songwriter

With a catalog of over seven hundred songs across multiple genres, Cliff is an experienced songwriter and collaborator with a discography that includes major label cuts, film and TV placements, national advertising campaigns and the #2 most played song on Billboard’s Jazz Chart in 2010.

song of the month

My Never Again
(Wrote this one with Steely Dan backup singer, Carolyn Leonhart)

  • selected discography

    Cliff’s songs have been cut by artists in genres as diverse as country, pop, jazz and classical crossover.

    Click below to hear Emarcy/Universal jazz artist, Jane Monheit, sing Cliff’s co-write with Larry Goldings entitled “It’s Only Smoke.”
    The New York Times praised the song’s “devastating clarity.”

    Click below to hear Concord Jazz artist, Spencer Day, sing his co-write with Cliff entitled “Till You Come to Me.”
    This song spent 27 weeks in the top 10 on Billboard Magazine’s jazz chart.

    Click below hear Cliff’s song “The Light Inside of You” recorded by famed Irish tenor Ronan Tynan with London’s Royal Philharmonic.

    Click below to hear Cliff’s song “Gone Dreamin” recorded by EMI artist, Diane Chase.

    Click below to hear Cliff’s original demo of “You’re Lyin’ Through Your Tooth” cut by Sony artist, Big Mike Callan.

  • film/tv/web

    Cliff’s songs have been used in national ad campaigns as well as in feature films and on NPR’s “This American Life.”

    Click below to hear “Table for Two” which appears in the feature film, “Trust the Man” starring Julianne Moore and David Duchovny.

    Click below to see the Fuze Beverage national cinema spot using Cliff’s music.

    Click below to see the Fuze Beverage MySpace promotion using Cliff’s music

  • jazz

    Coco Chanel
    Quietly
    Down Like the Moon

  • pop

    Set Me Free
    It’s You
    Five Dollar Umbrella (written with Lisa Loeb)

  • country

    Pretty Good Waste of Time
    The Man I Used To Be
    Early This Morning

  • cross genre

    Til You Come To Me
    Set In Stone
    If It’s Beautiful

  • licensing information

    All song licensing inquiries should be directed to A-Side Music, LLC.

    Contact:
    Dan Coleman
    dan@asidemusic.com
    212.459.2996