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Jimmy Layton

Jimmy Layton (piano, organ, elec piano) ~ Just another Kid from Red Bank, Jimmy was born at an early age, in a log cabin that he helped his father build. With no sign of musical talent, Jimmy taught himself how to play keyboards as a teenager. Later, he studied classical piano and took theory classes at San Francisco City College. His interest in jazz started through listening to fusion (Return to Forever; Weather Report; Pat Metheny and others). His interest in composition arises from his admiration of Frank Zappa, Charles Mingus, and playing in original, jazzical-rock group, Dr. Duck. Jimmy headed up GRoK, a SF Bay Area original fusion band, which has opened for Allan Holdsworth, Zero and Roy Rogers, among others. He has released 3 CDs of his own music which have included jazz, blues, progressive rock, electronic and new age pieces ~ the last release being "The Persistence Of Melody".

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Jimmy Layton

Of last CD release, "The Persistence Of Melody"

Mister G - WSUM 91.7 FM - Madison, WI, USA “Oh that funk is good!!!!!”

Bryant S LittleJohn - KISS108FM / JOY94.4FM / KIK94.5&88FM “LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT”

Dj Goldfinger - CIUT 89.5 FM - Toronto Canada “smooth and tasteful!”

Carlos Fernandez Pacin - FM Urquiza 91.7MHZ - Argentina “A Great Jazz Master. Good Funk. Highly Recommended”

DJ Manny G - MGZC Radio - Cary, NC “Funkiness is here!”

Stephen Denemark - WQJC 107.9 FM Quincy, IL, USA “Charles Mingus brought down a bit with the likes of Frank Zappa, great combination! Love the B-3”

Of last CD release, "The Persistence Of Melody"

Mister G - WSUM 91.7 FM - Madison, WI, USA “Oh that funk is good!!!!!”

Bryant S LittleJohn - KISS108FM / JOY94.4FM / KIK94.5&88FM “LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT”

Dj Goldfinger - CIUT 89.5 FM - Toronto Canada “smooth and tasteful!”

Carlos Fernandez Pacin - FM Urquiza 91.7MHZ - Argentina “A Great Jazz Master. Good Funk. Highly Recommended”

DJ Manny G - MGZC Radio - Cary, NC “Funkiness is here!”

Stephen Denemark - WQJC 107.9 FM Quincy, IL, USA “Charles Mingus brought down a bit with the likes of Frank Zappa, great combination! Love the B-3”

Clive Craske - Radio Reverb - 97.2 FM Brighton, UK / * “This tune has great vibraphone and piano playing…”

Jeff Moses - WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston Global Radio - Boston, MA, USA / * “Always world-class music from Jimmy Layton” Michael Stukes - WHCR 90.3 FM - New York, NY, USA / * “DIGGGGGGING thisssss....”

Ash Selector - Sky TV 0129 / Dab London, Manchester, Brighton / Solar Radio Worldwide “COOL GROOVE”

Steven Goszmann - ArtSound FM 92.7 FM Canberra, ACT, Australia “Something very smooooooth to kick back to. Nice.”

Lewis Copeland - Electric Lion Radio - UK “Love It..... Serious Groove”

Martin Valentine - DJ Various clubs - Edinburgh, Scotland “Very cool. Like this a lot.”

Hober Mallow - 2SER 107.3 FM - Sydney, NSW, Australia / * “Sweet and groovy tune. Enjoying this immensely! ”

John Holden - 2BACR FM 100.9 - Sydney, Australia / * “An innovative sound. Jimmy Layton and his All-American “Not Your Daddy's Jazz “ Band has captured that all important ingredient in producing a hit - excitement.”

WJR Team - World Jam Radio - London, UK / * “nice vibes” Music Department - Jazz Radio London - London, UK “For airplay on Jazz London Radio”

Tim Aldous - Totally Radio - Brighton,UK “Love it! Will definitely feature”

Luchie Albertii - DJ / Promoter / Ahimsa / Phat Bull - London, UK “smokin!!!”

Tom Coulson - Syndicated 2-hour weekly series from Phoenix / 18 Stations “We concur with the Zappa influence. Something about all Jimmy's releases lately that create new memories of this moment in a positive way.”

Mike Fulton - RadioVideo - Belfast, Ireland “Beautiful Jazz!”

Kurt Gabriel - ECMA-Radio - Austria “Excellent done instrumental.”

Mr Murz - Phonic 106.8 FM - Exeter, UK “dope”

Grace Black - K107 FM - Live & Local Kirkcaldy “very funky” Magia Negra - Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, RUC 107.9 FM - Coimbra, Portugal “Great surprise.”

Liudas - Radio FM 99 Lithuania “very nice”

Pete Bodega - YUSH! | Zion Train Radio “Certified Good Music!”

Patrick Van Hauwaert - Villa Bota Radio 106,4 FM - Brugge, Belgium / 107,9 FM - Torhout, Belgium “Great Groove”

David Watson - Jazzmix95.com - Kansas City, USA “… this is hitting the core...LOVE the Mello funky beat. Will be adding ASAP!”

Yanick M. Thériault - CFBO 90.7 MF - New Brunswick, Canada “Smooth”

Marcel Leal - Morena 98.7 FM - Itabuna, Brazil “very interesting”

Elizabeth Andarge - WODU Studios/ Norfolk, Virginia “adding to WODU”

Debbie - Chandler, AZ

“Love this album!”

Susan - Rancho Mirage,CA “ Enjoy this on REPEAT”

Linda – Rockville Centre,, NY

“Various rhythms and a stellar band.”