Delight

The revelation is Dawn Clement's piano, always ready with the lyricism or structure the moment needs.
DownBeat

Pianist, vocalist, and composer Dawn Clement has proven to be a joyful and formidable force in modern creative music through her work with Jane Ira Bloom, säje, Matt Wilson, Ron Miles, Julian Priester and many others over the last two decades. With Delight, she forms a captivating, tri-generational unit with legendary bassist Buster Williams and the singular drummer Matt Wilson, and creates a soulful, endlessly dynamic recording of mostly original compositions. Torchbearers of the tradition while trailblazers in evocative & surprising sonic explorations, Delight describes not just their gathering, but also the resultant music created - inspired, original and resplendent.

"In all this world of jazz, there are very few individual voices, no matter what the instrument, but Dawn has come up with a voice that's unique..." Julian Priester

Production Info:

Produced by Dawn Clement
Recorded & mixed by Matt Balitsaris
at Maggie's Farm, Pipersville, PA
Recorded on May 28, 2024
Mastered by Colin Bricker
at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver, CO
Photographs by Aleksandr Lee assisted by Yan Savin
Cover design & layout by John Bishop

Reviews of Delight

Paris Move (Thierry De Clemensat)
A Bold and Intimate New Album from Pianist and Vocalist Dawn Clement, Releasing on Bastille Day. There are artists who quietly chart their course through the contemporary jazz landscape, and then there are those, like pianist, vocalist, and composer Dawn Clement, who illuminate it. For more than two decades, Clement has been crafting a distincti ...

Jazz Weekly (George W Harris)
Pianist and vocalist Dawn Clement forms a satisfying trio with all-stars Buster Williams on bass and drummer Matt Wilson for a mix of post bopping instrumentals and indie-oriented vocals. Her voice has a folksy reflection to it, as on the Randy Newman-ish "Forgive Me" and a Blossom Dearie take of Elvis Costello's "Someone Took The Words". She has a ...

All About Jazz (Paul Rauch)
4 1/2 STARS Pianist / vocalist / composer Dawn Clement has appeared on plenty of recordings, both as a sideperson and leader, but she has perhaps never quite accomplished what she has here with Delight, on the Origin Records label. There are balances achieved with this record that fans of the long-time Seattle, now Denver-based Clement can eage ...

Making a Scene Magazine (Dee Dee McNeil)
Dawn Clement lets you know from the very first tune on this album, that she is a technical master at the 88-keys. Her trio is full of legacy, passion, and tenacity. Clement's original tune is called "Outstretch" and it opens the album with straight-ahead jazz, a flurry of notes, some unexpected breaks in the rhythm, and a melody for the trio to enr ...

Modern Drummer (Mark Griffith)
The piano trio of Dawn Clement, Buster Williams, and Matt Wilson have found a nice musical foundation to stand on and a nice atmosphere to live within, and that foundation and atmosphere are a Delight. If you think you know where the performances on the opener "Outstretch" or "Alone Together" are going, keep listening (and be pleasantly surprise ...

Marlbank (UK) (Stephen Graham)
As a way of introduction let's talk about Elvis Costello first. Because the best thing on this very unassuming but more-ish piano trio-with-vocals album from American player and academic Dawn Clement is the treatment of a ballad from the great ‘Shipbuilding' icon's North (2003) – ‘Someone Took the Words Away'. Great choice. We could be diving ...

Los Angeles Jazz Scene (Scott Yanow)
Dawn Clement is a versatile modern mainstream jazz pianist with a sound of her own who is also a quietly expressive singer. In her career she has worked with Julian Priester and Jane Ira Bloom in addition to leading her own trios. Delight is at least her sixth album as a leader. On Delight, Clement is joined by bassist Buster Williams and drumme ...