Tributary Tales

Tributary Tales
Tributary Tales
Studio album by Gerald Clayton
Released	April 21, 2017
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:26
Label	Motéma Music
Gerald Clayton chronology

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

All tracks are written by Gerald Clayton except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Stella by Starlight" (featuring Dayna Stephens)	Victor Young	7:54
Total length:			72:20

Personnel

Gerald Clayton – piano, keyboards
Logan Richardson – alto saxophone
Ben Wendel – tenor saxophone, bassoon (8, 10)
Dayna Stephens – baritone saxophone (9)
Joe Sanders – bass
Justin Brown – drums
Aja Monet, Carl Hancock Rux – spoken word (8, 14)
Sachal Vasandani – vocals (13)
Henry Cole – percussion (1, 10, 12, 13)
Gabriel Lugo – percussion (1, 10, 12–14), post-production

References

↑ "Tributary Tales". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
↑ "Gerald Clayton | Tributary Tales". Motéma. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
↑ 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.
1 2 Lucarelli, Niccolò (April 25, 2017). "Gerald Clayton: Tributary Tales". All About Jazz (in Italian). Retrieved November 20, 2025.
1 2 Considine, J. D. (July 2017). "DownBeat Reviews: Gerald Clayton Tributary Tales". DownBeat. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
↑ "Tributary Tales | Gerald Clayton". Apple Music. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

External links

[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.

[AAJ-4] 1 2 Lucarelli, Niccolò (April 25, 2017). "Gerald Clayton: Tributary Tales". All About Jazz (in Italian). Retrieved November 20, 2025.

[DB-5] 1 2 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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v t e Gerald Clayton
Studio albums	Two-Shade (2009) Bond: The Paris Sessions (2011) Life Forum (2013) Tributary Tales (2017) Bells On Sand (2022) Ones & Twos (2025)
Live albums	Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard (2020)
Related articles	John Clayton (father) Jeff Clayton (uncle) The Clayton Brothers (group)