From 1991-2008 Brent Wallarab served as lead trombonist and chief transcriber and editor for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and was appointed as the first ever Specialist in Jazz for the Smithsonian Institution in 1992. Brent is The David N. Baker Professor of Jazz Studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he conducts Jazz Ensemble I and teaches classes in jazz arranging and composition and the History of Big Bands. Since 2004, Brent has been the arranger-in-residence for the American Pianist Association.
Ned Boyd has taught for more than 30 years in public school and at the collegiate level. His undergraduate and HS diploma came from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and his Masters is from Eastman. He has appeared with a plethora of artists over the years, as well as with many orchestras both here and abroad. Ned is a constant adjudicator and clinician and guest soloist at high schools and colleges. In addition to playing with the BWJO for more than 20 years, Ned is a regular on the Steve Allee big band, as well as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has headlined at numerous jazz festivals.
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Saxophonist, composer, and educator Amanda Gardier has been described as “a uniquely talented jazz composer and soloist” (Nuvo). With a diverse set of influences stemming from Miguel Zenon, The Bad Plus, Bjork, and more, Gardier is an alto saxophonist who juxtaposes the calmness of lush harmonies and cyclical melodies with the intensity of complex rhythms and fiery improvisation. Her first release with Green Mind Records, Empathy, was “a debut with a lot of something for everyone” (All About Jazz). With her second release, Flyover Country, Gardier “claims a space among rising saxophonists” (Downbeat) through the display of bold compositions and flexible improvisation. In addition to her work as a bandleader, Amanda is a current member of the US Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble, where she is regularly featured as a soloist and woodwind doubler.
As a side musician, Amanda has performed with Ingrid Jensen, Dave Stryker, Leni Stern, Wayne Wallace, Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Jamie Baum, Sal Lozano, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She has also been a featured performer on five releases by the Charlie Ballantine Group— Vonnegut (2020), Life is Brief: The Music of Bob Dylan (2018), Where is My Mind? (2017), Providence (2016), and Green (2015). As an educator, Amanda has served as the instructor of jazz saxophone at Ball State University, jazz saxophone faculty at the Indiana University Summer Saxophone Academy, band director and after-school jazz program director at Zionsville West Middle School, and teaching assistant at Birch Creek Music Performance Center. Amanda holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s degree in jazz studies from Indiana University.
Saxophonist Tom Walsh is Professor of Saxophone and Chair of the Jazz Studies Department at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. An active performer of jazz and classical music, he has presented concerts and workshops in South Africa, China, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, and across the United States. He is the co-author with Scott Reeves of the 5th edition of Creative Jazz Improvisation (Routledge, 2022). His beginning improvisation book, Jazz Master Teaches You to Improvise was published by Shanghai Music Publishing House in 2019.
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Recent recordings include The Gennett Suite with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois Records), The Pandemic Sessions by the IU Jazz Faculty, Luke Gillespie’s Moving Mists, Basically Baker, Volume 2 with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois Records), Mike Hackett’s CD New Point of View (Summit Records) and two CDs released on the IUMusic label: Holiday Celebration and Sylvia McNair’s Romance. Premiere performances include Scott Jones’s concert band arrangement of Russell Peck’s The Upward Stream, Chris Rutkowski’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble, and David Baker’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra. His solo CD releases are Intersections (Arizona University Recordings) featuring Luke Gillespie on piano, New Life (RIAX), and Shaking the Pumpkin (RIAX). Other CD releases include the David Baker Concerto with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Paul Freeman Introduces David Baker, Volume XII--Albany Recordings), Basically Baker with the Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Patois Records), and Sky Scrapings: Saxophone Music of Don Freund (AUR Recordings). Walsh has performed and presented at conferences of the International Association for Jazz Education, the Jazz Education Network, the North American Saxophone Alliance, and the World Saxophone Congress. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Vandoren Artist. Dr. Walsh taught at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops for 28 years. He co-leads the Indiana University Summer Saxophone Academy with Dr. Otis Murphy and is an organizer for the IU Summer Jazz Workshop and the IU Jazz Band Directors Workshop. Dr. Walsh holds degrees in Saxophone Performance and Jazz Studies from Indiana University, where his principal teachers were distinguished classical saxophonist Eugene Rousseau and renowned jazz educator David Baker. Other influential teachers in his development were Mike Tracy, Pat LaBarbera, Jerry Coker, and David Liebman.
