REMEMBERING JAMES CLAY

2016 will be our 8th annual tribute and features DFW jazz musicians who knew and worked with James Clay including (but not limited to) Roger Boykin, Johnny Case, Kelly Durbin, Brad Leali, James Gilyard, Lou Harlas, Tom Burchill, Bob Stewart, Clyde George, Duane Durrett and more.

"Playing with Ornette (Coleman) opened me up quite a bit," said Clay, who was part of Coleman's Jazz Messiahs ...I remember one day we came out of the crib and we were going to practice. I got one of those method books out, and we started playing and Ornette just went off like, and I'm playing toot-toot-toot. So I promptly closed the book up. I said, 'Well, we're going off in a completely different direction here, hmmmm.' It opened my ears up to a lot more." Dallas Observer: Thursday, Jan 12,1995