Bells on Sand Virgin Label Services reflect new permutations of my

reflect new permutations of my past

The brilliant arranger Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead when he made his 2 excellent albums for World Pacific—New Bottle Old Wine (1958) and Great Jazz Standards (1959)—the latter featuring Johnny Coles

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an expansive project that encompasses three albums with an overarching theme

Bells on Sand Virgin Label Services reflect new permutations of myPianist & 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