Live at Smalls Dwayne Clemons

• 1 Bean Soup 06:49
• 2 Chloe 07:00
• 3 Down With It 06:16
• 4 Epistrophy 06:38
• 5 Roccus 07:10
• 6 Salute To Band In Box 07:49
• 7 Stoned 07:13
• Total Runtime 48:55

Info for 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, Clarence"C"Sharpe, Jonah Jones, Barry Harris, Tommy Turrentine and many more.

Clemons resides in Denmark 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 Gill 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.

During the COVID pandemic that shut our clubs from March of 2020 through April of 2021 we relied exclusively on funds raised by our not-for-profit, The SmallsLIVE Foundation. It was nothing short of miraculous, a world-wide support network of jazz fans and musicians came together and kept our clubs alive with donations and support. We raised more than what we needed, and these extra funds became the budget for our “SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series”. This is part life-time achievement award and part recording document. Our idea is to document the work of older artists that have had a lifetime in jazz music and a connection to our clubs. This marks the 10th release in the series. - Spike Wilner

Dwyane Clemons, trumpet
Amanda Sedgwick, alto saxophone
Aaron Johnson, tenor saxophone
JinJoo Yoo, piano
Paul Gill, bass
Taro Okamoto, drums

Recorded with GB's Mobile Unit on September 7, 2023
Mixed @ GB's Juke Joint
Engineered and mixed by Colin Mohnacs
Mastered by Owen Mullholland
Produced by Spike WIlner and Dwayne Clemons
Executive Producers: Spike Wilner & Cory Weeds

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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