Philadelphia Songbook Vol. 2 Instrumentalists

Music Director/Piano/Electric Piano: Terry Klinefelter
Dr. Terry Klinefleter is a versatile artist at home in jazz clubs as well as he classical concert stage. She has performed at the Kimmel Center the Philly Fringe. Chads Ford Winery Fest, Jazz at the Spring, Endless Mountain Music Festival and the Arcady festival (Bar Harbor Maine) Known for her lyrical and beautiful sounds, she has also performed three times on the Phila Orchestra chamber music series and abroad in Mexico (Escuela Superior, Monterrey) and Italy (rome festival.) She has also collaborated with dance companies serving as pianist with PA Ballet in the early 90s and more recently with Central PA Youth Ballet.

Terry’s recording career features both solid work as a “sideman” and also her own work, beginning with debut CD “Simple Gifts” (described as by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “on the cosmic cusp where Mozart might meet Mingus) and a 2013 release “Zingaro which features original Jazz compositions, standards and several new songs based on he works of poet Dana Giola. Zingaro reached #30 on the national Jazz radio charts and was featured among local Jazz stations WRTI’s Hot 11 Countdown for several months. The selection titled “Tunnel” is one of the original compositions from this release.

Alto Sax: Dr Matthew Clayton
Dr. Matthew Clayton, a Philadelphia native, is a saxophonist, educator, scholar and composer. Drawn to the saxophone by the music of Charlie Parker at age 10, Clayton has charted a dedicated  course…embracing  both performance and initially fueling His love of jazz during middle school through participation “ big bands” where he played lead alto and gained early improvisational experience..  Serious commitment to performance emerged in high school. Where the middle school veteran took his place as member of the National Grammy High School Jazz Band.  During his tenure, NGJB played such New York City jazz venues  Village Vanguard and Birdland as well as  Carnegie Hall.  Claytons high school “career”, featured meeting and performing for saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., as well as gigging  with former Count Basie trombonist Al Grey.  In addition to Jazz ,  high school years also afforded young Clayton  a strong foundation in gospel music:  While attending AME church service he played frequently for worship.

At age 18  Clayton entered Yale University.  While at Yale, he was a presence on the music scene, forming Jazz Dialect, his own jazz quartet.  He was also featured performer at Yale’s Tercentennial Celebration in 2001.  During undergrad years, Dr. Clayton played alongside Duke Ellington Fellowship leader and Yale professor Willie Ruff.  After completing the BA in Music, Dr. Clayton continued study, specializing in ethnomusicology  and completing  both Masters and Ph.D degrees at Harvard University He continued performance activites at At Harvard, where he directed the graduate school jazz band and performed with students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.  Subsequently, Dr. Matthew Clayton returned to the Philadelphia area where his posts as Director of Jazz Combos at the University of Pennsylvania,  faculty at Nelly Berman School of Music and founding of  namesake ensemble (the Matthew Clayton Quartet)  allows him pursue his love of teaching and performance simultaneously.. 

Tenor Sax/Flute/Bari Sax: Tim Price

Tim Price is a Selmer saxophone clinician, and a demanded performer and educator worldwide. Tim, a Berklee College of Music graduate, is one of the country's foremost woodwind artists. He is four time recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship Jazz Grants. Tim Price has spent years in the trenches with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey under  both Murray McEachern and later Buddy Morrow, Glenn Miller under Buddy  DeFranco, Cab Calloway and Harry James. He's also been part of Ernie Krivda's Fat Tuesday big band. Tim's bassoon has been a part of the Lawrence "Butch" Morris Orchestra at the 2004 "Vision Festival" in New York City as well as Rome and other destinations. In addition, he's done various soul and rock gigs with folks like Billy Paul, The 5th Dimension, Lou Christie, Milt Trenier, Four Tops, Felix Cavelerie, Al Kooper and many many others from that idiom.

In the last few years, Tim Price has led bands of his own featuring stellar players like Lew Tabackin,   Rachel Z, Allison Miller, and Scott Lee. In another vein entirely, Tim’s creativity extends to writing.  He has written over 40 sets of liner notes for historic jazz records like "Front End" by Jerry Bergonzi, plus CD liner notes for folks like David S. Ware, Ray Pizzi, Tab Smith, Michael Marcus, Bert Wilson and dozens of other great saxophone players. Mr. Price's writing on jazz and the saxophone appears regularly in the Saxophone Journal, he has been a featured writer for that publication for over 18 years.

Trumpet: Bob Meashey
Bob Meashey – Trumpet – Bob Meashey has been a force in the Philadelphia area for decades beginning with his work with guitarist Steve Giordano. Since graduating  of Lebanon Valley College, Bob has been active as a innovative performer and teacher consistently deploying a unique approach to improvisation.. Meashey embeds his iconoclastic musicality within a throaty tone, evocative of  master trumpeter Tomaz Stanko.  His nuanced and resiliently unpredictable approach to improvisation never fails to enlivened the local ensembles he works with..

Trombone: Nick Lombardelli

Born and raised in Berlin, New Jersey, trombonist Nick Lombardelli attended the Aaron Copeland School of Music, Queen’s College in New York. He now makes Philadelphia his home. He has performed with Another Holoiday For Skins, Pablo Batista Jazz Ensemble, as well as with saxophonists, Tal Shtuhl and Mike Cemprola.

