Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: piano - website: -lsb- http://www.geraldclayton.com geraldclayton.com -rsb- - landscape: yes - caption: gerald clayton - origin: southern california , united states - label: artistshare verve sin-drome - genre: mainstream jazz - birth date: 11 may 1984 - name: gerald clayton - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: gerald clayton.jpg - birth place: utrecht , netherlands - associated acts: gerald diana krall roberta gambarini quartet clayton trio clayton-hamilton jazz orchestra the clayton brothers - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerald clayton .
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gerald william clayton is a jazz pianist and composer born in utrecht , netherlands , and raised in southern california .he is the son of bassist/bandleader john clayton and the nephew of multi-instrumentalist wind player jeff clayton .