Two-Shade, a 2009
jazz trio
A jazz trio is a group of three jazz musicians, often a piano trio comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. Jazz trios are commonly named after their leader, such as the Bill Evans Trio.
Variants and examples
Famous examples inc ...
album, is
Gerald Clayton's discographic debut as a leader, featuring long-time friends and collaborators
Joe Sanders
Joseph L. Sanders (October 26, 1896, Thayer, Kansas - May 14, 1965, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American jazz pianist, singer, and band leader associated with Kansas City jazz for most of his career.
Sanders was best known for co-leading the C ...
on
double bass
The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...
and Justin Brown on
drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
. The project was
fan-funded through
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is the internet's first commercial crowdfunding website.Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign It also operates as a record label and business model for artists which enables them to fund their proje ...
.
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
"Con Alma" is a jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie, appearing on his 1954 album ''Afro''. The tune incorporates aspects of bebop jazz and Latin rhythm, and is known for its frequent changes in key centers (occurring every two bars), while s ...
" (
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
)
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 Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...
, a critically acclaimed
jazz music
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, m ...
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
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
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
Gerald Clayton Two Shade climbing the charts
/ref> as 25th on its July 1 release.
In November 2010, Gerald Clayton was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on " The Jazz Hole" for with a focus on his ''Two-Shade'' release. -
References
{{Authority control
Jazz albums by American artists
2009 albums