Charles Pillow

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Charles Pillow (* around 1960 in Roanoke , Virginia ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , also oboe , English horn , bass clarinet , arrangement ).

Live and act

Pillow grew up in Baton Rouge . He first studied at Loyola University New Orleans and then completed his master's degree at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (New York) . He worked in the New York jazz scene from the early 1980s; first recordings were made in 1983 with Bevan Manson ( Metaphysical Rhumba ). In the following years he belonged to a number of big bands and jazz ensembles, including the Alan Ferber Nonet, Bob Mintzer Big Band, David Liebman Big Band, John Fedchock New York Big Band, Maria Schneider Orchestra , Michael Brecker Quindectet, Michael Leonhart Orchestra , Ted Nash Big Band, The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra and the Tony Kadleck Big Band. In 2018 he starred in Mike Holober's Grammy-nominated production Hiding Out . He was previously involved in three Grammy-awarded albums, Michael Brecker's Wide Angles , Maria Schneider's Concert in the Garden, and Joe Henderson's Big Band .

Under his own name he presented several albums such as Currents (1987), Pictures at an Exhibition (2005) and a reworking of Gustav Holst's The Planets (2008); He also directed the Charles Pillow Large Ensemble and presented the album Van Gogh Letters (2011) in a trio with Jim Ridl and Gary Versace . In the field of jazz he was involved in 111 recording sessions between 1993 and 2017, according to Tom Lord . He teaches as a college professor at the Eastman School of Music.

Discographic notes

  • Charles Pillow: Currents (A-Records, 1987), with Tim Hagans , Ben Monder , Michael Holober, Chuck Bergeron , Adam Nussbaum , Matt Wilson
  • In This World (2001), et al. a. with Chuck Bergeron
  • Charles Pillow / Tim Ries / Danny Walsh: Jam Session, Vol. 27 (2008)
  • Triocity, Charles Pillow, Jeff Campbell, Rich Thompson: I Believe in You ( Origin Records , 2017)
  • Charles Pillow Large Ensemble Arranged and Conducted by Charles Pillow Featuring Tim Hagans , Clay Jenkins , David Liebman: Electric Miles (Mama Records, 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b portrait (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 19, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Pillow, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (woodwind instruments, arrangement)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Roanoke , Virginia