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Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success
by R.J. DeLuke
Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band in Germany for a time earlier this decade. Gilkes also has extensive classical training (a few years ago he nearly landed the ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes & The WDR Big Band: Köln
by Dan Bilawsky
In jazz journalism, it's de rigueur for writers to trace the evolution of an artist when covering their work. But encountering the likes of Marshall Gilkes makes that difficult: The Juilliard-trained trombonist seemed to arrive on the New York scene as a fully-formed entity, projecting a warm and full-bodied tone quality and possessing astounding lip flexibility. No surprise then that he became a pivotal figure on the scene, working with everybody from composer-arranger-bandleader Maria Schneider to Colombian harp phenom Edmar ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes: Sound Stories
by Dave Wayne
One thing evident from the outset of Marshall Gilkes' Sound Stories: this is a band that impresses with the sheer force of its Herculean chops and unbridled, ceaseless energy. Juilliard-educated and currently residing in Cologne, Germany, Gilkes is one of the most impressive young jazz trombonists to emerge in the last few years. Given the crop of amazing young trombonists on the scene these days--Joe Fiedler, Robert Bachner, Samuel Blaser--that's really saying something. Gilkes' solos combine uncanny pinpoint control with ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes: Sound Stories
by AAJ Italy Staff
Difficile trovare un incipit potente, che renda bene l'impressione che si ha all'ascolto di Sound Stories. Il trombonista Marshall Gilkes, già sideman, tra gli altri, di Maria Schneider, Richard Bona e Dave Douglas, ha composto otto ottimi brani e li ha affidati ad un gruppo esperto ed affiatato, che li ha resi con libertà espressiva e rigore formale straordinari. Proprio questa, che pare una contraddizione in termini, è invece la sorpresa più piacevole che riserva il disco. Gilkes dichiara di ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Lyrical strains and muscular machinations are a counterintuitive combination, but trombonist Marshall Gilkes is living proof that they need not be mutually exclusive methods of musical dissemination. Gilkes has made a name for himself through his work with Colombian harp hero Edmar Castaneda, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and many others, but the full scope of his talents is better observed on his own albums.Gilkes first gained wide recognition with “Puddle Jumping," from his 2004 debut, Edenderry (Alternate Side). ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes: Lost Words
by Jerry D'Souza
Every good musician deserves favor, and trombonist Marshall Gilkes has found his with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill and Machito among others. His presence in such ensembles is easily justified by his ability to blend in as part of the band, and the fact that his technique is suited to many different grooves and styles. In between gigs, Gilkes found enough time to write all but one of the tunes that went ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes: Edenderry
by Michael P. Gladstone
Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist and composer in his mid-twenties. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado, he moved to the New York area, where he attended William Patterson University in New Jersey, studying with Conrad Herwig, Ed Neumeister, and Rufus Reid. He became a freelance trombonist and in 2003 was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Gilkes has worked extensively in the jazz and Latin fields as well as in New York's musical theatre.
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