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<p>Gerald Clayton, New York jazz pianist and son of bassist/composer John Clayton, has performed extensively with numerous outstanding musicians that include pianists Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Barron, trumpeter Clark Terry, drummer Lewis Nash, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and has studied with Shelley Berg, Kenny Barron and Billy Childs.
Gerald has received numerous awards: winner of the Music Center 2001 Spotlight Awards, the 2002 Level-1 Award by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts (NFAA), was named Presidential Scholar in the Arts and received a scholarship award from the Music for Youth Foundation, the Shelley Manne Award for emerging young artists from the Los Angeles Jazz Society, and was first runner-up in the prestigious 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.
Gerald can be heard on "Back in the Swing of Things," the latest recording by The Clayton Brothers, Diana Krall's "Christmas Songs", as well as two 2006 Grammy nominees: Diana Krall's "From This Moment On" and Roberta Gambarini's "Easy To Love".
Gerald Clayton, jazz pianist, jazz piano, New York jazz pianist, jazz musician, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Barron, Clark Terry, Lewis Nash, Roy Hargrove, The Clayton Brothers, Grammy nominee, Diana Krall, Roberta Gambarini, Billy Childs, 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Los Angeles Jazz Society, Music Center Spotlight Awards, National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, NFAA, Shelley Manne Award </p>
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