Tributary Tales

Tributary Tales
Studio album by
Gerald Clayton
ReleasedApril 21, 2017 (2017-04-21)
GenreJazz
Length64:26
LabelMotéma Music
Gerald Clayton chronology
Life Forum
(2013) 		Tributary Tales
(2017) 		Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard
(2020)

Tributary Tales is a studio album by jazz pianist Gerald Clayton, released on April 21, 2017, by Motéma Music.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[4]
DownBeat[5]

Niccolò Lucarelli, writing for All About Jazz, stated: "[It] is an album capable of engaging and surprising at every moment, of conveying the beauty of a musical genre that knows no boundaries."[4] J. D. Considine of DownBeat wrote, "Like the waterways it evokes, Tributary Tales is nourishing, refreshing and full of great depths."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Unforeseen"5:58
2."Patience Patients"6:13
3."Search For"1:07
4."A Light"4:19
5."Reach For"0:36
6."Envisionings"6:43
7."Reflect On"1:09
8."Lovers Reverie" (featuring Aja Monet & Carl Hancock Rux)3:11
9."Wakeful"5:54
10."Soul Stomp"7:47
11."Are We"7:00
12."Engage In"1:29
13."Squinted"7:10
14."Dimensions: Interwoven" (featuring Aja Monet & Carl Hancock Rux)5:50
Total length:64:26
Bonus track[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Stella by Starlight" (featuring Dayna Stephens)Victor Young7:54
Total length:72:20

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Tributary Tales". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  2. ^ "Gerald Clayton | Tributary Tales". Motéma. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Chinen, Nate (April 19, 2017). "Gerald Clayton Finds a Flow State at the Yamaha Salon, Drawing From 'Tributary Tales'". WBGO Jazz. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Lucarelli, Niccolò (April 25, 2017). "Gerald Clayton: Tributary Tales". All About Jazz (in Italian). Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Considine, J. D. (July 2017). "DownBeat Reviews: Gerald Clayton Tributary Tales". DownBeat. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  6. ^ "Tributary Tales | Gerald Clayton". Apple Music. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
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