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Greg Ward is a saxophonist and composer that was born in Peoria, IL. Currently based in Chicago, Ward has had the opportunity to perform and record with a varied group of artists like Prefuse 73, Lupe Fiasco, Tortoise, William Parker, Makaya McCraven, Linda Oh, and Mike Reed. As a bandleader, Ward has produced 5 recordings including Fitted Shards: South Side Story, Phonic Juggernaut, Touch My Beloved’s Thought, Rogue Parade: Stomping Off From Greenwood, and Fitted Shards: High Alert. As a composer, he has also received commissions from the Jazz Gallery in NYC, the Chicago Jazz Institute, the City of Chicago’s Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz Series, Peoria Ballet Company, the Jazz Coalition, and the B’Town Jazz Festival. He has also been awarded the New Music USA Van Lier Fellowship in 2012 and DCASE IAP grants in 2017 and 2018. Ward maintains an active international touring schedule with various ensembles and has recently been appointed to the faculty of the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University as Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone.
Dr. Todd Williams hails from among the finest woodwind artists in today’s music scene. As such he is sought as a saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, and clinician. He is currently an Associate Professor of Music Education at Indiana Wesleyan University where he serves as instructor of the IWU Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and many other duties. Williams has appeared as a guest lecturer and conductor for the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra.
He earned his doctoral degree in music education at the Jacob School of Music, Indiana University.Originally known for his saxophone and clarinet work with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Septet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Williams has been honored with such positions as Assistant Professor at Queens College in New York City and Music Director of Times Square Church where he has penned a wide variety of contemporary gospel choral works. His flagship composition, “We Proclaim Him,” has been a featured international favorite since 2003. The same may be heard, among other originals, on the TSC Music label.Todd has performed at most every prestigious venue in the U.S. and abroad from multiple performances at the White House to Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. He has been a featured artist in Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Canada, Mexico and South America. Extensive recording with Marsalis decorates his list of accomplishments as well as guest appearances with such artists as Sir Roland Hanna, Harry Connick, Jr., Jon Hendricks, Scotty Barnhart, Terrell Stafford, Jon Faddis, Jeff Hamilton, Marcus Roberts, Michael Mossman, The Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, The Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Darin Atwater, Slide Hampton, and Grammy Award winner, Christian McBride.Williams is a four-time recipient of ASCAP’s Plus Award for Composers. Be sure to check out his latest jazz recording, Introducing Quartet Trio, now available.
Dr. Scott Belck (photo credit – Mark Sheldon) currently serves as Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where he directs the CCM Jazz Orchestra and teaches applied Jazz Trumpet. He is a founding member of critically acclaimed Tromba Mundi contemporary trumpet ensemble and is lead trumpet for the newly formed Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra. He has served as trumpet and cornet soloist with the Air Force Band of Flight in Dayton, Ohio where he also held the post of musical director for the Air Force Night Flight Jazz Ensemble.
He is the Founding Artistic Director Emeritus of the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. The founder of the Jazz Central Big Band and lead trumpet and musical director for the Flying Circus Big Band, a band he co-founded with iconic drummer John Von Ohlen. His playing credits include recordings lead trumpet/jazz soloist with the Cincinnati Pops featuring the Manhattan Transfer and John Pizzarelli, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Van Dells, and jazz soloist with the University of North Texas One O’clock Lab Band with whom he recorded four CDs as jazz soloist and section trumpet. He has performed as principal/lead trumpet with the St. Louis Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lexington Philharmonic, the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and as section trumpet with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Duluth Festival Opera. He has performed as lead trumpet for Bootsy Collins’ Funk Unity Band shows/concerts of Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath, Aretha Franklin, Gerald Wilson, the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Linda Ronstadt, John Lithgow, Donna Summer, Maureen McGovern, Michael Feinstein, Lalo Rodriguez, Sandy Patti, Tito Puente Jr., Tommy Tune, Manhattan Transfer, Lou Rawls, Patti Austen, The Coasters, Yes, Ben Vereen, Doc Severinsen, the Temptations, Olivia Newton-John, Neil Sedaka, the Blue Wisp Big Band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Dayton Jazz Orchestra, the Ink Spots, the Four Freshmen, The Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Riddell, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Frankie Valli, The Maritime Jazz Orchestra of Canada as well as touring Broadway shows and regional and national recording sessions. He has performed as a leader, musical director, or sideman with many top jazz players on the scene today including: Fred Hersch, Rich Perry, Adam Nussbaum, Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Jim McNeely, Claudio Roditi, John Riley, Rick Margitza, Bob Belden, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Watson, Tom Harrell, Tim Hagans, Regina Carter, Wes Anderson, John Hollenbeck, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Gordon Brisker, Hank Marr, Marvin Stamm, Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Garrett, John Fedchock, Phil Woods, Ed Soph, John LaBarbera and Diane Schuur. He has also served as the Artistic Director of the Dayton Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Central Big Band, and the Miami Valley Jazz Camp in Ohio. He is the author of the text “Modern Flexibilities for Brass”, published by Meredith Music and distributed by Hal Leonard. In his spare time, he is the CEO and founder of Lip Slur World Headquarters.Belck’s new book “Progressive Lip Flexibilities for Brass” is quickly becoming one of the most popular sarcastic lip slur books in the lower South-Central Ohio River valley region. Scott Belck is a Powell Signature Trumpet Artist.
