Clayton Cameron
Updated: 7/6/2026 17:54
Clayton CameronGuest Host
According to Clayton Cameron’s colleagues at UCLA, where he has taught for 18 years, “His integrity and professionalism are beyond reproach.” With a music career spanning five decades, Clayton has played drums in many bands as a sideman for legendary artists like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, and many others. His brush technique for playing drums is known worldwide and is used by professional jazz drummers, educators, and students all over the world. Creative projects under his leadership include instructional DVDs, two TED Talks, including “The History of Drumming in America,” and “A-rhythm-etic, Math and Music.” He has written a play with music called “Traps and Taps,” and has toured with and/or played on numerous recordings with a variety of highly notable jazz and non-jazz artists including Kenny Burrell, Mariah Carey, Billy Childs, The Count Basie Orchestra, Ray Charles, Benny Green, Billy Joel, Diana Krall, BB King, K.D. Lang, Hubert Laws, John Mayer, Joe Pass, Bonnie Raitt, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, and Neil Young, to name a few. He has also written for and produced his own groups, The Jass Explosion, Do U Project, Traps and Tips, and most recently his Rhythmos Project which includes drummers from around the world. From legends to the up and coming the Brush Master continues to be inspired by all.
