Clark Gayton

Clark Gayton, 2019

Carver Clark Gayton Jr. (born January 18, 1963 in Seattle ) is an American jazz musician ( trombone , cornet , euphonium , tuba , piano ) of modern jazz .

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After graduating from high school in 1981, Gayton studied on a scholarship at the Berklee School of Music in Boston until graduation in 1984. He then moved to Oakland before working in New York City from 1987. The first jazz recordings were made in 1992 with the Bob Belden Ensemble ( Puccini's Turandot , Blue Note); since then he has played with musicians such as Charles Tolliver , Lionel Hampton , McCoy Tyner , in the Count Basie Orchestra and Duke Ellington Orchestra ( Ghost Bands ), in the Mingus Big Band , with Ted Nash , Ben Allison , in the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, with Nancy Wilson and Ray Charles . Gayton toured as a member of the Seeger Sessions Band with Bruce Springsteen ( Live in Dublin , 2007).

Gayton has also worked as a session musician on recordings for Prince , Rihanna , Steel Pulse , Wyclef Jean , Queen Latifah , Tom Jones , Quincy Jones , Sting , Whitney Houston , Stevie Wonder , Santana , The Skatalites and Bad Brains . Under his own name he recorded the album Don't Try to Question in 1993/94 , on which u. a. James Zollar , Patience Higgins , Jay Rodriguez, and Tommy Campbell performed .

In the field of jazz, Gayton was involved in 52 recording sessions between 1992 and 2015, including a. also with John Fedchock , Bobby Previte , David Binney , Peter Herborn , George Gruntz , Marty Ehrlich , Steven Bernstein , Dave Stryker and on the soundtrack of the film Kansas City . In 2018 he played in Craig Handy 's formation 2nd Line Smith . Gayton can also be heard in the soundtrack of the films Sweet and Lowdown (1999), The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and All the Beautiful Things (2014).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Clark Gayton. Smalls, February 11, 2019, accessed February 11, 2019 .
↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 11, 2019)

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SURNAME	Gayton, Clark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gayton, Jr. Carver Clark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (trombone)
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle