Gerald Clayton

Data updated on 2025-08-03 21:14:27 UTC

Four time GRAMMY-nominated pianist/composer Gerald Clayton searches for honest expression in every note he plays. With harmonic curiosity and critical awareness, he develops musical narratives that unfold as a result of both deliberate searching and chance uncovering.

Expansion has become part of Clayton’s artistic identity. His music is a celebration of the inherent differences in musical perspectives that promote true artistic synergy. Inclusive sensibilities have allowed him to perform and record with such distinctive artists as Diana Krall, Roy Hargrove, John Scofield, Terence Blanchard, Dianne Reeves, Frank Wess, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ben Wendel, Peter Bernstein, Dayna Stephens, Gretchen Parlato, Kendrick Scott, NEXT Collective, Ben Williams, Sachal Vasandani, Terell Stafford & Dick Oatts, Michael Rodriguez, Terri Lyne Carrington, Avishai Cohen and the Clayton Brothers Quintet. Clayton also has enjoyed an extended association since early 2013, touring and recording with saxophone legend Charles Lloyd.

Capturing the truth in each moment’s conception of sound comes naturally to Clayton. The son of beloved bass player and composer John Clayton, he enjoyed a familial apprenticeship from an early age. Clayton honors the legacy of his father and all his musical ancestors through a commitment to artistic exploration, innovation, and reinvention.

Genres

: jazz

Total plays

21.2 million

Updated on 2025-08-03

Date	Total plays
2025-08-03	21,185,641
2025-07-26	21,115,029
2025-07-18	21,045,181
2025-07-10	20,970,899
2025-07-02	20,894,859
2025-06-24	20,820,265
2025-06-16	20,730,816
2025-06-08	20,639,405
2025-05-31	20,514,517
2025-05-23	20,406,590
2025-05-15	20,302,168
2025-04-29	20,081,365
2025-04-19	19,999,340
2025-04-11	19,843,721
2025-04-03	19,766,059
2025-03-25	19,667,813
2025-03-17	19,588,626
2025-03-07	19,495,884
2025-02-27	19,417,303
2025-02-17	19,333,457
2025-02-09	19,260,244
2025-01-29	19,151,783
2025-01-21	19,073,753
2025-01-12	18,978,117
2025-01-04	18,886,790
2024-12-26	18,792,416
2024-12-18	18,708,963
2024-12-09	18,594,196
2024-07-28	17,496,551
2024-06-06	17,059,814
2024-05-22	16,945,909
2024-05-06	16,811,361
2024-04-20	16,661,697
2024-04-05	16,508,198
2024-03-22	16,363,282
2024-03-07	16,202,901
2024-02-21	16,017,337
2023-12-10	15,390,622
2023-10-29	14,895,801
2023-10-10	14,671,973
2023-09-18	14,412,210
2023-08-29	14,089,921
2023-08-25	13,292,322
2023-08-21	13,177,408

