{"id":10805,"date":"2016-08-02T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T07:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10805"},"modified":"2013-06-27T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:16:27","slug":"gerald-clayton-life-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10805","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Clayton &#8211; Life Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist Gerald Clayton\u2019s debut recording for Concord Jazz titled Life Forum is a meaningful musical exchange that features him with trio members bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown. Saxophonists Logan Richardson, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, vocalists Gretchen Parlato, Sachal Vasandani and poet Carl Hancock Rux round out the ensemble. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVpDjaQ0j4c?feature=player_detailpage\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The set opens with Rux\u2019s spoken word performance of Life Forum which provides the foundation for \u201cFuture Reflection.\u201d This song features Clayton\u2019s diverse pianism and Parlato\/Vasandani\u2019s vocalese over the horn players and Clayton. Gerald Clayton\u2019s stellar performance justifies his triple GRAMMY nominations as a bandleader\/composer but also reflects his penchant for larger ensembles that detail his compositional integrity. <\/p>\n<p>Life Forum is a masterwork by a highly talented young pianist\/composer whose extensive repertoire is sure to please for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Reprinted with permission of&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" alt=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/sotjlogo.gif\" width=\"470\" height=\"70\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist Gerald Clayton\u2019s debut recording for Concord Jazz titled Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10921,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805\/revisions\/10921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}