Sunday "meet The Artist" Jazz Series - Winard Harper Presents Cleave Guyton at Moore's Lounge

Winard Harper’s guest is a rare virtuoso on the Sax, the flute as well as the Clarinet, who has featured as a musician actor in the Spike Lee’s Malcolm X bio. Beyond that, Cleave Guyton is an arranger/stylist/educator/composer and still beyond that in the words of Greg Osby: Much like his direct influences, Sonny Stitt, Hubert Laws, Cannonball Adderley, James Moody and Frank Wess, to name a few, Cleave has chosen to frame himself squarely in an environment that is demanding of a player’s command of time, feel, swing and the ability to relay their perspectives on life, emotion, relationships and compassion without over dramatization and excess...

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Winard Harper’s guest is a rare virtuoso on the Sax, the flute as well as the Clarinet, who has featured as a musician actor in the Spike Lee’s Malcolm X bio. Beyond that, Cleave Guyton is an arranger/stylist/educator/composer and still beyond that in the words of Greg Osby: Much like his direct influences, Sonny Stitt, Hubert Laws, Cannonball Adderley, James Moody and Frank Wess, to name a few, Cleave has chosen to frame himself squarely in an environment that is demanding of a player’s command of time, feel, swing and the ability to relay their perspectives on life, emotion, relationships and compassion without over dramatization and excess. With a robust saxophone tone and a lilting, and yet, haunting flute sound, Cleave utilizes every color available to him in the sonic palette. He is a veteran, in-demand section and session musician, educator and a flag bearer of the noble principles of sincerity and soulfulness. His music evokes a humanistic quality, full of emotional expression and spirit. In terms of Wow-Factors: Cleave Guyton has worked with worked with Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Nat Adderley, Abby Lincoln, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jon Hendricks, The Ray Charles Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Spike Lee, Joe Williams, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Ronny Jordan, The Mingus Big Band, Cleo Laine, Chaka Khan, The Boys Choir of Harlem and many more.

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