Grammy Consideration: John Clayton, Houston Person – Family Tree
Family Tree
Released: 08/15/2023
Label: ArtistShare
Format: Digital download, CD
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Best Jazz Instumental Album – Family Tree
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Huge thanks to Houston Person for your playing, laughter, depth and insisting that we make this recording. I will take your advice more often.
Thanks to Joel Moss, Shelley Hubbard, Terri and David Harper, Gail Boyd and Brian Camelio. You are my team and have each moved me forward, advised and assisted me in more ways than I can ever list. I adore you all.
Thanks to my family for being the biggest reason I embrace life.
I thank everyone who came in as a participant in this project! Coming on board the way you did is both humbling and inspiring. Earmarking some of your personal funds to help make this happen touches me in a very personal way. You’ve got a hug of appreciation coming the next time I see you!
Specifically, our participants are:
ArtistShare® Gold Participant
Sari Hornstein
ArtistShare® Bronze Participants
Madeleine Crouch
Ian Gleissner
Jeff Kellem
Stephanie Nelson
Michael Peak
Kelly Peterson
Didi Wilson
2023
Track Listing
1. MY FUNNY VALENTINE – Lorenz Hart/ASCAP, Richard Rodgers/ASCAP 4:40
1. THAT’S THAT – Houston Person – Person KIA/BMI, John Clayton – Ginger Kids Music/ASCAP 4:40
3. CRAZY HE CALLS ME – Carl Sigman/ASCAP, Sidney Keith Russell/ASCAP 5:03
4. EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE – Benard Ighner/ASCAP 5:24
5. ROCK ME TO SLEEP – Benny Carter/ASCAP, Paul Vandervoort/ASCAP 5:21
6. THESE FOOLISH THINGS – Eric Maschwitz/PRS, Jack Strachey/PRS 5:09
7. HEY THERE – Richard Adler/ASCAP, Jerry Ross/ASCAP 4:32
8. FOOLS RUSH IN – Johnny Mercer/ASCAP, Rube Bloom/ASCAP 5:18
9. I WONDER WHERE OUR LOVE HAS GONE – John S. Darnielle/ASCAP 5:05
10. MORE – Marcello Ciorciolini/BMI, Norman Newell/BMI, Nino Oliviero/BMI, Riziero Ortolani/BMI 5:09
11. MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES – Charlie Parker/BMI 4:44
12. GONE AGAIN – Lionel Hampton/BMI 3:38
John Clayton – Bass
Houston Person – Saxophone
Produced by John Clayton, Joel Moss and Brian Camelio
Recorded at Sear Sound, NYC January 17th, 2023
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Joel Moss
Assistant Engineer Steven Sacco
Project coordination – J4U Entertainment, LLC, Terri L. Harper, David A. Harper
Photo credit – Wayne Hillaire
Album artwork – Shelley Hubbard
Management (John Clayton) – Gail Boyd Artist Management
Houston Person appears courtesy of HighNote Records
John Clayton uses Evah Pirastro strings
This recording is dedicated to the memory of my brother, Jeff Clayton, whose “Family Tree” roots are so strong that they affect me daily.