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Sonny Rollins Band |
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Marty Paglione Pod Cast with Tony Miceli |
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Instruments:
Trombone
AMT products used:
AMT Wi5C - Clip On Wireless System
AMT LS
Clifton Anderson was born on October 5, 1957 in Harlem, New York City. He grew up surrounded by music. His father was a church organist /choir director, and his mother a singer and pianist. It was no surprise that Clifton exhibited an affinity for music at an early age. When he was just seven years old he got his first trombone, a gift from his famous uncle Sonny Rollins.
Clifton attended the prestigious Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art. In 1974 he spent one year at The State University of New York at Stony Brook studying under Simon Karasick and Dave Schechter. He continued his education at the Manhattan School of Music, and graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Music degree. At The Manhattan School, he studied under the Metropolitan Opera trombonist John Clark. There he also met and befriended talented musicians like Angela Bofill and the late Kenny Kirkland.
While at Manhattan School of Music, Clifton began freelancing around New York City. Clifton made his first record date with Carlos Garnett in 1976 and by his senior year at Manhattan he had established himself as one of the young “in demand” trombonists in New York. It was around that time that Slide Hampton formed the original “World of Trombones”, the group that would become the standard by which all jazz trombone choirs were measured. The group included Janis Robinson, Steve Turre, Earl McIntyre, Clifford Adams, Doug Purviance, Papo Vazquez, and Clifton Anderson along with appearances from Curtis Fuller, Britt Woodman and Benny Powell. Later additions to the prestigious trombone choir included Robin Eubanks, Clarence Banks, Frank Lacy, Conrad Herwig, and Bob Trowers.
Clifton has worked with a “who’s who” of diverse musical giants: from Frank Foster, McCoy Tyner, Clifford Jordan, Stevie Wonder, Dizzy Gillespie, Merv Griffin and The Mighty Sparrow to Lester Bowie, Paul Simon, Muhal Richard Abrams, WyClef Jean, and Dionne Warwick among others. Clifton’s credits also include the Broadway shows Dreamgirls and Nine.
In 1983 Clifton got the call to join his uncle, Sonny Rollins. From that time to the present he has been a member of Sonny’s group and has toured extensively with him, performing throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, Canada and of course the United States. Clifton has also appeared on ten Sonny Rollins recordings. In 2005 Clifton worked on the production of the Sonny Rollins Without a Song: The 911 Concert CD. Since then Clifton has produced four releases for Sonny’s label Doxy Records: Sonny, Please, the DVD Sonny Rollins in Vienne, Road Shows Vol. 1, and Clifton’s own Decade. Along with managing the Doxy label, Clifton also runs OLEO,LLC, Sonny’s merchandising company. Between his duties as a musician, producer and administrator Clifton has taught privately and in academia. He was an artist in residence at Duke University from 1999 to 2001.
In 1997 Clifton released his first recording as a leader/producer, entitled Landmarks on the Milestone label. Landmarks received critical acclaim internationally and made the top ten play lists on Jazz radio coast to coast. At the end of 2007 Clifton went back into the studio as a leader to produce the highly anticipated Decade, his first recording in approximately ten years. Decade on Doxy Records will be distributed by the Universal Music Group and made available in the US in January 2009.
BIO
Clifton Anderson Videos: www.cliftonanderson.net/video.html
Clifton on Tour with his AMT Microphone: www.cliftonanderson.net/itinerary.html
Clifton Releases new CD Decade:
“Anderson himself is positively inspired, playing ultimately clean, brash, sophisticated lines of melody that are simple, thoughtful, and profound.
Decade is one of the better trombone-led jazz entries in the 2000s.”
Michael G. Nastos - AllMusic.com
“The music on Decade is loose enough to resemble a small
band jam session from the early 60’s and it swings with unabashed joy. Plus, Anderson makes the trombone sound cool again.”
Nick Bewsey - ICON Magazine
“The trombonist has just released Decade, his second album as a leader in more than a decade, and the result is impressive.”
Marc Myers - JAZZ WAX / ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“This one’s an absolute joy. Anderson has a gorgeous warm chestnut tone, and he’s adept both at gentle ballads or supercharged boppers. A truly great mainstream hard bop delight.”
George W. Harris - Jazz Weekly
“Decade comes across as an extended family affair; soulful, lyrical, buoyant and impassioned by turns. Anderson is in fine form throughout, combining an expressive tone with characteristic harmonic and rhythmic agility.”
Mike Joyce - JazzTimes Magazine
REVIEW EXCERPTS - 2009