Marshall Gilkes (born September 30, 1978) is an American jazz trombonist and composer.

Biography

Marshall Gilkes was born in

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to a musical family; his mother was a classical

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and

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and his father was a

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player in the US Air Force Band in

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and, later, conductor of several Air Force bands including the 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

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, University of Northern Colorado, and

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. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the

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. His teachers include

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, Mark Burditt,

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, and

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. In 2003, Gilkes was a finalist in the

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. Gilkes played in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and David Berger's Sultans of Swing. He is a member of the

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Trio, and th
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trombone quartet. He has performed with the

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, Duke Ellington Orchestra,

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, and

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. In the Latin music community, he has performed with

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, Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, Raulin Rosendo,

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, and Iroko La Banda. He played in the 2000–2001 National and Japanese tours of the

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''. Gilkes has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, and South America. Previous performance engagements include the

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, Vienna Jazz Festival,

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, Tokyo's Orchard Hall, and the

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. In March 2008, he was invited to perform with the jazz drummer

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and the Adelaide Philharmonic at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in Australia. 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, ''

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'', ''

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'', and the '' Trombone Journal''. In 2010, he became a full-time member of the Grammy Award-winning

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. In February 2015, he released his album ''Köln'', his first fronting a big band. ''Köln'' received two

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nominations for

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and Best Instrumental Composition.

Discography

As leader

* ''Edenderry'' (Alternate Side, 2005) * ''Lost Words'' (Alternate Side, 2008) * ''Sound Stories'' (Alternate Side, 2012) * ''

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'' (Alternate Side, 2015), with The WDR Big Band * ''Always Forward'' (Alternate Side, 2018), with The WDR Big Band *''Waiting to Continue'' (Alternate Side, 2020) *Cyclic Journey (Alternate Side, 2022)

As
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With The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

The Thompson Fields ''The Thompson Fields'' is an album by the Maria Schneider (musician), Maria Schneider Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2017. Schneider was the composer, co ...

'' (2015) * ''

Data Lords ''Data Lords'' is a large-ensemble jazz album by the Maria Schneider Orchestra that was released in 2020. Summary The tracks of the album are thematically organized in two sections, which the liner notes call "a story of two worlds" and are muc ...

'' (2020) With The Ryan Keberle Double Quartet * ''Double Quartet'' (2007) * ''Heavy Dreaming'' (2010) With

* '' Cuarto de Colores'' (2005) * ''Entre Cuerdas'' (2009) With David Berger * ''Marlowe'' (2004) * ''Champian'' (2007) * ''I Had The Craziest Dream'' (2008) With others * The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra - ''Live at the Blue Note'' (2004) *

John Fedchock John William Fedchock (born September 18, 1957) is an American jazz trombonist, bandleader, and arranger. Early life and education Fedchock was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music at the ...

New York Big Band - ''Up and Running'' (2007)

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