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April 12, 2013
GENERATION NEXT: PIANO

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HIROMI: THE TRIO PROJECT
GERALD CLAYTON TRIO

JAZZ IS A STORY OF CREATIVE EVOLUTION... IT STARTED WITH RAGTIME PIANIST SCOTT JOPLIN, BUT EXPLODED WHEN PIANISTS LIKE JELLY ROLL MORTON ADDED THE SWING COMPONENT…
NEXT, ART TATUM. DUKE ELLINGTON, COUNT BASIE…THE BEBOP AGE BROUGHT FORTH AMAZING STYLISTS BUD POWELL, OSCAR PETERSON, THELONIOUS MONK, AND DAVE BRUBECK…
CONTEMPORARY PIANISTS HERBIE HANCOCK AND CHICK COREA CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE.
AND TODAY A NEW GENERATION OF PIANISTS KEEPS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE AND ARE BRINGING JAZZ PIANO TO A NEW EXCITING LEVEL....
HIROMI, SWING JOURNAL AWARD WINNER, JAZZ LIFE GOLD ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DOWNBEAT NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR…HIROMI GREW UP IN JAPAN, CAME TO THE US AND EXPLODED ON THE JAZZ SCENE. SHE HAS RECORDED DUETS WITH JAZZ LEGEND CHICK COREA, AND HER ALBUMS ARE ON THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD JAZZ CHARTS...HIROMI IS TAKING THE JAZZ WORLD BY STORM.
GERALD CLAYTON MULTI-GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE,,, FORMER YOUNG ARTS AWARDEE… CLAYTON GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH A LEGENDARY PEDIGREE— THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS SALUTED HIS “OSCAR PETERSON STYLE”,, DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE READERS POLL VOTED HIM “TOP UPCOMING PIANIST”…NOW AT THE AGE OF 26 GERALD IS CONTINUING TO MAKE MUSIC HISTORY. THESE TWO PIANO STARS ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PIANO GIANTS!
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