Loren Stillman (born June 14, 1980) is a jazz saxophonist and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. He has received two ''Outstanding Performance Awards'' (1996 and 1998) and the ''Rising Star Jazz Artist Award'' (2004) from ''Down Beat'' Magazine. and received the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award in 2005.

Biography

Stillman was born in 1980 in London, England, and raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He received scholarships to attend the

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

in 1998 and the New School University in 2002. He received two ''Outstanding Performance Awards'' in 1996 and 1998 and the ''Rising Star Jazz Artist Award'' in 2004 from ''Down Beat'' Magazine. He was a semifinalist in the 2002 ''Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition'' and in 2005 he received the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award. He is hailed as "a writer and a stylist that has found a previously unoccupied slot in the jazz spectrum." (''

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'' UK) Stillman has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices by '' The New York Times'', ''Downbeat Magazine'', ''JazzMan'', '' Jazziz'', ''JazzThing'', ''Jazz-Times'' and National Public Radio. A former student of

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and David Liebman, he has performed and recorded throughout the United States, Europe and Japan with his own ensembles, and with those led by Charlie Haden,

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, Paul Motian, John Abercrombie,

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’s Dapp Theory, Michele Rosewoman, Joe Lovano, Eivind Opsvik, Tyshawn Sorey,

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, Vic Juris and The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. ''It Could Be Anything'' (2005, Fresh Sound) and ''The Brothers’ Breakfast'' (2006, Steeplechase) received critical acclaim from ''The New York Times'', and four star awards from BBC ''Jazz Review'' and ''Downbeat'' Magazine. Stillman has been a featured artist on WKCR, Weekend America and LIU Radio programming.

Discography

As leader

*''Cosmos'' (1997). Loren Stillman Quartet. Soul Note Records
OCLC: 41124309
*''Gin Bon'' (2003). The Loren Stillman Quartet with John Abercrombie. Fresh Sounds Records
OCLC: 53381154
*''How Sweet It Is'' (2003). Loren Stillman Quartet. Nagel-Heyer Records
OCLC: 56605789
*''It Could Be Anything'' (2005). Loren Stillman. Fresh Sound Records
OCLC: 63165502
*''Jam Session Vol. 15'' (2005). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records
OCLC: 150290822
*''The Brother's Breakfast'' (2006). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records
OCLC: 156528260
*''Trio Alto Volume One'' (2006). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Record
OCLC: 145151902
*''Trio Alto Volume Two'' (2007). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records
OCLC: 156859282
*''Blind Date'' (2007). Loren Stillman. Pirouet Records
OCLC: 172985775
*''Winter Fruits'' (2009). Loren Stillman. Pirouet Records
OCLC: 502281234

As sideman

With Charlie Haden

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With Paul Motian *''

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