Jon Cleary
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Jon Cleary (born August 11, 1962) is a British-born American funk and R&B musician based in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he has studied the "musical culture and life of New Orleans" according to his website.
Cleary is an accomplished pianist as well as being a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. Cleary performs with a number of music luminaries including Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, B.B.
King, Ryan Adams, and Eric Burdon.
Compositions by Cleary have been recorded by notable musicians including Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and most recently John Scofield on his album Piety Street. Cleary's current band is Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, who have released two albums.
Their album Go Go Juice won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album in 2016.
Early life
Cleary is originally from Cranbrook, Kent, in the south-east of England. He attended Colliers Green Primary School, Angley Secondary and then Cranbrook School. His father played guitar but it was his uncle, returning from trips to America bringing recordings of Professor Longhair and others, who inspired his love for R&B. Cleary's focus was always more on art and music and everything that goes with it, than academic pursuits, and he soon left schooling behind to develop a life in music.
Career
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen consist of Cleary's keyboard and vocals, Derwin "Big D" Perkins (born 1974) on guitar, Cornell C. Williams (born 1962) on bass and backup vocals, and A.J. The hall of drums was on display. Except for Cleary, all of the band members, except for Cleary, were born in New Orleans.
The band is generally well-received, with large crowds of locals at famous New Orleans venues such as Tipitina's and the Maple Leaf Bar. They are also a mainstay at the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival, and they have appeared at Bonnaroo and other music festivals. "Cleary can be a complete monster on his own," Rolling Stone's David Fricke said of the Pin Your Spin album: "Bleary's complete R&B is as broad, deep, and roiling as the Mississippi river, the mingling product of local keyboard culture, Cleary's vocal-songwriting flair for moody Seventies soul, and the Gentlemen's spunky-meters roll."
Cleary is interviewed on film and appears in a performance clip in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which explores New Orleans' history and its impact on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk, and jazz. Cleary performs a piano duet to Allen Toussaint in the film.
On Annika Chambers' album, Wild & Free, Cleary performed piano.