Biography David Gilmore

David Gilmore 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)), Dave Douglas, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers,

Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Randy Brecker, David

Sanborn, Ron Blake, Carolyn Leonhart and Christian McBride, among many others.

In addition to his significance presence on the international touring scene, Gilmore has also

appeared on over 50 recordings, including two 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 fifteen with John Baboian and Randy

Roos. He left Boston for 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, and co-producing their first two recordings for Windham Hill.

Gilmore has even 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’.

Gilmore’s playing has been compared to guitarists as diverse as George

Benson, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix and Leo Nocentelli. He is committed

to an improvisational approach that reflects a global awareness. One result of

this global ethic, the work "African Continuum" –enabled by a CMA New

Works Composer Grant– was premiered to the public in Spring 2003.

In addition to recording and touring, Gilmore teaches Guitar Studies at the

prestigious Berklee College of Music where he is an Associate Professor. He

also conducts master classes around the world, giving him an opportunity to

share his talents, concepts and experiences with new generations of young

musicians.

Gilmore is currently touring in support of his 2006 recording Unified Presence

(RKM/ Koch), which features Christian McBride, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Ravi

Coltrane and Claudia Acuna.

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