Tickets Going Fast for Saturday's Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Show

Submitted by Laguna Beach Live!

Laguna Beach Live! is proud to present the award winning Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, April 20, 8:00 pm. at the Laguna Playhouse. Tickets are $40-35. VIP and center orchestra tickets are sold out. Buy online (www.lagunabeachlive.org) or by phone (949-497-2787). Information: 949-715-9713.

Named Best Big Band in America, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (CHJO) is an awesome machine that has flourished over the course of 23 years under inspired and dedicated leadership.  CHJO, co-led by bassist John Clayton, his brother, reed player, Jeff Clayton, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, served as the resident jazz orchestra for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for several years and receives critical and commercial praise generated by their rousing live concert and festival performances and award winning recordings.

To be a member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, musicians not only have to be technically skilled and excellent jazz players but they need other qualities. We want musicians who love what we do and want to be in this family. With us it is truly about the music and the camaraderie. It is family."

The “family” consists of some of the hottest players in jazz: Trumpets : Bijon Watson, Scotty Barnhart, Kye Palmer, Brian Swartz, James Ford; Trombones : Ira Nepus, George Bohanon, Ryan Porter, Maurice Spears; Saxes: Jeff Clayton, Keith Fiddmont, Rickey Woodard, Charles Owens, Lee Callet; Rhythm: John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Tamir Hendelman, Christoph Luty, Graham Dechter.