Gerald_Cleaver_(musician)

Gerald Cleaver

Gerald Cleaver

American drummer

Gerald Cleaver (born May 4, 1963[1]) is a jazz drummer from Detroit, Michigan.[2]

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Early life

Cleaver's father is drummer John Cleaver Jr., originally from Springfield, Ohio, and his mother was from Greenwood, Mississippi.[1] Gerald had six older siblings.[1]

Career

Cleaver joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan in 1995. He has performed or recorded with Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Roscoe Mitchell, Miroslav Vitouš, Michael Formanek, Tomasz Stańko, Franck Amsallem and others.[1]

Under the name Veil of Names, Cleaver released an album called Adjust on the Fresh Sound New Talent label in 2001. It featured Maneri, Ben Monder, Andrew Bishop, Craig Taborn and Reid Anderson and was a Best Debut Recording Nominee by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Cleaver currently leads the groups Uncle June, Black Host, Violet Hour and NiMbNl as well as working as a sideman with many different artists.

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

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As sideman

With Lotte Anker

With Samuel Blaser

  • 7th Heaven (Between the Lines, 2008)
  • Boundless (Hatology, 2011) with Marc Ducret
  • As the Sea (Hatology, 2012) with Marc Ducret
  • Spring Rain (Whirlwind, 2015)

With Ellery Eskelin

  • Trio Willisau Live (HatOLOGY 2016)
  • Trio New York II (Prime source 2013)
  • Trio New York (Prime source 2011)

With Chris Lightcap

  • Lay-up (Fresh Sound, 2000)
  • Bigmouth(Fresh Sound, 2003)
  • Deluxe (Clean Feed, 2010)
  • Epicenter (Clean Feed, 2015)
  • SuperBigmouth (Pyroclastic, 2019)

With Roscoe Mitchell

With Joe Morris

With Ivo Perelman

  • Family Ties (Leo, 2012) with Joe Morris
  • The Living Jelly (Leo, 2012) with Joe Morris
  • The Foreign Legion (Leo, 2012) with Matthew Shipp
  • Enigma (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp and Whit Dickey
  • Serendipity (Leo, 2013) with Matthew Shipp and William Parker
  • The Art of The Improv Trio Volume 1 (Leo, 2016) with Karl Berger
  • The Art of The Improv Trio Volume 3 (Leo, 2016) with Matthew Shipp
  • The Art of The Improv Trio Volume 4 (Leo, 2016) with William Parker
  • The Art of The Improv Trio Volume 5 (Leo, 2016) with Joe Morris
  • The Art of The Improv Trio Volume 6 (Leo, 2016) with Joe Morris
  • Breaking Point (Leo, 2016) with Mat Maneri and Joe Morris
  • Octagon (Leo, 2017) with Brandon Lopez and Nate Wooley

With Matthew Shipp

With Miroslav Vitous

With others

References

  1. [1]
    Adler, David R. (December 13, 2013) "Home & Away with Gerald Cleaver". JazzTimes.
  2. [2]
    Layne, Joslyn. "Biography: Gerald Cleaver". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  3. [3]
    Corroto, Mark (25 July 2021). "Gerald Cleaver: Griots". All About Jazz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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