Life Forum is a Jazz album by Gerald Clayton, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.
About
Pianist Gerald Clayton’s third solo album, <i>Life Forum</i>, finds an artist continuing to stretch out. On 2011’s <i>Bond: The Paris Sessions</i>, Clayton led a trio (bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown) through a set of covers and originals. Here he fronts a larger band that includes Sanders and Brown, and Clayton composes all of the music. The opener, “A Life Forum,” features writer Carl Hancock Rux intoning a poem as he’s backed by slowly moving horns and wordless vocals from Gretchen Parlato. During one stretch of “Future Reflection,” the horns and vocals drop out, and Clayton, Sanders, and Brown show just how good of a trio they are. “Some Always” brings to mind Miles Davis circa <i>In a Silent Way</i>: check out the subtle organ. “Like Water,” with a fine alto sax solo by Logan Richardson, hints at classical music. One of the best tracks is “When an Angel Sheds a Feather,” which has lyrics by singer Sachal Vasandani. Parlato and Vasandani’s vocals wrap themselves around each other in gorgeous and sensuous ways.
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Tracklist
- 1A Life Forum2:52
- 2Future Reflection4:52
- 3Shadamanthem6:37
- 4Sir Third4:18
- 5Deep Dry Ocean5:27
- 6Dusk Baby5:39
- 7Mao Nas Massa4:47
- 8Prelude0:59
- 9Some Always5:37
- 10Like Water5:16
- 11Unhidden3:57
- 12When an Angel Sheds a Feather5:31
- 13Ummg3:56
Sound DNA
- Jazz
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ambrose AkinmusireTRUMPET
- Dayna StephensTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Gerald ClaytonVOCALS
- Gretchen ParlatoVOCALS
- Joe SandersBASS
- Justin BrownDRUMS
- Logan RichardsonALTO SAXOPHONE
- Sachal VasandaniVOCALS
4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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