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Clark Gayton is an American multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer and musicians' rights advocate.




Biography


Born as Carver Clark Gayton Jr. to Carver Clark Gayton and Mona Marie Lombard, Clark Gayton is a professional musician (trombone, euphonium, tuba, sousaphone, cornet, keyboards, piano), composer and producer.
Clark studied music with Floyd Standifer, JoAnn Christen, Curry Morrison, Julian Priester, Joe Brazil and Buddy Catlet while attending Garfield High School. After graduating from high school in 1981, Clark received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he studied with Phil Wilson, Tom Plsek and Tony Lada. He graduated in 1984 and moved to Oakland before moving to New York in 1987 where he lives to this day.
Since living in New York, Clark has worked and recorded with some of the finest jazz musicians in the world, such as Charles Tolliver, Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis and JALC, McCoy Tyner, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, Ted Nash and Odeon, Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel, Michael Blake, Brian Mitchell, Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra and Steven Bernstein/Henry Butler and the Hot 9, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, Clark Terry, Nancy Wilson, and Ray Charles.
In the early 2000s he joined the Levon Helm Band and performed at Helm's Midnight Ramblers concerts.
For several decades Gayton has toured and recorded toured with Bruce Springsteen, joining in 1997 as part of the We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions band. He rejoined Springsteen several years later as a regular member of his touring band, playing both trombone and sousaphone.
Clark has recorded or performed with Prince, Rihanna, Brazilian Girls, Steel Pulse, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, Quincy Jones, Sting, Sturgill Simpson, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Bette Midler, Nora Jones, Usher, Steve Van Zandt, Beyoncé, Santana, Maxwell, The Skatalites, and Bad Brains, to name a few.
Gayton is a staple on the New York City music scene often creating a regular series at local bars and clubs including the Parkside Lounge, 55Bar, Bar Lunatico and Nublu. While he has led several bands, most notable is the Jamaican music inspired project Explorations in Dub,.
Gayton has appeared in the movies Malcolm X, Sweet and Lowdown, and Kansas City.
Gayton's most recent TV work was playing in the burlesque band on the series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel seasons 4 and 5.
It was reported in March 2023 that Gayton had recently suffered a very serious stroke. A GoFundMe page was set up to help raise money for his rehabilitation.




Family influence and early music history


He is the son of Carver Clark Gayton and Mona Marie Lombard and is the great-grandnephew of the legendary New Orleans musician, Manuel "Fess" Manetta.
The first two professionally trained musicians on his maternal side were Jules and Deuce Manetta who founded the Pickwick Brass Band and played cornet and trombone, respectively. Deuce, trained classically in France, was said to be the first slide trombone player in New Orleans. Valve trombone was the instrument of choice at the time. Their nephew was Manuel Manetta. He began on violin and guitar but did his first paid work as a pianist for Countess Willie Piazza. He played with Buddy Bolden in 1903. By 1910 he had mastered cornet, saxophone, and trombone. Manuel played at Tuxedo Hall with the Eagle band. He went to Chicago in 1913, then returned to New Orleans, played locally for five years. He went to Los Angeles in November 1919 to join Kid Ory. He returned home shortly afterwards and toured as pianist for with Martels' Family Band, then played piano in Ed Allen's Band on riverboats. He settled down in New Orleans where his versatility and musicianship enabled him to work with many bands and orchestras, including Papa Celestin's, Arnold Du Pas and Manual Perez's, and solo work at Lulu White's.
In later years he became the most renowned teacher in New Orleans. He gave occasional public appearances well into his seventies, making a specialty of playing two brass instruments simultaneously. Manuel had a sister, Olivia, who had a son, Lawrence (trombone), and three daughters: Lucille (Clark's grandmother, piano), Dolly (Adams, played all instruments, mother of Justin, Placide, and Gerry Adams), and Gladys (piano). All were born in Algiers.




