
Clark Gayton is an American multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer and musicians' rights advocate.
Biography
Born as Carver Clark Gayton Jr. to Carver Clark Gayton
and Mona Marie Lombard,
Clark Gayton is a professional musician (trombone, euphonium, tuba, sousaphone, cornet, keyboards, piano), composer and producer.
Clark studied music with
Floyd Standifer, JoAnn Christen, Curry Morrison,
Julian Priester
Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock.
Biog ...
,
Joe Brazil
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and Buddy Catlet while attending Garfield High School. After graduating from high school in 1981, Clark received a scholarship to attend the
Berklee College of Music
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, where he studied with
Phil Wilson, Tom Plsek and Tony Lada. He graduated in 1984 and moved to Oakland before moving to New York in 1987 where he lives to this day.
Since living in New York, Clark has worked and recorded with some of the finest jazz musicians in the world, such as
Charles Tolliver
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Biography
Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. Durin ...
,
Lionel Hampton
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, Wynton Marsalis and JALC,
McCoy Tyner
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,
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
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Born and raised in Washington, D ...
, the
Mingus Big Band
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,
Ted Nash and Odeon,
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel,
Michael Blake,
Brian Mitchell,
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra and
Steven Bernstein/
Henry Butler
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and the Hot 9, the
Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
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The group gave its first performance in October 1992, and gave concerts paying tribute to classic ja ...
, the
Count Basie Orchestra
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,
Clark Terry
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He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...
,
Nancy Wilson, and
Ray Charles
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.
In the early 2000s he joined the
Levon Helm
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Band and performed at Helm's Midnight Ramblers concerts.
For several decades Gayton has toured and recorded toured with
Bruce Springsteen
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, joining in 1997 as part of the
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions band. He rejoined Springsteen several years later as a regular member of his touring band, playing both trombone and sousaphone.
Clark has recorded or performed with
Prince
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,
Rihanna
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,
Brazilian Girls
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,
Steel Pulse
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,
Wyclef Jean
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,
Queen Latifah
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,
Quincy Jones
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,
Sting
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Sturgill Simpson
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,
Whitney Houston
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,
Stevie Wonder
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,
Bruno Mars
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,
Bette Midler
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,
Nora Jones,
Usher,
Steve Van Zandt
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,
Beyoncé
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Santana
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Maxwell
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,
The Skatalites
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, and
Bad Brains
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, to name a few.
Gayton is a staple on the New York City music scene often creating a regular series at local bars and clubs including the Parkside Lounge, 55Bar, Bar Lunatico and
Nublu. While he has led several bands, most notable is the Jamaican music inspired project Explorations in Dub.
Gayton has appeared in the movies ''
Malcolm X
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'', ''
Sweet and Lowdown
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'', and ''
Kansas City
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''.
Gayton's most recent TV work was playing in the burlesque band on the series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel seasons 4 and 5.
It was reported in March 2023 that Gayton had recently suffered a very serious
stroke
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. A
GoFundMe
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page was set up to help raise money for his rehabilitation.
Family influence and early music history
He is the son of Carver Clark Gayton
and Mona Marie Lombard
and is the great-grandnephew of the legendary New Orleans musician,
Manuel "Fess" Manetta.
The first two professionally trained musicians on his maternal side were Jules and Deuce Manetta who founded the Pickwick Brass Band and played cornet and trombone, respectively. Deuce, trained classically in France, was said to be the first slide trombone player in New Orleans. Valve trombone was the instrument of choice at the time. Their nephew was Manuel Manetta. He began on violin and guitar but did his first paid work as a pianist for Countess
Willie Piazza
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. He played with
Buddy Bolden
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in 1903. By 1910 he had mastered cornet, saxophone, and trombone. Manuel played at Tuxedo Hall with the Eagle band. He went to Chicago in 1913, then returned to New Orleans, played locally for five years. He went to Los Angeles in November 1919 to join
Kid Ory
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. He returned home shortly afterwards and toured as pianist for with Martels' Family Band, then played piano in
Ed Allen's Band on riverboats. He settled down in New Orleans where his versatility and musicianship enabled him to work with many bands and orchestras, including
Papa Celestin
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Life and career
Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana, to a Creole family, son o ...
's, Arnold Du Pas and
Manual Perez's, and solo work at
Lulu White
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's.
In later years he became the most renowned teacher in New Orleans. He gave occasional public appearances well into his seventies, making a specialty of playing two brass instruments simultaneously. Manuel had a sister, Olivia, who had a son, Lawrence (trombone), and three daughters: Lucille (Clark's grandmother, piano), Dolly (Adams, played all instruments, mother of Justin, Placide, and Gerry Adams), and Gladys (piano). All were born in
Algiers
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.
Discography
* Clark Gayton & Neatherealm – ''Don't Try To Question'' 1995 (Ritual, Ltd.)
* Neatherealm – ''JahMerican Jazz'' (Ritual, Ltd.)
* Clark Gayton – ''Walk the Water'' 1999 (Ritual, Ltd.)
* Clark Gayton – ''Sankofa!'' 2003 (Ritual, Ltd.)
* Clark Gayton – ''Best of Clark Gayton'' 2008 (Ritual, Ltd.)
