David Gilmore
Guitar
David Gilmore, Guitar director, has recorded and performed with many of today’s most influential modern artists. He has worked with Wayne Shorter (appearing on Mr. Shorter’s Grammy Award-winning album, “High Life,” Verve records), Dave Douglas, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Steve Coleman, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Randy Brecker, David Sanborn, Ron Blake, Carolyn Leonhart and Christian McBride, among many others. In addition to his significant presence on the international touring scene, Gilmore has also appeared on over 80 recordings, including many of his own as leader. His first CD, “Ritualism,” (2001) received international critical praise and was nominated for the 2001 Debut CD of the Year by the Jazz Journalists’ Association.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gilmore studied piano, drums and percussion, taking up guitar studies at 15 with John Baboian and Randy Roos. He pursued further studies at New York University where his teachers included sax titan Joe Lovano and pianist Jim McNeely. Following graduation, he worked with a variety of artists, including members of the Mbase Collective, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Trilok Gurtu, Graham Haynes, Robin Eubanks, and Lonnie Plaxico. He also joined the popular jazz/fusion group Lost Tribe, co-producing their first two recordings for Windham Hill. Gilmore made notable contributions to such pop acts as Me’shell N’Degeocello, Melissa Etheridge, Joan Osbourne, Mavis Staples, Issac Hayes, Boz Scaggs, Tommy Lang of Austria, Rise Robots Rise, and Japan’s Monday Michiru. He has also toured extensively with multi-platinum artist Joss Stone. DownBeat Magazine’s Critic’s Poll voted Gilmore a “Rising Star.”
He has been the recipient of numerous grants, including two Chamber Music of America - New Jazz Works Composer Grants, and nominated for the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. Committed to an improvisational approach that reflects a global awareness, he conducts master classes around the world, and has been a Professor at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston since 2006.
For more info, visit his website at: www.davidgilmore.net.