Composer, Arranger and Jazz Saxophonist

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22 fevereiro 2013, Notícias
Chicago Jazz Magazine (Interview)
Jim Gailloreto is an accomplished jazz saxophonist and composer. With a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from DePaul University and a masters in Music Composition from Northwestern University, Gailloreto has parlayed his diverse skills into a unique amalgam of jazz and string quartet music.  He has performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Fulcrum Point and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also recorded and performed with Blue Note artist Patricia ...
02 janeiro 2013, Notícias
Nothin’ like a G thing Jim Gailloreto brings cred back to the soprano sax with his stellar jazz fusions.
Issue 237 : Sep 10–16, 2009   By Doyle Armbrust, Time Out Chicago “Kenny G has created a new low point in modern culture,” guitar grandmaster Pat Metheny notoriously ranted on his website in 2000. “Something that we all should be totally embarrassed about—and afraid of.” Stop ten people on Wabash Avenue and say “soprano sax,” and all ten likely will reply “Kenny G” faster than you can say man-perm. But if you’ve spent any time sipping a Manhattan in the burgundy booths of the Green Mill, ...
02 janeiro 2013, Notícias
Chicago Tribune Sea Songs - Preview
Published Mar 14, 2011  -  By Howard Reich Chicago Tribune Can the poetry of Emily Dickenson be set to jazz? And what about e.e. cummings and Robert Creeley – can their distinctive poetic voices sway to a jazz beat? Three noted Chicago artists think so, and they've spent the past year toiling to prove it, conceiving a 45-minute suite that will receive its world premiere performances this weekend. At the very least, "Sea Songs" should make a bit of musical history, in that it's ...
02 janeiro 2013, Notícias
Sea Songs - Chicago Premier
Published Mar 20, 2011  -  By Michael Cameron Chicago Classical Review Choral groups must be sorely tempted to depend solely on existing repertoire for programming. Concert pianists, symphony orchestras and opera companies survive quite nicely without the risks, costs, and extended rehearsal requirements that are associated with new commissions. But the quest for new material is in the DNA of the William Ferris Chorale, the splendid vocal troupe whose recordings and concerts regularly ...
02 janeiro 2013, Notícias
Jazz String Quintet CD Featuring Kurt Elling
Many listeners think that this hybrid emerged in the 50s, when Charlie Parker first cushioned his cyclonic alto improvisations with a complement of violins but in fact, the idea dates back to Paul Whiteman’s orchestra of the late 20s, making it almost as old as jazz itself. It has had a speckled history (at best): the intent has almost always been to “sweeten” or “ennoble” jazz’s gritty textures, using lushly arranged string sections or entire symphonic orchestras, and you can count on both hands those ...
02 janeiro 2013, Notícias
Chicago Jazz Magazine Interview
Jim Gailloreto is an accomplished jazz saxophonist and composer. With a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from DePaul University and a masters in Music Composition from Northwestern University, Gailloreto has parlayed his diverse skills into a unique amalgam of jazz and string quartet music. He has performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Fulcrum Point and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also recorded and performed with Blue Note artist Patricia Barber, jazz ...