Billy Childs
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Billy Childs ( William Edward Childs , born March 8, 1957 in Los Angeles ) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Live and act
Childs had first piano lessons at the age of six and attended the Community School of the Performing Arts at the age of sixteen , where he studied music theory with Marienne Uszler and piano with John Weisenfluh . From 1975 to 1979 he studied composition under Robert Linn at the University of Southern California .
Childs worked early with JJ Johnson , with whom he made his first recordings. From 1978 to 1984 he was a partner of Freddie Hubbard , to be heard on Pinnacle: Live & Unreleased from Keystone Korner ; after that he led Night Flight , a group that Dianne Reeves belonged to. Since 1988 he has been recording albums as a band leader. Besides his own quartet, he also worked with Allan Holdsworth , Eddie Daniels , Bobby Hutcherson , Branford Marsalis and others.
Childs has composed a number of classical works since the early 1990s. As a composer and jazz musician, he received ten Grammy nominations and was awarded three Grammy awards.
In 2014 he recorded an album in memory of the singer and songwriter Laura Nyro . It reached number 1 on the US jazz album charts.
Discography
- Take for Example This… with Mike Baker , Lenny Castro , Tony Dumas , Joe Heredia , Steve Houghton , Jimmy Johnson , Bob Sheppard , Carl Wurtz , 1988
- Twilight Is Upon Us with Mike Baker, Clayton Cameron , Luis Conte , Joseph Davis , Tony Dumas, Lynne Fiddmont , Reggie Hamilton , Jimmy Johnson, Nick Kirgo , Anthony Marinelli , Darryl Phinnessee , Bob Sheppard, 1989
- His April Touch with Mike Baker, Tony Dumas, Bruce Fowler , Walt Fowler , Jimmy Johnson, Bob Sheppard, 1991
- Portrait of a Player with Tony Dumas, Billy Kilson , 1993
- I've Known Rivers with Mike Baker, Mark Curry , Scott Henderson , Jimmy Johnson, Dianne Reeves, Carol Robbins , Bob Sheppard, Peter Sprague , Richard Todd , 1994
- Child Within with Terence Blanchard , Luis Bonilla , William Claxton , Ravi Coltrane , Dave Holland , Jeff Tain Watts , Steve Wilson , 1996
- Skim Coat with Carl Allen , Buster Williams , 1999
- Bedtime Stories with Billy Hart , Katherine Miller , George Mraz , 2000
- Lyric: Jazz Chamber Music - Volume 1 (Lunacy, 2005) with Scott Colley , Brian Blade , Marvin Smitty Smith
- Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (2014)
- Rebirth (Mack Avenue, 2017, Grammy )
Compositions
- Concerto for Percussion and Concert Band , UA North Texas State Wind Orchestra under Eugene Corporan 1986
- Tone Poem for Holly , UA Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen 1993
- Fanfare for the United Races of America UA Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen 1994
- The Distant Land , UA Akron Symphony Orchestra under Alan Balter 1995
- Music for String Orchestra , WP under Phillip Brunelle 1989
- Concerto for Piano & Jazz Chamber Orchestra , 1994
- Just Like Job , Cantata, WP 1997
- A Day in the Forest of Dreams for wind quintet and piano, WP Dorian Wind Quintet , 1997
- For Suzanne , UA Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Dianne Reeves conducted by the composer, 2004
- The Fierce Urgency of Now based on texts by Martin Luther King , UA Childs, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra 2005
- The Voices of Angels , cantata, 2005
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Web links
- Works by Billy Childs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Billy Childs website
- Billy Childs at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Childs, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Childs, William Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |