Two unique emerging artists step out at the Litchfield Jazz Festival, the climax of a four-week jazz camp in Kent, Conn. Each is a joy and the transition is sweet. Pianist Gerald Clayton is so deft, he can turn a piece of music inside-out without making a single cut. His trio offers two originals — one by his drummer — with "Con Alma," a Dizzy Gillespie classic, in the middle. They rework it, of course.
Photo: Fran Kaufman / Freddy "Huevito" Lobatón is a zapateo shoe-dancer extraordinaire.
The son of bassist John Clayton, Gerald Clayton spent his early years learning Oscar Peterson records, and at 26, he's both solidly grounded and highly individual. He'll find a morsel in a tune and turn it over and over, always keeping a flow. Then, on a dime, he can shift to an exhilarating, satisfying shout chorus. One of his solos from the 2009 album Two-Shade was Grammy-nominated.
The son of bassist John Clayton, Gerald Clayton spent his early years learning Oscar Peterson records, and at 26, he's both solidly grounded and highly individual. He'll find a morsel in a tune and turn it over and over, always keeping a flow. Then, on a dime, he can shift to an exhilarating, satisfying shout chorus. One of his solos from the 2009 album Two-Shade was Grammy-nominated.
Both bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown studied at the Brubeck Institute in California, and among the three, there are at least four more alma maters — USC, the Monk Institute and the Juilliard and Manhattan Schools of Music.
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