Castellanos / Clayton / Clayton / McCurdy / Wilson
Monday, October 4, 2021
7:30 PM
The series opens on Monday, October 4, with a special-edition quintet featuring Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Gerald Clayton on piano, John Clayton on bass, Roy McCurdy on drums, and Anthony Wilson on guitar. Castellanos has contributed to our city’s jazz scene not only as a first-call trumpeter but also as the curator of a decades-long weekly jam session and of the San Diego Symphony’s jazz series and as director of the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory. He has performed around the world with the acclaimed Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. A four-time Grammy-nominee, Gerald Clayton is widely recognized as one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation. Son of bass legend John Clayton and a member of the family’s Clayton Brothers Quintet, his career includes performances with artists including Charles Lloyd, John Scofield, Diana Krall, and Dianne Reeves. Celebrated educator, band leader, producer, and arranger, John Clayton, is widely acclaimed as one of the leading bassists in jazz, having a Grammy on his shelf and eight additional nominations. Veteran drummer Roy McCurdy’s career has included membership in the bands of the Mangione Brothers, the Art Farmer Jazztet, Sonny Rollins, and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. Guitarist Anthony Wilson, son of NEA Jazz Master Gerald Wilson and known worldwide for his longtime membership in the Diana Krall Quartet, has received honors including the Thelonious Monk International Composers’ Award and commissions from Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Athenaeum series has featured Wilson’s original projects since the early 2000s.
