Brooks Tillotson

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Chester Brooks Tillotson (born September 13, 1930 in Fort Edward ; † November 2, 2018 in Glens Falls ) was an American theater, jazz , orchestral and studio musician ( French horn ).

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Tillotson studied at the University of Vermont and New York's Juilliard School , before doing his military service, where he played four years in a band of the Navy, stationed in Honolulu and San Diego. After his discharge from the military, he worked in New York City, where he a. a. played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and gave solo concerts at Town Hall and Alice Tully Hall . He was also involved in numerous Broadway shows .

In the course of his career he has worked with stars such as Carly Simon , Tony Bennett , Lena Horne , Carmen McRae , Don McLean , Chaka Khan , Frank Sinatra , Gladys Knight and the Pips , Judy Collins , Philip Glass and with jazz greats such as David Amram ( Subway Night ), Charles Mingus ( Let My Children Hear Music , 1971), Randy Weston ( Blue Moses ), Grover Washington Jr. , Bill Evans / Claus Ogerman ( Symbiosis , 1974), George Benson , Dizzy Gillespie ( Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods ), Maynard Ferguson , Stanley Turrentine, and Stan Kenton . After retiring, he lived in Fort Edward, New York, where he continued to play locally with symphony orchestras in Utica, Schenectady, Glens Falls and Albany. In the field of jazz he was involved in 56 recording sessions between 1964 and 1984, including with Esther Phillips , Gábor Szabó , Moondog , Hank Crawford ( Wildflower ), Eumir Deodato ( Whirlwinds ), Joe Farrell , Bob James , Michel Legrand and most recently with Terumasa Hino ( Trans-Blue ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chester Brooks Tillotson Obituary - Fort Edward, NY. Obituary. In: obittree.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019 ; accessed on February 7, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d Bruce Tillotson obituary. Local 802 Musicians' Union, March 4, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The JAZZ Discography - by Tom Lord. In: lordisco.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tillotson, Brooks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tillotson, Chester Brooks
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theater, jazz, orchestral and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Edward
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 2018
Place of death Glens Falls