The Clayton Brothers – Soul Brothers
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 …
Music: “Blues on Parade”
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 …
Music: “Last Stop”
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 …
Music: “Entrez Vous”
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 …
Jazzy Bluesy Bossa Nova – from the album, “Expressions”
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 …
Back In The Swing of Things – from the album, “Back In The Swing of Things”
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 …
Because of You – from the album, “The Music”
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 …
Blow Your Horn – from the album, “Back In The Swing of Things”
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 …
“Gina’s Groove”- from the album, “Back In The Swing of Things”
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 …
The Clayton Brothers “Soul Brothers”
“With SOUL BROTHERS, we combine our love of playing together with our outrage at our society’s problems. Music is a wonderful vehicle to express the fun we get from life …