Although born in Utrecht, Netherlands, on May 11, 1984, jazz pianist Gerald
Clayton was raised in Los Angeles, where his father — famed jazz bassist and
Grammy-winning arranger John Clayton — served as Artistic Director of Jazz for
the Los Angeles Philharmonic for several years. During the early stages of his
career, Gerald performed alongside his father as a member of the Clayton
Brothers and worked as a sideman for jazz artists like Diana Krall and Roy
Hargrove. He launched his solo career with 2009's Two-Shade and earned a Grammy
nomination for his cover of Cole Porter's "All ...