Guitar/E. Guitar: Dan Hanrahan
Now based in Philadelphia,  Dan began playing guitar as a child growing up outside of Washington DC.  After several years of learning hard rock and blues, Dans interests  turned toward Jazz,  and in 2005 he relocated to Philadelphia tostudy with Craig Ebner ad Tom Giacetti At  Temple University.  Undergrad years also afforded his opportunities  to study classical guitar w William Newman as well as performing  with Benny Golson And George Gazone.

Since Temple, Dan’s professional performances have placed him on stages at Chris Jazz Café, Twins Jazz and the Deerhead.  Including work w Gabriel Globus-Hoenick (Trio and Quartet).  His own namesake Trio was featured was featured as part of the Jazz Projects Mysterious Traveler Series in January 2015.

Double Bass: Paul Klinefelter
As a young man during the 60s Paul Klinefelter was avid fan of English  blues informed rock an interest which gradually traced back to the source….such original innovators as Muddy Waters BB King. After enrolling to study art in 1969, the musical impulse prevailed and for a time he took up playing with Jim McCarthy & Soul; a Chicago blues band. Around this time he also became exposed to Jazz listening to WRTI during late night band breaks found his creative interest once again redirected; this time toward the subtler harmonics of jazz. To this end, he began studying with Guitarist Tony DAddona who suggested that he also learn double bass.  In 1973 Paul responded with the  of his first upright bass.  He embarked on classical studies with Eligio Rossi at Settlement Music School. Classical training with Lou Kosma (Metropolian Opera Orchestra) at T U, and then with Neil Courtney (Philadelphia Orchestra) at U arts where he eventually earned a diploma in double bas performance.

Paul’s ecletic background prepared him for a multifaceted career. He has performed with Harrisburg Symphony since 1989 both as classical bass section player and on bass guitar for pops offerings. He is has a high local profi as jazz bassist (oted Bs Jazz Bassist for 1982 by WRTI) Returning to blues roots has recently placed him into the ranks of Johnny D’Francesos Power Trio a high energy blues band with focus ion improvisation. Many of Paul’s jazz students have gone on to college study and professional careers. In one recent season, two of the eight bassists in the Philadelphia/Chester County District Orchestra were Paul’s students.

Bass Guitar: Christian Klinefelter

Percussion: Ron Howerton
Ron’s Howerton’s bio states that  he began playing percussion at he age of 7, inspired by practice session at his brothers house which featured such luminary attendees as John Coltrane and Jimmy Garrison. He received formal musical education at Community College of Phila and Granoff School of Music. He dates a serious commitment to percussion at 1980, studying with Abdu Johnson, Bobby Crowder, Orlando Floi, Skip Burton and Airto Moreno. Since then, Howerton has performed widely. In addition to a significant and farflung performance career.  He is a teaching artist at Musicopia, a local endeavor which offers instrumental instruction and concert performance opportunities to school age children.

However, Mr. Howerton is perhaps best recognized locally as founding member of Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra.  Born in concept in 1996 when closing ceremony performance at Philadephia’s AfricAmericas Festival occassioned a collaboration between Daryl Kwasi Burgee and tabla player Lenny Seiderman and four additional percussionists, Spoken Hand developed into high energy outpouring of polyphonic rhythms spread across and ensemble feturing 15 of our areas most gifted hand drummers; percussion resources ranging from  N India (tabla) West Africa (Djembe) Brazil (samba) and Afro-Cuba (bata).  Their national debut in  1998 at Atlanta’s National Black Arts Festival sold out the performance. And since then their dynamic performance schedule has is too lengthy to recount.  However, local appearances suffice to attest to the demand of their art…  Twice winners of Phila City Paper’s Best World/Roots Music award, the list of venues hosting Spoken Hand has appeared at includes, PaintedBride, World Café Live, Phila Musuem of Art, Barnes Foundation, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore Colleges, Jefferson Medical Colleges, International House at Univ of Pennsylvania, Mann Center and the Welcome America Festival; Philadelphia’s  Gift to Independence Day .

Drums: Byron Landham

Native Philadelphian, Byron Christopher Landham (aka) "Wookie" was born November, 1969. The youngest of six children (four girls and two boys). When older brother Robert began studying clarinet and saxophone, Byron  took an interest in the drums. At the age of 10 he enrolled at Settlement Music School where he studied classical percussion and jazz drumming. The freedom of creative expression was appealing to Byron, and Jazz became his main focus. During high school, he was a top call on the Philly jazz scene and by 1992, his musical prowess had earned him steady work with some of the finest musicians in the world. (Including stints with the Betty Carter, George Coleman, Bobby Hutcherson, Joey DeFrencesco, Frank Wes, Pat Martino, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone, Ruth Naomi Floyd, Hannibal Lokumbe and the Liberation Orchestra, and most recently a 3 year stint with six time Grammy Award winner Dave Sanborn. Byron Has recorded on at least fifty cd's. Notably, he co-produced Joey DeFrancesco's tribute to the late Michael Jackson.  The cd titled "Never Can Say Goodbye" was nominated for a Grammy award.

Currently Byron's premier project is The Landham Brothers, featuring multitalented reed man and brother Robert Landham. Their latest release on the Straight Street Label is entitled "The Shape of Things To Come" has received rave reviews. Byron continues to be a strong advocate for jazz education. He hass performed drum clinics at several University's and music stores in American and Canada and is currently on faculty at Temple University, Philadelphia (PA), where he serves as an adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies for Drumming. For the past five years he's taught drums and Jazz combo at the "We Love Jazz" summer music camp and jazz festival in Isola Del Cantone (Italy).