Clayton hamilton biography inspired
- Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Biography.
- Inspired by Gene Krupa, Hamilton began drumming at age eight and later honed his craft under John Von Ohlen while attending Indiana University.
- The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra is unusual in that it has three leaders: drummer Jeff Hamilton, altoist Jeff Clayton, and bassist John Clayton.
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Jeff Hamilton Jazz Drummer
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Live at MCG
By Don Henke
One thing is sure when you get a Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra album. You’ll hear some of the swingingest big band jazz around. If it’s done live, it will be even better because an audience naturally inspires musicians to turn it up a notch. On this CD, recorded live at the Manchester Craftsmen Guild in Pittsburgh in May of last year, those rules apply.
The set leads off with a hard-driving arrangement of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia”. Ricky Woodward’s tenor saxophone charges through the entire piece, inspired by the band behind him. He plays the head at a moderate tempo but soon is off and running, as is the band. Horace Silver’s “Jody Grind”, conversely, is taken at a slower, more bluesy pace. Woodward takes the first solo, again tearing through but within the confines of the chart. Trombonist Ryan Porter is up next, with a lot of growl. Co-founder Jeff Hamilton then plays a couple of drum breaks with his usual ease as the tun
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Biography Diana Krall & The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Diana Krall
Some music is intended to paint a romantic scene – a candlelit dinner, a walk along a moonlit beach. Quiet Nights – Diana Krall’s twelfth album – ain’t about that. Using Brazil as a musical point of reference, the award-winning pianist and singer is not suggesting a night out; she means to stay in.
“It's not coy. It's not ‘peel me a grape,’ little girl stuff. I feel this album’s very womanly – like you're lying next to your lover in bed whispering this in their ear.”
She’s not kidding. From Krall’s refreshing version of “Where or When,” to an utterly soul-stilling rendition of “You’re My Thrill,” the ten songs on Quiet Nights are disarming in their intimacy. Even those already familiar with the breathy vocals and rhythmic lilt in Krall’s music – and now there are millions – will be taken aback by just how far the music pushes, unabashedly, into the realm of sweet surrender. “It’s a sensual, downright erotic record and it's intended to be that way.”
Krall is the first to credit the musical
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The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
AND SO IT GOES
This album was years in the making and it’s a pleasure to present it to you, our listeners. It represents the laughter, thoughts, hours of discussion and experimenting, choking back of tears and just swinging hard for the sake of it, that exists in our band. I think you’ll hear some of the most intensely raw playing that this ensemble has ever done. The music covers the spectrum of colors and emotions from “letting it all hang out” (ok—I’m dating myself) to the more personal and introvertive perspective on the music.
Jeff Hamilton shines—he always does—as a player and composer. But this time he has brought some of his magical “red sparkle,” evidently left over from his pre-teen drum set.
One of my favorite tunes, BUHAINA, BUHAINA, was written by Ray Brown to feature Jeff in Ray’s trio. This definitely has that red sparkle all over it.
One could take a page out of Milt Jackson’s philosophy that if you want to be featured, contribute a tune that let’s you strut your stuff. Our bassist, Jon Hamar, did just that and the resu
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