Birth name James Louis Chirillo Years active 1974 – present | Name James Chirillo Role Guitarist | |
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Born May 2, 1953 (age 70) ( 1953-05-02 ) Origin Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger Instruments Jazz guitar, banjo, composer Genres Jazz, Big band, Bebop, Hard bop, Swing music, Mainstream jazz, Classical music Similar People | ||
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James Louis Chirillo (born May 2, 1953, Waltham, Massachusetts) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, composer, arranger, and band leader. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington, and has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey since 1993.
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- it might as well be spring tal ronen james chirillo mark lopeman march 29 2015
- James chirillo on set up and comping technique for classic jazz guitar
- Career
- As leader
- As sideman
- Published music and papers
- References
James chirillo on set up and comping technique for classic jazz guitar
Career
Chirillo grew up in Bellevue, Washington. He studied music at University of North Texas College of Music, where in the fall of 1976, he was chosen to play in the One O'Clock Lab Band for the academic year. His major concentration was composition and he studied guitar with Jack Petersen.
After college, he studied composition and arranging with John Carisi and Bill Finegan. He also studied guitar with Remo Palmier and musicianship with Helen Jordan (1907–2006).
From 1977 to 1979, he performed regularly with singers Marilyn Maye, Vic Damone, Joey Heatherton, Lorna Luft, and pianist Roger Williams. From 1979 to 1982, he was a member of The Jazz Knights, the band at West Point.
In 1982, he moved to New York City. He studied and performed with Tiny Grimes. From 1985–1986, he was a member of Benny Goodman's last band. From 1987–1991, he was a member of the Buck Clayton Orchestra and toured Europe in July 1991. He performed with Claude Williams in President Bill Clinton's inaugural festivities, with Bob Wilber and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Benny Carter, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra directed by Wynton Marsalis. From 1992–1999 he was a charter member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by Gunther Schuller and David Baker.
As leader
As member of the One O'Clock Lab Band
As sideman
With Benny Goodman
With Kenny Davern
With Daryl Sherman
With Gil Evans Project, Ryan Truesdell
With others
Published music and papers
Compositions and arrangements
Papers
Interviews