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Billy Childs: The Child Within (Shanachie 5023).(Review)
Billy Childs: The Child Within (Shanachie 5023)
I must have been sleeping when this was originally released, back in 1996; so must have a lot of other people, for I don't remember ever seeing anything about it in the press. (Maybe there was, but I slept through that, too.) At any rate, if you can find this CD (I found my copy by perusing the 75% off "red-dot" bin at Border's, and it was the only copy there), buy it, even if you have to pay full price. Why? Consider the band that pianist Childs has assembled: Terence Blanchard on trumpet, Dave Holland on bass, Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums, Steve Wilson on alto and soprano sax, Ravi Coltrane on tenor sax, and Luis Bonilla on trombone. That's a ton of talent, folks! Holland and Watts deserve special mention, because they lay down a foundation as solid as rock for the rest of the musicians to build upon, and build upon it they ...
- A CLASSICALLY JAZZY THING BILLY CHILDS TELLS MELODICALLY DETAILED, TALES...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 20, 2006 700+ words
...lyrical jazz pianist Billy Childs is such a gent that...on poetry written by children during the Holocaust...at)dailynews.com BILLY CHILDS JAZZ-CHAMBER ENSEMBLE...S): photo Photo: Billy Childs, nominated for four...
- Reeves, Dianne
- Reference information from: Contemporary Musicians Brown, Susan January 1, 1996 700+ words
...Johnson. She also began working with Billy Childs, developing a musical relationship...Welcome to My Love . She produced it with Billy Childs and included several of her own compositions...Belafonte, 1983-1986; formed a trio with Billy Childs and toured the United States in 1986...
- Grammy-Winning Jazz Trumpeter Chris Botti Set to Tour with Legendary...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 13, 2006 700+ words
...band featuring fellow Grammy-winners Billy Childs on piano and drummer Billy Kilson...bass during the March leg of the tour. Billy Childs won two Grammys this past week: Best...Composition for "Into The Light" from the Billy Childs Ensemble album, "Lyric." Drummer...
- Let Freedom Swing.(Concert Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Sprague, David November 1, 2004 700+ words
...Heath, Darius Brubeck & Zim Ngqawana, Emil Viklicky, Billy Childs and Darin Atwater. Performed by Wynton Marsalis and the...and brought an appropriate sense of turmoil to the passage Billy Childs wrote to attend the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
- Dianne Reeves will amaze you
- Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender David Earl Jackson September 27, 1995 700+ words
...greatly aided over the years by association with pianist Billy Childs, vocal coach, composer and arranger Phil Moore, and producers...her appearances at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Produced by Billy Childs, the record features several original songs by Reeves...
- CELEBRATIONS OF ELLINGTON KEEP ON SWINGING.(L.A. LIFE)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 25, 1999 700+ words
...Herbie Hancock, Lalo Schifrin, Billy Childs, Jimmy Smith, Milt Jackson...Lalo Schifrin, Kenny Burrell and Billy Childs will take part in ``Symphonic...granddaughter, Mercedes Ellington, child of Duke's musician-bandleader...
- Childs's Influences Lettau's Triteness
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mike Joyce September 8, 1995 700+ words
...with "I've Known Rivers," the new album by jazz pianist Billy Childs. In graceful, spirited turns, the music springs from the...powerful emotion seems to be well beyond Lettau's reach. BILLY CHILDS -- "I've Known Rivers" (Stretch). To hear a free...
- Musical treasures celebrated
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The Steve Bryant February 4, 1994 700+ words
...and Bootsie Barnes. In addition there will be concerts by Billy Childs, Sonny Rollins, the Yellow Jackets, and Ladysmith Black...perform at the PA Convention Center. Across town, Pianist Billy Childs will bring his Quintet to perform "Under The Stars" at...