Discography


Clark Gayton & Neatherealm – Don't Try To Question 1995 (Ritual, Ltd.)
Neatherealm – JahMerican Jazz (Ritual, Ltd.)
Clark Gayton – Walk the Water 1999 (Ritual, Ltd.)
Clark Gayton – Sankofa! 2003 (Ritual, Ltd.)
Clark Gayton – Best of Clark Gayton 2008 (Ritual, Ltd.)
Clark and the SuperSlicks- "New York" 2013 (Ritual, LTD)




= As sideman

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Steel Pulse Rastafarian Centennial (trombone, vocals) 1992
SkadanksGive Thanks 1994 (trombone)
Mingus Big Band Que Viva Mingus 1997
Dr. John Anotha Zone 1998 (trombone)
Cornell Campbell Big Things (Trombone) 2000
Peter Salett Heart of Mine (Trombone) 2000
Dennis Brown Let Me Be the One (Trombone) 2000
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band Merryteria (Trombone) 2000
Monday Michiru 4 Seasons (Trombone, Tuba) 2001
Sting All This Time (Trombone) 2001
Maxwell Now (Trombone) 2001
Barney McAll Release the Day (Trombone) 2001
Monday Michiru Selections 1997–2000 (Trombone, Tuba) 2001
Jephte Guillaume Bourique Le 2001
Paul Peress Awakening (Trombone, Horn Arrangements) 2002
Jah Works Bassmentality (Trombone) 2002
Dave Stryker Blue to the Bone III (Trombone) 2002
Tom Jones Mr. Jones (Trombone) 2002
Bill Mobley and the Space Time Big Band New Light (Trombone, Soloist) 2002
John Fedchock New York Big Band No Nonsense (Trombone) 2002
Queen Latifah She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits (Trombone, Horn Arrangements) 2002
Tom Browne Tom Browne Collection (Trombone) 2002
Gaijin à Go-Go Happy–55–Lucky (Trombone) 2003
Dan Zanes and Friends House Party (Tuba) 2003
Julia Darling Julia Darling (Trombone, Trombonium) 2003
Cannabis Cup Band Live Joint (Trombone) 2003
Mýa Moodring (Trombone) 2003
Sting Sacred Love (Trombone) 2003
Barbershop 2: Back in Business Original Soundtrack (Trombone) 2004
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel Buzz (Trombone, Bass Trombone) 2004
Mocean Worker Enter the Mowo! (Trombone) 2004
David Pilgrim Island Soul (Trombone) 2004
Brazilian Girls Lazy Lover [EP] (Composer, Trombone, Vocals (background)) 2004
Nasio Living in the Positive [Bonus Tracks] (Trombone) 2004
Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls (Composer, Trombone, Vocals (background)) 2005
Ted Nash – Espada de la Noche (Trombone, Tuba, Horn (Baritone)) 2005
JJ Sansaverino Sunshine After Midnight (Trombone) 2005
Elvis Costello North (trombone) 2005
Kerry Linder Sail Away With Me (Trombone) 2005
Steven Bernstein MTO Vol. 1 (Trombone) 2006
Brazilian Girls Talk to La Bomb 2006
Joss Stone "It's a Man's World", Live (Trombone) 2006
Rihanna A Girl Like Me (Trombone) 2006
Charles Tolliver With Love (Trombone) 2006
Nasio Fontaine Rise Up (Trombone) 2007
Duo Live The Color of Money (Trombone) 2007
Bad Brains Build a Nation (Trumpet) 2007
Bruce Springsteen Live in Dublin (Trombone, vocals) 2007
East Village Opera Company Olde School (Trombone) 2008
Brazilian Girls New York City (Tuba) 2008
Lila Downs – Shake Away (Trombone, valve trombone, tuba) 2008
Dispatch Live Zimbabwe (Trombone) 2008
Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 2012
Glen Hansard Rhythm and Repose 2012
Sturgil Simpson A Sailor's Guide to Earth 2014
Bruce Springsteen Live in Leipzig (Trombone, vocals) 2013
Lucio Kropf Pela Rua (Trombone) 2015
Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (Trombone) 2019
Steve Slagle Nascentia 2021
Michael Blake Combobulate (Trombone) 2022




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