Billy Childs Ensemble - Into the Light

from the album "Lyric -- Jazz-Chamber Music Volume 1"

Billy Childs won the 2006 Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for "Into the Light."

...and he also won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for "A Path Among the Trees," the signature piece from his second Jazz Chamber Music album "Autumn In Moving Pictures."

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Billy Childs talks about his beginnings as a professional musician:
http://wp.me/pRrYQ-5M

Billy Childs Ensemble:

Billy Childs - composer, arranger, piano
Larry Koonse - acoustic guitars (nylon, steel string)
Bob Sheppard - soprano and alto sax, alto flute, Bb clarinet
Carol Robbins - harp
Jimmy Johnson - electric bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums


String quartet:

Mark Robertson - 1st violin
E. Samuel Fischer - 2nd violin
Shanti Randall - viola
Victor Lawrence - cello


Winds:

Pamela Vliek - flute
Barbara Northcutt - oboe
Richard Todd - French horn
David Breidenthal - bassoon

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[MsMarc1234]

@seocrazy You make him sound like a pro wrestler. :P

[tholley8215]

Exquisite chamber music...on par with Ravel, Bartok...and Chick Corea!!

[curumina1]

another for favorites, fredr1c, thank you

[seocrazy]

Billy is a monster pianist. Truly gifted.