Marshall Gilkes | |
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| Born | Marshall Allan Gilkes September 30, 1978 Camp Springs, Maryland, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trombone |
| Website | www |
Marshall Gilkes (born September 30, 1978) is an American jazz trombonist and composer.
Marshall Gilkes was born in Camp Springs, Maryland to a musical family; his mother was a classical vocalist and pianist and his father was a Euphonium player in the US Air Force Band in Washington DC and, later, conductor of several Air Force bands including the premier US Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs, CO. Due to his father's military profession, he had an itinerant upbringing in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Alabama, Illinois, and Colorado.
He received his early musical training at the Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Northern Colorado, and William Paterson University. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School. His teachers include Joseph Alessi, Conrad Herwig, CMSgt (ret) Mark Burditt, Buddy Baker, Ed Neumeister, and Wycliffe Gordon.
In 2003, Gilkes was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. [1]
Gilkes played in the Maria Schneider Orchestra [2] and David Berger's Sultans of Swing. He is a member of the Edmar Castañeda Trio, and the Slide Monsters trombone quartet, which is composed of Eijiro Nakagawa (Japan), Joseph Alessi (USA), Marshall Gilkes (USA), and Brandt Attema (Netherlands). He has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, [2] Duke Ellington Orchestra, Stanley Turrentine, and Benny Golson. In the Latin music community, he has performed with Machito, [2] Giovanni Hidalgo, Chico O'Farrill, Tito Nieves, Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, Raulin Rosendo, Ray Sepúlveda, Eddie Santiago, José Alberto "El Canario", and Iroko La Banda. He played in the 2000–2001 National and Japanese tours of the Broadway show Swing! .
Gilkes has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, and South America. Previous performance engagements include the Umbria Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Telluride Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Tokyo's Orchard Hall, and the Moscow Conservatory. In March 2008, he was invited to perform with the jazz drummer Billy Cobham and the Adelaide Philharmonic at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in Australia. He has also performed with, bassist Carlos Henriquez, harpist Edmar Castañeda, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, bassist Richard Bona, pianist Makoto Ozone. He was a guest performer at the International Trombone Festival from May 28–31, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
With the exception of one track, he composed new material for his 2004 record, "Edenderry." The album received excellent reviews from, among others, Jazz Times , All About Jazz , [1] and the Trombone Journal .
In 2010, he became a full-time member of the Grammy Award-winning WDR Big Band.
In February 2015, he released his album Köln, his first fronting a big band. Köln received two Grammy nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and Best Instrumental Composition. [3]
Gilkes has also won the Jazz Times Trombonist of the Year in 2018 [4]
Gilkes also teamed up with the renowned trombone company S.E. Shires, to release a custom artist model trombone.
With The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
With The Ryan Keberle Double Quartet
With Edmar Castañeda
With David Berger
With others
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