Country

United States

Monthly listeners

95,298

Followers

29,806

Top Cities

Lisbon

1,188 listeners
London

866 listeners
Tokyo

1,019 listeners
Los Angeles

818 listeners
Barcelona

816 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Just A Dream	4,887,731	5:29	2022-04-01
Dusk Baby	1,460,338	5:39	2013-01-01
Elegia	882,741	1:18	2022-04-01
Can't Get Out Of This Mood (feat. Gerald Clayton) - Duo Version	861,716	4:15	2023-01-13
Rejuvenation Agenda - Live	854,165	7:21	2020-05-29
Sun Glimpse	849,938	6:34	2010-01-01
Wonderful	586,077	6:03	2020-11-20
Sweet Pumpkin (feat. Gerald Clayton) - Duo Version	545,391	3:44	2023-02-07
Guess Who I Saw Today (feat. Gerald Clayton) - Duo Version	536,828	4:45	2023-03-10
That Roy	471,770	2:16	2022-04-01
Bond: The Release	468,987	3:46	2010-01-01
If I Were A Bell	418,232	7:46	2010-01-01
Damunt de tu Només les Flors (feat. MARO, John Clayton & Justin Brown)	372,943	3:51	2022-03-04
Sweet Love	340,703	4:11	2021-01-15
Soul Stomp	321,471	7:48	2017-03-08
My Ideal 1	304,005	3:40	2022-04-01
Bond: The Cast	274,796	3:45	2010-01-01
Water's Edge (feat. John Clayton & Justin Brown)	235,840	6:40	2022-02-09
Dusk Baby	218,528	6:41	2021-09-10
All The Things You Are	192,930	3:44	2010-01-01
There Is Music Where You're Going My Friends	191,322	3:19	2022-04-01
Peace Invocation (feat. Charles Lloyd)	167,432	8:00	2022-03-18
A Day in the Life of a Fool	165,091	4:33	2011-08-23
Future Reflection	155,482	4:52	2013-01-01
Ofafrii	139,545	7:48	2024-11-15
Theme from MLK/FBI	128,915	5:03	2021-01-18
Unforeseen	119,062	5:59	2017-04-21
Shadamanthem	113,378	6:38	2013-01-01
Gabaldon’s Glide	106,195	4:03	2024-11-15
Bye Nashville	105,870	4:54	2023-03-17
A Life Forum	105,807	2:53	2013-01-01
Body and Soul - Live	101,964	11:47	2020-07-10
Bootleg Bruise	96,646	5:07	2010-01-01
Major Hope	92,787	6:15	2010-01-01
Sir Third	91,075	4:18	2013-01-01
Cinnamon Sugar	90,361	4:15	2025-04-11
Mao Nas Massa	86,394	4:47	2013-01-01
Deep Dry Ocean	86,188	5:27	2013-01-01
Jaramillo Blues (For Virginia and Danny) - Live	81,985	10:03	2022-08-26
Some Always	80,678	5:38	2013-01-01
Celia - Live At The Village Vanguard, New York, New York / 2019	78,875	10:34	2020-07-10
A Light - Live	78,792	9:22	2020-06-26
Boogablues	78,476	6:06	2009-01-01
Angels Speak	72,228	3:56	2025-04-11
Rip	71,321	3:08	2022-04-01
Envisionings	70,985	6:44	2017-04-21
Mirai	70,314	4:51	2023-04-28
Prelude	70,173	0:60	2013-01-01
Patience Patients - Live	70,143	10:59	2020-07-10
Smooth and You	70,136	3:36	2020-03-19
Like Water	68,210	5:16	2013-01-01
Gotta Go (feat. Gerald Clayton, Manu Codjia & Justin Brown)	67,858	5:48	2015-10-15
Nobody Else But Me	66,209	4:38	2010-01-01
For Peace	65,907	2:36	2025-04-11
Bond: Fresh Squeeze	64,755	4:02	2010-01-01
Patience Patients	64,565	6:14	2017-04-21
Two Heads One Pillow	64,320	6:24	2009-01-01
