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Matthew D. Clayton, II

Dr. Matthew D. Clayton, II, a Philadelphia area native, has played the saxophone for more than 20 years and is a music scholar, teacher, composer and performer. Some of the highlights of his various performances include shows at Carnegie Hall, famed New York jazz clubs the Village Vanguard and Birdland as a member of the National Grammy All Star High School Jazz Band, the Academy of Music, performing for Grover Washington, Jr., gigs with the late legendary Count Basie trombonist Al Grey, and appearing as a featured performer for a winter jazz festival in Paris, France. Dr. Clayton attended Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in Music. He then earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Music, specializing in ethnomusicology, with an emphasis on the study of jazz. While at Harvard, Clayton directed the Harvard Graduate School Big Band and performed with students from the nearby Berklee College of Music. Dr. Clayton has taught saxophone at the Litchfield Summer Jazz Camp in Connecticut and privately while completing his studies. Dr. Clayton is on the faculty of the prestigious Nelly Berman School of Music and is the Director of Jazz Combos at the University of Pennsylvania. His debut album is scheduled for a Fall 2014 release.

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