James Chirillo

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James Chirillo
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Chirillo with the Kenny Davern All Stars at the 2004 Breçon Jazz Festival (photo: Barry Quick)
Background information
Birth nameJames Louis Chirillo
Born (1953-05-02) May 2, 1953 (age 71)
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Jazz, big band, swing, classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1974 – present
Website james.chirillo.com
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Service / branchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Years of service1979–1982
Unit USMA Band

James Louis Chirillo (born May 2, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, composer, arranger, and band leader. [1]

Contents

Career

From 1977 to 1979, Chirillo 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 at West Point, the jazz ensemble of the United States Military Academy Band, a premier band of the United States armed forces. In 1982, he moved to New York City. He studied and performed with Tiny Grimes. From 1985 to 1986, he was a member of Benny Goodman's last band. From 1987 to 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 to 1999 he was a charter member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by Gunther Schuller and David Baker.

Education

In 1976, with the One O'Clock Lab Band, Chirillo toured the Soviet Union (Moscow, Volgograd, and Yerevan), Portugal, and England — 5 cities, 25 concerts, 77 encores, 82,800 attendees. The tour was sponsored by the US Department of State as part of a US Bicentennial goodwill arts outreach. NBC broadcast the July 4 concert live from Moscow as part of its US Bicentennial commemorative. While on tour, members of the band held jam sessions with musicians from Moscow, Volgograd, and Yerevan. [2] [3]

After college, Chirillo studied composition and arranging with John Carisi and Bill Finegan. He also studied guitar with Remo Palmier. [a] [4] [5]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Kenny Davern

With One O'Clock Lab Band

With Houston Person

With others

Performances and broadcasts

Church of the Heavenly Rest, Upper East Side, Manhattan
March 1991
Ruby Braff, cornet; Marian McPartland, piano; James Chirillo, guitar
Jimmy died March 13 and Braff played at Marian's request [9]
Stephen Gosling, Zuying Song, piano ; Eddie Bert, trombone; Stephen Roane, bass; James Chirillo, guitar
New York City, August 18, 1994; OCLC   174517506
"Bye Bye Blackbird," arranged by Chirillo [10]
(recorded November 7, 1997 at Chan's, Woonsocket, Rhode Island)
Memorial Day Concert, Tribute to Kurt Masur
Live at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, May 30, 2016
Soloists: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Thomas Hampson (baritone voice)
  1. John Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Bob Cole, "Oh, Didn't He Ramble" (1902)
Other musicians: Marcus Printup (trumpet), Vincent Gardener (trombone), Dan Block (clarinet), Ibanda Ruhumbika (sousaphone), James Chirillo (banjo), Joe Saylor (snare drum), Ali Jackson (bass drum)
OCLC   1050431420

As member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Blues and the Abstract Truth: The Music of Oliver Nelson (broadcast on NPR)
Recorded on various dates in Washington, D.C., in tribute to the following bandleaders:
  1. Lionel Hampton: "Flying Home," May 20 & 21, 1995
  2. Artie Shaw: "'S Wonderful," June 20 & 21, 1992
  3. Benny Carter: " ' Ill Wind," July 19 & 20, 1997
  4. Tommy Dorsey: "Chloe," August 12 & 13, 1995
  5. Artie Shaw: "Begin the Beguine," July 18 & 19, 1998
  6. Duke Ellington: "Sepia Panorama," July 31, 1993
  7. Benny Goodman: "Back Bay Boogie," July 19 & 20, 1997
  8. Glenn Miller: "The Song of the Volga Boatmen," July 25 & 26, 1992
  9. Artie Shaw: "Summertime," July 18 & 19, 1998
  10. Duke Ellington: "Take the "A" Train," June 20 & 21, 1992
  11. Benny Carter: "Back Bay Boogie," July 19 & 20, 1997
  12. Duke Ellington: "Cotton Tail," April 29 & 30, 1995
  13. Tommy Dorsey: "Swanee River," August 12 & 13, 1995
  14. Duke Ellington: "Rain Check," May 9, 1993
  15. Artie Shaw: "Back Bay Shuffle," July 18 & 19, 1998
  16. Duke Ellington: "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" July 18 & 19, 1998
  17. Tommy Dorsey: "Hallelujah," August 12 & 13, 1995
Unissued:
  1. Jimmie Lunceford: "Blue Blazes," August 12 & 13, 1995

