2007 Artist/Faculty

What makes The Port Townsend Jazz Workshop one of the country's best weeks of jazz? The faculty. We invite some of the best teachers and players in jazz today to Centrum with one goal in mind: to make you a better player. The one-on-one interaction and combo instruction will dramatically improve your skills, taking your playing to a new level. These are players who make their careers in jazz. They are masters of the genre and they're here to share their hard-earned knowledge with you.

Artistic Director John Clayton was Artistic Director of Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl from 1999–2001. He has written, performed, and arranged music for Diana Krall, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Natalie Cole, Milt Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones, George Benson, Dr. John, and others. He co-leads the Clayton Brothers Quintet with his brother, saxophonist Jeff Clayton, and the brothers lead the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with drummer Jeff Hamilton. He is Artistic Director of the Vail Jazz Workshop and teaches at USC.

Alto sax: Jeff Clayton  more Bill Ramsay  more Tenor sax: Houston Person  more Bari sax: Gary Smulyan  more Trombone: Jiggs Whigham  more Greg Schroeder Trumpet: Ingrid Jensen  more Terell Stafford  more Jay Thomas  more Piano: (This section is full) Lynne Arriale more Dawn Clement  more Benny Green  more Randy Halberstadt  more Tamir Hendelman  more Randy Porter  more Steve Christofferson more

Bass: Dave Bjur Chuck Deardorf  more Christoph Luty  more Doug Miller  more Paul Keller   more Guitar: Chuck Easton  more Bruce Forman  more Dave Peterson  more Dan Balmer more Drums: Clarence Acox  more Steve Davis  more Gary Gibson  more Jeff Hamilton  more Gary Hobbs  more Pete Swan  Jon Wikan  more Vocal: Dee Daniels  more Roberta Gambarini more Nancy King more Arranging: Gerald Wilson  more