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Meeting Standards


1. Sweet Georgia Bright (Lloyd) - 4:30
2. Shadow of Your Smile
(Mandel/Webster) - 6:21
3. You Stepped Out of a Dream
(Brown/Kahn) - 7:50
4. Song for my Father
(Silver) - 6:11
5. Soul Eyes
(Waldron) - 6:29
6. Rocky & Bullwinkle
(Steiner) - 5:29
7. Relaxin' at Camarillo
(Parker) - 5:12
8. Morning Star
(Moore) - 7:31
9. Hot House
(Dameron) - 8:45


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Clay Moore

Meeting Standards

Clay Moore - Guitar
AD Mannion - Drums
Chris Maresh- Bass
Rob Lockart - Tenor Sax
Brad Evilsizer - Drums


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Clay Moore is a rare find on today's jazz scene ­ a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity, clarity, and uncompromising integrity. Clay's warm, expressive tones and impeccable phrasing have been delighting U.S. and international audiences for over 20 years.

Clay was born in 1956 in Amarillo, Texas. His family was avidly musical, and he was surrounded by a variety of live and recorded music growing up ­ American folk, blues, classical, African, Caribbean, and jazz. His burgeoning interest in jazz was furthered when El Paso, Texas-based guitar master Curt Warren was hired to teach a semester at his high school. Curt would often take time before class to show Clay a chord progression or scale fingering. After high school Clay moved to Tampa, Florida, where he taught himself jazz theory and history by scouring local libraries, music stores, and record stores, reading every book and magazine he could find with the word "jazz" in the title. By the late 1970's, he was a professional musician living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, honing his craft in a musically diverse succession of bands that ran the gamut from Top 40 to blues, country-rock, hard rock, and fusion. In 1984 Clay moved to Austin, Texas, where he added musical theater and studio work to his expanding schedule of live music performances. A regular on the Austin jazz scene, he has performed with Lee Konitz, Larry Coryell, Tony Campise, Mitch Watkins, Julie Christensen, Alex Coke, Rich Harney, Elias Haslanger, Bob Meyer, James Polk, Brannen Temple, Suzi Stern, Rob Lockart, and many others. As a core member of saxophonist Tomás Ramirez's group for over ten years, Clay has opened for many internationally-known artists including Bill Frisell, Eric Johnson, Spyro Gyra, and Chuck Mangione. Clay moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1992, where he spent a year playing with local musicians in pubs and festivals. After a short professional stint in Seattle, Washington, Clay returned to Austin in late 1994. There he chose Austin-based Viewpoint Records to release his debut CD, entitled Meeting Standards.

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