Broadway

Published music and papers

Compositions and arrangements

On Warren Vaché's 2006 album, Don't Look Back (see discography)
Composed and arranged by Chirillo
Written for Ken Peplowski with the Loren Schoenberg Jazz Orchestra [11] [12]
  1. "Swing"
  2. "Elegy"
  3. "Driving"
  1. "Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol"
  2. "Hill-Song No. 2"

Papers

Interviews

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Helen Hobbs Jordan (1907–2006)
  2. 1 2 Following Lab '75's Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band, Lab '76, received a Grammy nomination for the same category. Both nominations represented the first Grammy nominations to student ensembles of any genre. ("NT Lab Band Gets Grammy Nomination," Denton Record-Chronicle, May 10, 1976)

References

  1. ↑ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.) (Chirillo is in Vol. 2 of 3), Barry Dean Kernfeld (ed.), Macmillan Publishers (2002); LCCN   2001-40794, ISBN   1561592846, OCLC   46956628
  2. ↑ "Lab Band Happy to be Home" Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine , by Joyce Hopkins, Denton Record-Chronicle, July 11, 1976, p. 3A (accessible via Newspapers.com)
  3. ↑ "Lab Band: Members Chosen for Fall Group" Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine , Denton Record-Chronicle, October 10, 1976, p. 7B (accessible via Newspapers.com)
  4. ↑ "Helen Hobbs Jordan, 99, Music Teacher to Generations, Is Dead," Archived 2023-03-11 at the Wayback Machine by Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times , April 28, 2006
  5. ↑ "Devoted Students Rally to Help a Music Teacher," Archived 2017-01-02 at the Wayback Machine by Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times, January 19, 2005
  6. ↑ "New 1 O'Clock LP a First-Rate Release" Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine (record review), by Bob Darden (Robert F. Darden), Denton Record-Chronicle, December 8, 1977, p. 7B (accessible via Newspapers.com)
    Note: From 1984 to 1994, Darden was Gospel Music Editor for Billboard
  7. ↑ "Jazz: 'Benny Goodman': Ch 12. Has a Winner" Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine (review), by Nels Robert Nelson (1923–1996), Philadelphia Daily News, March 14, 1986 (accessible via Newspapers.com)
  8. ↑ The Jazz Discography Online; entry: "James Chirillo;" Tom Lord (ed.); Lord Music (retrieved November 8, 2018); OCLC   182585494, 690104143
  9. ↑ Born to Play: The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances Archived 2023-03-11 at the Wayback Machine , Chapter 19: "The Pianists and Growth of Jazz Parties: September 1988–September 1993," by Thomas P. Hustad, Scarecrow Press (2012), p. 506; ISBN   978-0-8108-8264-5 (cloth); ISBN   978-0-8108-8265-2 (e-book); OCLC   802531474
  10. ↑ "UNT Electric Guitar Ensemble" Archived 2018-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (concert program), University of North Texas College of Music, October 12, 1998
  11. ↑ The Rough Guide to Jazz Archived 2023-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (3rd ed.); entry: "James Chirillo;" entry by Digby Fairweather; book by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley; Rough Guides (2004), p. 144; ISBN   1-84353-256-5; OCLC   762959118
  12. ↑ Cleveland Jazz History Archived 2021-05-17 at the Wayback Machine ; by Joe Mosbrook; entry: Ken Peplowski (Chapter 22); Northeast Ohio Jazz Society (2003); pps. 207–211; OCLC   53463124
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