Center Of Gravity: Live at Smalls Dwayne Clemons

• 1 Burgundy (Live) 09:36
• 2 Center of Gravity (Live) 09:56
• 3 Hey George (Live) 05:24
• 4 Honeysuckle Rose (Live) 07:56
• 5 Hornin’ In (Live) 08:27
• 6 I Cover The Waterfront (Live) 06:15
• 7 Shadow and Act (Live) 08:47
• 8 Smoke Rings (Live) 04:08
• 9 Sweet Emmalina, My Gal (Live) 04:57
• 10 When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Live) 07:33
• Total Runtime 01:12:59

Info for Center Of Gravity: Live at Smalls

Dwayne Clemons was raised in Dallas,Texas. He started playing trumpet at age 8. It was in Dallas where he started his musical apprenticeship under the the likes of, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Cohn, Red Garland, James Clay, Buster Smith, Marchel Ivery, Claude Johnson, et.al. Upon arriving in New York in 1985, Clemons furthered his apprenticeship and received a lot of encouragement from with, ClarenceCSharpe, Jonah Jones, Barry Harris, Tommy Turrentine and many more. Clemons resides in Sweden but still performs at Smalls Jazz Club, whenever he visits the NYC. The 10th release in the Smalls Living Masters series was recorded in 2023 on one such visit to the U.S. Alongside him were Amanda Sedgwick on alto saxophone, Aaron Johnson on tenor saxophone, JinJoo Yoo on piano, Paul Sikivie on bass and Taro Okamoto on drums. The Living Master's Series is an honorarium award for jazz artists who are seniors and have been important contributors to the Smalls and Mezzrow communities in their careers. It helps to preserve the work of these important jazz artists.

Dwayne Clemons

Dwayne Clemons
was born in Los Angeles, California, July 3rd, 1963; but raised in Dallas,Texas, from infancy. He started playing trumpet at age 8. It was in Dallas where he started his musical apprenticeship under the the likes of, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Cohn, Red Garland, James Clay, Buster Smith, Marchel Ivery, Claude Johnson, et.al. Upon arriving to New York, from 1985, up until the early-nineties, Clemons furthered his apprenticeship and received a lot of encouragement from with, Clarence"C"Sharpe, Jonah Jones, Barry Harris, Tommy Turrentine and many more. He also co-leads a quintet with Josh Benko and Sacha Perry, on various occasions. Works with Charles Davis in New York. Most recently, Dwayne has been teaming up with Amanda Sedgwick and Freddie Redd, touring with them in Scandinavia and Copenhagen. Currently, Dwayne host a Monday night set with, Charles Davis, Richard Clements, Murray Wall and Taro Okamoto, at the 11th street bar, in Alphabet City. His influences ranges from Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell to Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Don Byas, Freddie Webster, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, et. al. of the like. On October 5th, 2014, Dwayne Clemons moved to Sweden (Stockholm). However, Dwayne still performs at Smalls, whenever he visits the U.S.

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