* Clark and the SuperSlicks- "New York" 2013 (Ritual, LTD)
As sideman
* Steel Pulse Rastafarian Centennial (trombone, vocals) 1992
* Skadanks''Give Thanks'' 1994 (trombone)
* Mingus Big Band ''Que Viva Mingus'' 1997
* Dr. John ''Anotha Zone'' 1998 (trombone)
*
Cornell Campbell
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''Big Things'' (Trombone) 2000
*
Peter Salett
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''Heart of Mine'' (Trombone) 2000
*
Dennis Brown
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''Let Me Be the One'' (Trombone) 2000
*
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
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''Merryteria'' (Trombone) 2000
*
Monday Michiru
is a Japanese American singer and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990s y ...
''4 Seasons'' (Trombone, Tuba) 2001
*
Sting
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''
All This Time'' (Trombone) 2001
*
Maxwell
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People
* Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist
* Justice Maxwell (disambiguation)
* Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of N ...
''
Now
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* Na ...
'' (Trombone) 2001
*
Barney McAll
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''Release the Day'' (Trombone) 2001
* Monday Michiru ''Selections 1997–2000'' (Trombone, Tuba) 2001
* Jephte Guillaume Bourique Le 2001
*
Paul Peress ''Awakening'' (Trombone, Horn Arrangements) 2002
*
Jah Works ''Bassmentality'' (Trombone) 2002
*
Dave Stryker
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Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
''Blue to the Bone III'' (Trombone) 2002
*
Tom Jones
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*''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...
''
Mr. Jones'' (Trombone) 2002
*
Bill Mobley
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Early life and education
Mobley was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Both of his parents were musicians. Mobley learned piano, his mother's instrument, fro ...
and the Space Time Big Band ''New Light'' (Trombone, Soloist) 2002
*
John Fedchock
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Early life and education
Fedchock was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music at th ...
New York Big Band ''No Nonsense'' (Trombone) 2002
*
Queen Latifah
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''
She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits'' (Trombone, Horn Arrangements) 2002
*
Tom Browne ''Tom Browne Collection'' (Trombone) 2002
*
Gaijin à Go-Go ''Happy–55–Lucky'' (Trombone) 2003
*
Dan Zanes and Friends ''House Party'' (Tuba) 2003
*
Julia Darling ''Julia Darling'' (Trombone, Trombonium) 2003
* Cannabis Cup Band ''Live Joint'' (Trombone) 2003
*
Mýa
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Moodring
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'' (Trombone) 2003
* Sting ''
Sacred Love
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'' (Trombone) 2003
* ''
Barbershop 2: Back in Business Original Soundtrack'' (Trombone) 2004
*
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel ''
Buzz
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People
* Buzz (nickname), a list of people
* J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967; aka ''Dr. Buzz''), American forensic psychologist and journalist
Fictional characters
* Buzz, a character in the 1987 American comedy movie ...
'' (Trombone, Bass Trombone) 2004
*
Mocean Worker ''Enter the Mowo!'' (Trombone) 2004
* David Pilgrim ''Island Soul'' (Trombone) 2004
*
Brazilian Girls
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''Lazy Lover
P' (Composer, Trombone, Vocals (background)) 2004
*
Nasio ''Living in the Positive
onus Tracks
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* Bill Onus
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' (Trombone) 2004
* Brazilian Girls ''
Brazilian Girls
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'' (Composer, Trombone, Vocals (background)) 2005
*
Ted Nash – ''Espada de la Noche'' (Trombone, Tuba, Horn (Baritone)) 2005
* JJ Sansaverino ''Sunshine After Midnight'' (Trombone) 2005
*
Elvis Costello
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North
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'' (trombone) 2005
* Kerry Linder ''Sail Away With Me'' (Trombone) 2005
*
Steven Bernstein ''MTO Vol. 1'' (Trombone) 2006
* Brazilian Girls ''
Talk to La Bomb'' 2006
*
Joss Stone
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"It's a Man's World", Live (Trombone) 2006
*
Rihanna
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''
A Girl Like Me'' (Trombone) 2006
*
Charles Tolliver
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Biography
Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. Durin ...
''
With Love With Love may refer to:
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* ''With Love'' (Amanda Lear album), 2006
* ''With Love'' (Bobby Vinton album), 1974
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* '' With Love, Chér'', 1967
* ''Wi ...
'' (Trombone) 2006
*
Nasio Fontaine ''Rise Up'' (Trombone) 2007
* Duo Live ''The Color of Money'' (Trombone) 2007
*
Bad Brains
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''
Build a Nation'' (Trumpet) 2007
*
Bruce Springsteen
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''
Live in Dublin'' (Trombone, vocals) 2007
*
East Village Opera Company
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''Olde School'' (Trombone) 2008
* Brazilian Girls ''
New York City
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'' (Tuba) 2008
*
Lila Downs
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*
*) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporat ...
– ''
Shake Away'' (Trombone, valve trombone, tuba) 2008
*
Dispatch ''
Live Zimbabwe'' (Trombone) 2008
* Bruce Springsteen ''
Wrecking Ball
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'' 2012
* Glen Hansard ''Rhythm and Repose'' 2012
* Sturgil Simpson ''A Sailor's Guide to Earth'' 2014
* Bruce Springsteen ''Live in Leipzig'' (Trombone, vocals) 2013
* Lucio Kropf ''Pela Rua'' (Trombone) 2015
* Bruce Springsteen ''
Western Stars
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'' (Trombone) 2019
* Steve Slagle ''Nascentia'' 2021
* Michael Blake ''Combobulate'' (Trombone) 2022
References
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Living people
Musicians from Louisiana
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Berklee College of Music alumni
American trombonists
The Lounge Lizards members
E Street Band members
The Sessions Band members