Musician Dictionary

Gerald Cleaver

American musician

DescriptionAmerican musician
Source: Wikidata
Born1963-05-04
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceDetroit Detroit
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationjazz musician bandleader musician drummer
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentspiano drum kit
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz avant-garde music
Source: Wikidata
Member ofDeclared Enemy Yaron Herman Trio Matthew Shipp Quartet Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour Matthew Shipp Trio Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth Aruán Ortiz Trio Tomasz Stańko New York Quartet Benoit Delbecq 4 William Parker Organ Quartet The Stephen Rush Quartet Farmers by Nature The Band of Guardian Angels Ivo Perelman Quartet Mat Maneri Quartet Matthew Shipp’s New Orbit Rob Brown Ensemble Daniel Levin Trio Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory Steve Swell Quintet The Blue Series Continuum Joshua Abrams’ Cloud Script Eric Revis Trio Charles Gayle Trio Brandon Lopez Trio Steve Swell's system for total immersion The Jus Grew Orchestra Plymouth Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra Roscoe Mitchell Trio The Charles Gayle Trio Jemeel Moondoc Tentet Joe Morris Quartet Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet Samo Salamon NYC Quintet Samuel Blaser Quartet Greg Burk Quartet Miroslav Vitous Group Simon Nabatov Quintet Matthew Shipp's New Orbit Basement Research The Pancho Hagood Quintet Tim Flood Quartet Samo Salamon Quartet Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet John Hébert Trio Craig Taborn Trio Black Host Agnostic Revelations Chris Lightcap Quartet Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth Tivoli Trio Plymouth (3) Veil Of Names Raphaël Imbert Project Mario Pavone Orange Double Tenor Bill McHenry Quartet Judson Trio Ben Waltzer Trio Matthew Shipp Quartet Declared Enemy Subtle Degrees Peter Madsen Trio Brandon Seabrook Trio Barry Green Trio David Ades & Friends Violet Hour Joshua Abrams' Cloud Script López 4tet López Trio East Axis Christopher Parker & The Band Of Guardian Angels Benoît Delbecq 4 Steve Swell's Systems For Total Immersion Wadada Leo Smith's Silver Orchestra Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double Uncle June (2) Misako Kano Trio Ellery Eskelin Trio New York Pascal Niggenkemper's The Ocean Within Us East Axis Joshua Abrams' Cloud Script Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double The Blue Series Continuum Matthew Shipp Quartet
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata

Also known as

Agerard Cleaver Cleaver G. Clearver G. Cleaver Gerald Clever Gerald W. Cleaver

Links

Identifiers

mbid: fd1a8050-2116-440f-ac57-7028b8b425ce · wikidata: Q547849 · isni: 0000000107177173 · discogs: 295598

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