Two-Shade
Encyclopedia
Two-Shade, a 2009 jazz trio
album, is Gerald Clayton's
discographic debut as a leader, featuring long-time friends and collaborators Joe Sanders on double bass
and Justin Brown on drums. The project was fan-funded through ArtistShare
.
, a critically acclaimed jazz music website, Clayton has not only learned from the great Jazz masters, but embodies their spirit and language. The review characterized the results "not only stunning but fresh, original and distinctly the music of today", proclaiming him "a leader of the new generation of young Jazz musicians". In a New York Times album review, he was found to display qualities of "a grand and amiable virtuosity", along with "unusual polish and self-assurance". A 90% rating was awarded by specialist website Jazz.com for this "must-hear debut release" on which "Clayton's apparent skills as a composer foreshadow the impact that he will have on jazz in the years to come". JazzWeek Radio, determining national airplay for the top-fifty jazz and smooth-jazz recordings in USA and Canada, through leading industry monitor Mediaguide, listed Two-Shade as 12th in its chart for August 10, 2009, debuting as 25th on its July 1 release.
In November 2010, Gerald Clayton was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on "The Jazz Hole" for breakthruradio.com with a focus on his Two-Shade release. - Gerald Clayton Interview by breakthruradio.com
Jazz trio
The term "piano trio" in jazz usually refers to a group comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The pianist is usually considered the leader of these trios, and trios are usually named after their pianist...
album, is Gerald Clayton's
Gerald Clayton
Gerald William Clayton is a jazz pianist and composer born in Utrecht, Netherlands, and raised in Southern California. He is the son of bassist/bandleader John Clayton and the nephew of multi-instrumentalist wind player Jeff Clayton.-Biography:...
discographic debut as a leader, featuring long-time friends and collaborators Joe Sanders on double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
and Justin Brown on drums. The project was fan-funded through ArtistShare
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is a crowdfunding website and labelWharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulted on 10/12/2011 for musicians and other creative artists which allows them to fund their projects utilizing a "fan-funding" model to allow the general public to directly finance, watch the creative...
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Track list
- Boogablues
- Trapped In Dream
- Two Heads One Pillow
- Peace For The Moment
- All of You
- Interlude- Love All Around
- Casiotone Pothole
- One Two You
- Sunny Day Go
- Scrimmage
- Interlude- You're Out
- Con Alma
Concept
The musical concept of the album is "about taking two opposite ideas and putting them together in order to create a new sound", as "people become close minded towards music that they’ve never even listened to, because it’s classified under a certain genre".Reception
According to All About JazzAll About Jazz
All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...
, a critically acclaimed jazz music website, Clayton has not only learned from the great Jazz masters, but embodies their spirit and language. The review characterized the results "not only stunning but fresh, original and distinctly the music of today", proclaiming him "a leader of the new generation of young Jazz musicians". In a New York Times album review, he was found to display qualities of "a grand and amiable virtuosity", along with "unusual polish and self-assurance". A 90% rating was awarded by specialist website Jazz.com for this "must-hear debut release" on which "Clayton's apparent skills as a composer foreshadow the impact that he will have on jazz in the years to come". JazzWeek Radio, determining national airplay for the top-fifty jazz and smooth-jazz recordings in USA and Canada, through leading industry monitor Mediaguide, listed Two-Shade as 12th in its chart for August 10, 2009, debuting as 25th on its July 1 release.
In November 2010, Gerald Clayton was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on "The Jazz Hole" for breakthruradio.com with a focus on his Two-Shade release. - Gerald Clayton Interview by breakthruradio.com