# CD review: Gerald Clayton – Bells On Sand 2022: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/04/18/cd-review-gerald-clayton-bells-on-sand-2022-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2022-04-18T16:27:25+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Pianist & composer Gerald Clayton explores the impact and abstraction of time 
on his ravishing 2nd Blue Note album Bells On Sand, which features contributions
from mentor Charles Lloyd on saxophone, father John Clayton on bass, longtime friend
and peer Justin Brown on drums, and new collaborator MARO on vocals. **

“Each musician on the record represents a different aspect of the axis of time and
its shifting sands,” says Clayton. “My father and Charles Lloyd, who has been a 
mentor figure to me, reflect new permutations of my past, and the lineage of elders
who have shaped my development; Justin Brown, being my contemporary and musical 
brother, represents my present; and MARO represents the future – she is part of 
the next generation, and points to a brand new collaboration.”

The music includes new originals, pieces by Catalan composer Federico Mompou and
Gerald’s uncle Jeff Clayton, as well as two stunning solo piano versions of the 
standard “My Ideal.”

1. Water’s Edge feat. John Clayton & Justin Brown
 2. Elegia feat. John Clayton 
3. Damunt de tu Només les Flors feat. MARO, John Clayton & Justin Brown 4. My Ideal
1 5. That Roy feat. Justin Brown 6. Rip feat. Justin Brown 7. Just A Dream feat.
MARO 8. My Ideal 2 9. Peace Invocation feat. Charles Lloyd 10. This Is Music Where
You’re Going My Friends

![Bells On Sand | HIGHRESAUDIO](https://i0.wp.com/storage.highresaudio.com/2022/
04/01/jsbtj8-bellsonsan-preview-m3.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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