John Clayton was a student of Ray Brown and already performing with Henry Mancini by the time he was nineteen. After studies at Indiana University, he toured with Count Basie and was appointed principal bass of the Amsterdam Philharmonic. He was the winner of the 1982 International Society of Bassists Zimmermann-Mingus Jazz Competition. The past president of the ISB, he is co-founder and leader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and records with his brother Jeff as The Clayton Brothers. In 1998, John was appointed artistic director of jazz at the Hollywood Bowl for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Associations new initiative, with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra as ensemble-in-residence.

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