Diablo Regional Arts Association has announced a third season for its popular Jazz at the Lesher Center series, unveiling a line-up of stellar jazz performers to be presented in concerts on Saturday nights this summer at the Margaret Lesher Theatre, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek. Continuing the four-concert series on Saturday, August 16, at 5pm and 8pm is the astonishing Clayton Brothers Quintet.
Although the brothers have been playing together all their lives, the late 1970s marked the official inception of the Clayton Brothers Quintet as a working ensemble; since then the group's personnel has evolved but its performances, always swinging and entertaining, are held in high esteem by the jazz world. Grammy-winning bass player John Clayton's credits include the Count Basie Orchestra, a stint as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands, and performances with Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Gladys Knight. Multi-reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton has played with such icons as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle, and Madonna, as well as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. The brilliant, witty pianist Gerald Clayton (John's son) is a rising star who has already garnered three Grammy nominations and has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Benny Green, and Kenny Barron. Terell Stafford, hailed as "one of the greats of our time, a fabulous trumpet player" by acclaimed jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, has performed with Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, and Jon Faddis; he has recorded six albums as a leader and is heard on over 90 albums as a sideman. With the Claytons since 2008, drummer Obed Calvaire's other credits include the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band.
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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Although the brothers have been playing together all their lives, the late 1970s marked the official inception of the Clayton Brothers Quintet as a working ensemble; since then the group's personnel has evolved but its performances, always swinging and entertaining, are held in high esteem by the jazz world. Grammy-winning bass player John Clayton's credits include the Count Basie Orchestra, a stint as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands, and performances with Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Gladys Knight. Multi-reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton has played with such icons as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle, and Madonna, as well as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. The brilliant, witty pianist Gerald Clayton (John's son) is a rising star who has already garnered three Grammy nominations and has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Benny Green, and Kenny Barron. Terell Stafford, hailed as "one of the greats of our time, a fabulous trumpet player" by acclaimed jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, has performed with Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, and Jon Faddis; he has recorded six albums as a leader and is heard on over 90 albums as a sideman. With the Claytons since 2008, drummer Obed Calvaire's other credits include the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band.
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
Diablo Regional Arts Association has announced a third season for its popular Jazz at the Lesher Center series, unveiling a line-up of stellar jazz performers to be presented in concerts on Saturday nights this summer at the Margaret Lesher Theatre, at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek. Continuing the four-concert series on Saturday, August 16, at 5pm and 8pm is the astonishing Clayton Brothers Quintet.
Although the brothers have been playing together all their lives, the late 1970s marked the official inception of the Clayton Brothers Quintet as a working ensemble; since then the group's personnel has evolved but its performances, always swinging and entertaining, are held in high esteem by the jazz world. Grammy-winning bass player John Clayton's credits include the Count Basie Orchestra, a stint as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands, and performances with Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Gladys Knight. Multi-reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton has played with such icons as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle, and Madonna, as well as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. The brilliant, witty pianist Gerald Clayton (John's son) is a rising star who has already garnered three Grammy nominations and has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Benny Green, and Kenny Barron. Terell Stafford, hailed as "one of the greats of our time, a fabulous trumpet player" by acclaimed jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, has performed with Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, and Jon Faddis; he has recorded six albums as a leader and is heard on over 90 albums as a sideman. With the Claytons since 2008, drummer Obed Calvaire's other credits include the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band.
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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Although the brothers have been playing together all their lives, the late 1970s marked the official inception of the Clayton Brothers Quintet as a working ensemble; since then the group's personnel has evolved but its performances, always swinging and entertaining, are held in high esteem by the jazz world. Grammy-winning bass player John Clayton's credits include the Count Basie Orchestra, a stint as principal bassist with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands, and performances with Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Gladys Knight. Multi-reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton has played with such icons as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Patti Labelle, and Madonna, as well as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. The brilliant, witty pianist Gerald Clayton (John's son) is a rising star who has already garnered three Grammy nominations and has performed with such artists as Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Benny Green, and Kenny Barron. Terell Stafford, hailed as "one of the greats of our time, a fabulous trumpet player" by acclaimed jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, has performed with Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, and Jon Faddis; he has recorded six albums as a leader and is heard on over 90 albums as a sideman. With the Claytons since 2008, drummer Obed Calvaire's other credits include the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band.
Four-concert subscriptions, at either 5pm or 8pm, are now on sale for $125. Any remaining tickets to single concerts will go on sale in June, for $40 each. For subscriptions the public may visit https://www.LesherJazz.org or call 925.943.7469.
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