User:S13091302/约翰·克莱顿
约翰·李·克莱顿(英語:John Lee Clayton,1952年8月20日-)[1] 是一位美國貝斯手﹑作曲家及音樂製作人。他是薩克斯風手傑夫·克萊頓 (Jeff Clayton)的哥哥和爵士鋼琴家傑洛·克雷頓 (Gerald Clayton)的父親。他在2007年和2009年分別因拉蒂法皇后歌曲《I'm Gonna Live Till I Die》作編曲以及克莱顿兩兄弟的作品《Brother to Brother》取得兩次葛萊美獎 ,他最著名的搖擺爵士單曲作品為《The Walking Bass》。
音樂生涯
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克萊頓從小學已經開始學習彈奏貝斯,曾參與多組青少年樂隊的演奏。1969 年,16 歲的他報名參加了加州大學洛杉磯分校的爵士樂課程。三年後,他在音樂家亨利·曼奇尼的電視劇《曼奇尼一代》中的配樂樂隊擔任貝斯手。 1975年,他在印第安納大學音樂學院畢業,並獲得貝斯演奏文憑。
不久,他參與蒙蒂·亞歷山大三重奏組和鋼琴家貝西伯爵(Count Basie)的管弦樂團的巡演,然後在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹的阿姆斯特丹愛樂樂團擔任首席貝斯樂手。 五年後,他回到美國,並於1985 年與他的兄弟共同創立了克萊頓·漢密爾頓爵士樂團(Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra),為貝西伯爵、戴安娜·克拉爾(Diana Krall)、惠特尼·侯斯頓(Whitney Houston)等多位音樂人作曲和編曲,並擔任多個大型爵士音樂工作坊的藝術總監及國際貝斯手協會主席。
至今,他仍然在爵士音樂界表現活躍,在社交媒體上推出大量貝斯技巧的教學片段,指導青年樂手。
音樂作品專輯
[edit]擔任領袖時的專輯
[edit]- 1990 Groove Shop
- 1991 The Music
- 1991 Heart and Soul
- 1995 Absolutely!
- 1997 Expressions
- 1999 Explosive! with Milt Jackson
- 2000 Siblingity
- 2000 Shout Me Out!
- 2005 Live at MCG
- 2005 Back in the Swing of Things
- 2008 Brother to Brother
- 2009 Charles Aznavour & the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
- 2011 Sundays in New York with Trijntje Oosterhuis
與其他樂手合作的專輯
[edit]- 1976 Live! Montreux
- 1977 Soul Fusion
- 1978 Live in Japan '78, Count Basie
- 1979 Get Together, Count Basie
- 1982 Indiana, Jeff Hamilton
- 1983 Reunion in Europe
- 1983 The Duke Ellington Songbook
- 1985 The River Monty
- 1985 A Gentleman and His Music, Benny Carter
- 1986 Li'l Darlin
- 1987 Spontaneous Combustion, Barney Kessel
- 1988 Bebop
- 1988 Isn't It Romantic, Michael Feinstein
- 1988 Rockin' L.A., Jimmy Witherspoon
- 1988 Show Tunes, Rosemary Clooney
- 1989 Boogie Down, Ernestine Anderson
- 1989 Live at Town Hall N.Y.C., Gene Harris
- 1989 Sings Rodgers Hart & Hammerstein, Rosemary Clooney
- 1989 The Jiggs Up, Jiggs Whigham
- 1990 Plays the Benny Carter Songbook, Marian McPartland
- 1991 The Star-Spangled Banner, arr. Super Bowl XXV, Whitney Houston
- 1991 Unforgettable... with Love, Natalie Cole
- 1992 In Tribute, Diane Schuur
- 1993 A Single Woman, Nina Simone
- 1993 A Touch of Music in the Night, Michael Crawford
- 1993 Take a Look, Natalie Cole
- 1993 Dream Come True, Arturo Sandoval
- 1993 Stepping Out
- 1993 Reverence and Compassion
- 1994 Self Portrait, Carmen Lundy
- 1994 Super, Ray Brown
- 1994 The Prophet Speaks
- 1995 Afterglow, Dr. John
- 1995 New Gold, Bud Shank
- 1995 Time After Time, Etta James
- 1996 Bud Shank Sextet Plays Harold Arlen, Bud Shank
- 1997 Dear Ella, Dee Dee Bridgewater
- 1997 SuperBass, Ray Brown
- 1997 Blue Moon Swamp, John Fogerty
- 1998 This Christmas, Ann Hampton Callaway
- 1998 Manilow Sings Sinatra, Barry Manilow
- 1998 12 Songs of Christmas, Etta James
- 1999 When I Look in Your Eyes
- 2004 Renee Olstead, Renee Olstead
- 2004 The Girl in the Other Room
- 2005 It's Time, Michael Bublé
- 2005 Christmas Songs
- 2006 Before Me, Gladys Knight
- 2006 From This Moment On
- 2006 Dear Mr. Sinatra, John Pizzarelli
- 2006 Easy to Love, Roberta Gambarini
- 2009 Quiet Nights
- 2012 Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney
- 2014 Life Journey, Leon Russell
- 2014 The Last Southern Gentlemen, Delfeayo Marsalis
- 2017 I Fall in Love Too Easily, Katharine McPhee[2]
- 2020 This Dream of You
- 2022 Bells On Sand, Gerald Clayton
[[Category:21世紀美國男性音樂家]] [[Category:1952年出生]] [[Category:在世人物]] [[Category:美国编曲家]]
- ^ "John Clayton". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "John Clayton | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2018.