jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer.
Jim Gailloreto is an accomplished jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He has a
Bachelors in Music Composition from De Paul University and a Masters in Music
Composition from Northwestern University. Through his group Jazz String Quintet
He is a recipient of the New Works: Creation &
Presentation Program Grant from Chamber Music America. Through this grant he has
created an intricate four movement work entitled “American Complexâ€.
He has performed with the Bill Russo's Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Chamber
Musicians and the new music group Fulcrum Point. He also recorded and performed with
Blue Note artist Patricia Barber on “Mythologies”, Origin artist guitarist John Mc Lean's
”Better Angels”, with pianist Jeremy Kahn on “Most of a Nickel”, vocalist Grazyna
Auguscik's “Lulajze”. He also performed at Bargemusic with pianist and composer Fred
Hersch.
His string quartet arrangments can be heard on Kurt Elling's CD “Dedicated To You”. He
recently performed a Chicago premier of Marc Anthony Turnage's “Scorched” with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and John Scofield.
