5 years ago

J4U Entertainment – Inspiring The World Through Music.

J4U provides excellence in executive music consulting, project coordination, and special event assistance.  J4U Entertainment has had the pleasure of working with more …

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6 years ago

The Clayton Brothers quintet (John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, Terell Stafford, Gerald Clayton and Obed Calvaire) create music that reflects our love of this American art form as well …

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6 years ago

“Snooky” Young always said we were the best big band in the land. Even though I don’t let his words go to my head, I love our band! Our band …

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6 years ago

Blues on Parade – from the album “Back in the Swing of Things”

My brother, Jeff, was always asked by cute older ladies wearing hats with plastic fruit on …

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6 years ago

Last Stop – from the album, “Siblingity”

I had the Travel Day From Hell, which took me from Frankfurt (because the Berlin airport closed suddenly!) to Soul, Korrea (an …

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6 years ago

Entrez Vous – from the album, “Siblingity”

My brother wrote a haunting and beautiful melody. Whatever he was going through came out in this song and the poem that …

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6 years ago

Another one of my brother’s songs. This is an interesting song for me because it says it all in the title. It’s a bluesy melody with a bossa groove …

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6 years ago

This is the song that my brother wrote which works as a testament and clarion call for our love of swinging. The melody sounds that way to me. It …

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6 years ago

This is a song of my brother’s. I’m jealous of his compositions, I like them so much! 🙂  He told me that when he wrote this one, he was …

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6 years ago

On one of the Jazz Cruises that we did with the Clayton Brothers—probably around 2004, I fell in love with Dee Dee Bridgewater’s young son (why not fall in love …

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6 years ago

Gina is my daughter. I wrote this song as a reflection of her spirited energy. I wrote it in 2005. This was her last year as an undergrad at …

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The Parlor Series Vol.2

7 years ago

The Parlor Series Vol.2 The Negro Spirituals Dialogue

Join us on this creative adventure, as we share the second installment of the Parlor Series. 
Just like the first, come along with us as …

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7 years ago

In this segment of an interview with John Clayton during the 2013 Jazz Cruise, the bassist talks about working with Paul McCartney on the former Beatle’s “Kisses on the Bottom” …

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