The Lonely One - Live	61,873	12:19	2022-09-23
Snake Bite	61,469	3:51	2010-01-01
Which Persons?	60,010	1:21	2010-01-01
Lovers Reverie	59,665	3:11	2017-03-31
3D	57,890	6:40	2010-01-01
Unhidden	57,832	3:57	2013-01-01
My Ideal 2	57,566	5:26	2022-04-01
13/14	54,730	3:15	2023-06-09
The Trip	53,707	5:10	2019-10-18
A Light	53,329	4:20	2017-04-21
Envisionings - Live	51,171	11:03	2020-07-10
Old Soul	48,286	5:45	2014-10-28
All Of You	47,401	5:29	2009-01-01
Shout And Cry	47,154	3:30	2010-01-01
Hank	44,416	5:05	2010-01-01
Use Somebody	42,012	4:38	2020-11-19
Search For	41,480	1:08	2017-04-21
Angels Speak / Lovingly	41,139	3:56	2025-05-30
Round Come Round	41,053	4:52	2010-01-01
Take the Coltrane - Live	41,029	14:01	2020-07-10
Trapped In A Dream	39,753	6:32	2009-01-01
Dimensions: Interwoven	39,479	5:51	2017-04-21
Glass Half Warm	37,707	5:01	2025-05-14
Reflect On	36,893	1:10	2017-04-21
I Fall In Love Too Easily	35,300	6:01	2014-10-28
Hold on Longer	35,275	3:36	2019-05-03
Wakeful	35,126	5:55	2017-04-21
When An Angel Sheds A Feather / UMMG	34,153	9:28	2013-01-01
Con Alma	32,729	6:14	2009-01-01
Are We	32,698	7:01	2017-04-21
Love All Around	32,024	2:13	2009-01-01
Squinted	31,438	7:11	2017-04-21
Reach For	31,333	0:37	2017-04-21
Radical	31,178	7:11	2024-12-06
Bird's Luck	30,851	2:52	2024-12-06
When An Angel Sheds A Feather	30,761	5:24	2013-01-01
Engage In	30,719	1:30	2017-04-21
Peace For The Moment	28,887	7:30	2009-01-01
Sunny Day Go	28,828	6:45	2009-01-01
One Two You	28,202	6:24	2009-01-01
Scrimmage	26,736	6:34	2009-01-01
You're Out	26,734	1:04	2009-01-01
Round Comes Round	26,543	7:33	2023-06-09
How Much Love?	25,498	3:44	2025-04-11
Glass Half Warm / Glass Half Cool	25,168	5:01	2025-05-14
Count M	24,197	2:26	2025-04-11
Lighthouse	23,675	2:50	2023-06-09
Under Madhatter Medicinal Groupon (UMMG)	23,313	3:56	2013-01-01
Second Day	23,194	4:32	2024-12-06
Casiotone Pothole	21,806	7:16	2009-01-01
Backbou (feat. Tigran Hamasyan, Adam Benjamin, Nir Felder, Ben Street, Nate Wood & Gerald Clayton)	21,601	5:06	2012-02-28
Space Acres	21,071	4:49	2023-06-09
Hagar of the Inuits - Live	20,424	8:53	2022-09-23
Kuan Yin - Live	20,313	10:08	2022-09-23
Sacrifice Culture	20,167	2:36	2025-04-11
Clayland (feat. Gerald Clayton, Nate Wood, Ben Street, Nir Felder, Tigran Hamasyan & Adam Benjamin)	18,339	7:26	2012-02-28
Drop Of Dusk	18,178	6:09	2023-06-09
Chorale (feat. Gerald Clayton, Nir Felder, Adam Benjamin, Nate Wood, Ben Street & Tigran Hamasyan)	18,096	5:39	2012-02-28
Frame (feat. Tigran Hamasyan, Adam Benjamin, Nir Felder, Ben Street, Nate Wood & Gerald Clayton)	18,078	8:20	2012-02-28
Message To A Friend	18,019	4:40	2023-06-09
Hourglass Sea	17,884	4:24	2020-12-17
Small Feats	16,017	8:33	2013-03-03
More Always	15,227	3:44	2025-04-11
Aspiring to Normalcy	15,165	11:51	2024-12-06
Elements Of Light	14,897	5:35	2024-07-24
