Clifton Anderson

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<p><strong>Clifton Anderson was born on October 5, 1957 in Harlem, New York City. He grew up surrounded by music. His father was a church organist /choir director, and his mother a singer and pianist. </strong><strong>Clifton attended the prestigious Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in New York City and </strong><strong>is a graduate of The Manhattan School Of Music. Clifton has worked with </strong><strong>a &ldquo;who&rsquo;s who&rdquo; of diverse musical giants from Frank Foster, McCoy Tyner, Clifford Jordan, Stevie Wonder, Dizzy Gillespie, Merv Griffin and The Mighty Sparrow to Lester Bowie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paul Simon, Terumasa Hino, Keith Richards, Muhal Richard Abrams, WyClef Jean, Geri Allen, T.S. Monk, Charlie Haden, Slide Hampton and Wallace Roney among others. Clifton joined Sonny Rollins group in 1983, touring worldwide and recording ten releases with him until 2009. </strong></p> <p><strong>In 1997 Clifton released his first recording as a leader/producer on the Milestone label entitled Landmarks. Landmarks received critical acclaim internationally and made the top ten play lists on US Jazz radio coast to coast. At the end of 2007 Clifton went back into the studio as a leader to produce the highly anticipated Decade, his first recording in approximately ten years. Clifton received a nomination for 2009 &ldquo;Trombonist Of The Year&rdquo; from The American Jazz Journalists Association. Clifton produced four releases for Sonny&rsquo;s label Doxy Records:&nbsp; Sonny, Please, the DVD Sonny Rollins in Vienne, Road Shows Vol. 1, and Clifton&rsquo;s own Decade. At the end of 2009 Clifton left Sonny&rsquo;s band to actively lead his own group full time.</strong></p> <p><strong>With consistent stellar reviews from live performances Clifton decided to produce his third release, And So We Carry</strong> On&rdquo;.<strong> It has now been released on Daywood Drive Records.</strong></p>

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