1977 Soul Fusion 1993 Reverence and Compassion 1988 Bebop 1994 The Prophet SpeaksWith Diana Krall 1993 Stepping Out 1999 When I Look in Your Eyes 2004 The Girl in the Other Room 2005 Christmas Songs 2006 From This Moment On 2009 Quiet Nights 2020 This Dream of YouWith others 1978 Live in Japan 78 Count Basie 1979 Get Together Count Basie 1982 Indiana Jeff Hamilton 1985 A Gentleman and His Music Benny Carter 1987 Spontaneous Combustion Barney Kessel 1988 Isn t It Romantic Michael Feinstein 1988 Rockin L A Jimmy Witherspoon 1988 Show Tunes Rosemary Clooney 1989 Boogie Down Ernestine Anderson 1989 Live at Town Hall N Y C Gene Harris 1989 Sings Rodgers Hart amp Hammerstein Rosemary Clooney 1989 The Jiggs Up Jiggs Whigham 1990 Plays the Benny Carter Songbook Marian McPartland 1991 The Star Spangled Banner arr Super Bowl XXV Whitney Houston 1991 Unforgettable with Love Natalie Cole 1992 In Tribute Diane Schuur 1993 A Single Woman Nina Simone 1993 A Touch of Music in the Night Michael Crawford 1993 Take a Look Natalie Cole 1993 Dream Come True Arturo Sandoval 1994 Self Portrait Carmen Lundy 1994 Super Ray Brown 1995 Afterglow Dr John 1995 New Gold Bud Shank 1995 Time After Time Etta James 1996 Bud Shank Sextet Plays Harold Arlen Bud Shank 1997 Dear Ella Dee Dee Bridgewater 1997 SuperBass Ray Brown 1997 Blue Moon Swamp John Fogerty 1998 This Christmas Ann Hampton Callaway 1998 Manilow Sings Sinatra Barry Manilow 1998 12 Songs of Christmas Etta James 2004 Renee Olstead Renee Olstead 2005 It s Time Michael Buble 2006 Before Me Gladys Knight 2006 Dear Mr Sinatra John Pizzarelli 2006 Easy to Love Roberta Gambarini 2012 Kisses on the Bottom Paul McCartney 2014 Life Journey Leon Russell 2014 The Last Southern Gentlemen Delfeayo Marsalis 2017 I Fall in Love Too Easily Katharine McPhee 4 2022 Bells On Sand Gerald ClaytonSee also editList of music arrangers List of jazz bassistsReferences edit John Clayton Oxford Reference Retrieved 20 August 2021 a b c d Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing pp 501 2 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Artistic Director John Clayton centrum org Retrieved 23 September 2018 John Clayton Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 23 September 2018 External links editOfficial site Official biography Jeff Hamilton John Clayton Interview by breakthruradio com Archived 2015 06 10 at the Wayback Machine John Clayton Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Clayton bassist amp oldid 1176968651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