How Much Love? / More Always	14,612	3:44	2025-05-30
Con Alma (feat. Gerald Clayton, Tigran Hamasyan, Nir Felder, Adam Benjamin, Nate Wood & Ben Street)	14,298	7:07	2012-02-28
Glass Half Cool	14,044	5:01	2025-05-14
Synchrony	13,741	7:31	2024-12-06
It Takes Two To Know One	13,458	5:02	2023-06-09
Lovingly	13,377	3:56	2025-04-11
Just Above	13,243	5:22	2025-04-11
Portrait of Jennie	12,804	9:15	2013-03-03
Blocks (feat. Tigran Hamasyan, Adam Benjamin, Nir Felder, Ben Street, Nate Wood & Gerald Clayton)	12,242	8:09	2012-02-28
Enchantment	11,894	9:18	2013-03-03
Reverence	11,670	9:43	2013-03-03
Rush	11,634	4:15	2025-04-11
Jean and Renata (feat. Ben Street, Nate Wood, Tigran Hamasyan, Nir Felder, Adam Benjamin & Gerald Clayton)	11,410	5:57	2012-02-28
It Takes Two To Know One - Alternate Take	10,575	4:38	2023-06-09
Like Joe	10,280	9:10	2013-03-03
Hymn to Freedom	10,080	5:19	2015-01-01
Endless Tubes	9,924	5:22	2025-04-11
Space Seas	9,733	2:26	2025-04-11
Julia (feat. Adam Benjamin, Nir Felder, Ben Street, Nate Wood, Tigran Hamasyan & Gerald Clayton)	9,714	5:29	2012-02-28
Wishful Thinking	9,658	7:30	2013-03-03
Paisajes: II. El Lago	9,505	7:51	2022-10-07
Leaving (feat. Adam Benjamin, Nir Felder, Ben Street, Nate Wood, Tigran Hamasyan & Gerald Clayton)	9,502	8:08	2012-02-28
You Did	9,226	7:44	2013-03-03
I Am James Bond	9,095	8:31	2020-01-31
No Recap, No Intro	9,051	4:06	2022-05-05
On My Way	8,736	6:24	2003-05-01
Cinnamon Sugar / Rush	8,731	4:15	2025-05-30
Cherry Time	7,573	7:27	2020-01-31
Count M / Space Seas	6,133	2:26	2025-05-30
Bossa Beguine	5,750	5:11	2015-01-01
Bless the Telephone	5,711	2:55	2013-09-10
The Bridge	4,736	4:13	2022-04-14
Soft & Gentle	4,730	5:35	2003-05-01
Sacrifice Culture / For Peace	4,444	2:36	2025-05-30
Sand Between the Toes	4,340	9:23	2016-12-02
The Plan of Paris	3,764	6:08	2022-03-31
Crusin'	2,954	5:49	2003-05-01
Frijoles	2,874	7:39	2003-05-01
Morning	2,857	4:58	2015-01-01
Foi João	2,616	4:05	2025-02-28
Water Lilies	2,550	9:43	2016-12-02
Here Comes the Sun	2,519	5:01	2013-09-10
East L.A. Blues	2,468	4:53	2003-05-01
Jonathan Jo	2,267	7:11	2016-12-02
When You Go	2,241	2:35	2013-09-10
You're Mine	2,092	5:24	2003-05-01
I Wish You Love	2,044	4:27	2013-09-10
The Invaders	1,998	7:50	2016-12-02
Pilgrim	1,846	3:05	2022-05-20
Bop-Rain	1,808	5:59	2003-05-01
Just Above / Endless Tubes	1,739	5:22	2025-05-30
Barcelona Boogie	1,721	4:57	2003-05-01
September Mood	1,683	5:10	2003-05-01
Vespers	1,661	10:40	2016-12-02
Lines and Squares	1,659	2:48	2016-12-02
Noontide	1,651	4:27	2022-05-20
Already Won	1,515	5:43	2022-05-20
Blues For Stephanie - Japan-only bonus track	< 1000	4:16	2017-04-21
Singing Sensations	< 1000	7:12	2025-02-28
Setembro Meu	< 1000	3:58	2025-02-28
Pièce En Form De Habanera	< 1000	4:31	2014-06-20
Canzonetta	< 1000	2:53	2014-06-20
The Winter's Willow	< 1000	5:06	2014-06-20