Mark Buselli (photo credit – Rich Voorhees) is Director of Jazz Studies at Ball State University and a 2017 inductee into the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame. Buselli has over fifty arrangements published for big bands, brass ensemble, and piano/trumpet. He has ten recordings out as a leader on the Owlstudios and OA2 record labels. He has performed with many notable artists and has played for four United States presidents.
Mark was the featured trumpet soloist on the award winning short film “Claire and the Keys” released in 2015. Mark was a semi-finalist judge for the 2017 Essentially Ellington competition held at Lincoln Center in NYC and has served as a finalist for the National Jazz Trumpet Competition. He has taken his college bands on tours of Russia, China, Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Switzerland, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic and, just recently to Dizzy’s Club in NYC. The late David Baker personally picked the Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra to record his music. He is a Bach performing artist and the Director of the Jazz track for the Music For All Summer Symposium. Mark resides in Indianapolis with his wife Andrea and daughter Sophia.
Jeff Conrad (photo credit – Mark Sheldon) has spent 50 years enjoying a diverse music career which includes early stints with the big bands of Ray Charles, Harry James, and Maynard Ferguson. He then toured with Broadway shows for 10 years as Trumpet/Assistant Conductor, touring with Sweeney Todd, Barnum, Dancin’, 42nd St., Dreamgirls, Me & My Girl, My Fair Lady, and Cats. After retiring from touring life, he moved to Indianapolis to start a family.
Once settled in Indy, he taught himself graphic design and web design and worked in marketing part time while continuing his local music career, playing star acts, recording sessions, Broadway shows, Indianapolis Symphony Pops, and big band jazz. Jeff joined the BWJO in 1998 and credits the wonderful musical opportunities the BWJO has provided with his continued passion for playing. Now that his daughters are grown and launched, Jeff is actively running a business as a flyfishing guide, playing as much music as possible, leading 2 bands ("Avenue Indy Jazz Quintet" and "Conrad and the Con-Men Dixieland Band"), and looking for Broadway show touring opportunities once again. The road life calls him.
Clark Hunt is the Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Assistant Director of Bands at Campbellsville University. Clark formerly served as the trumpet teacher at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz Studies at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, New York. Clark has performed as a sideman for many great musicians; Joe Lovano, Marie Osmond, Gregory Porter, Wycliffe Gordon, Carl Fischer, Dave Douglas, Terrell Stafford, Alex Iles, Paquito D' Rivera, Jerry Weldon,
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Kenny Werner, Matthew Morrison, Eddie Daniels, Duffy Jackson, and Vince Gardner. Clark is the band leader for the Drive-By Big Band, founded in Atlanta, GA. He has also performed with many groups around the country, such as; The Gorgia Brass Band, Orquesta MaCuba, Blair Crimmins and The Hookers, the Joe Gransden Big Band, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Macon Pops Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Orchestra Kentucky, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Clark has played 6 Broadway shows over the years. Clark has been a member of the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra for 3 years now and has been a clinician, instructor, adjudicator, and guest artist all over the county. Clark is a Powell Trumpet Artist.
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Jeff Parker is a professional trumpet and trombone player from Bloomington, Indiana. After studying at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Jeff now maintains an active freelance career playing stages across the United States, as well as being an in-demand studio musician on both instruments. He has performed with musicians such as Bootsy Collins, Randy Brecker, Jeff Hamilton, Jim Snidero and more in his short career thus far.
John Raymond (photo credit – Eric Ryan Anderson) is one of the most promising, genre-bending musicians in jazz today. With a singular voice as a trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer, Raymond is “steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat Magazine) by pushing its boundaries, seamlessly incorporating indie-rock, folk and electronic influences into his music. As Something Else stated, “This is jazz, yes, but jazz with an open mind’. John has released nine albums under his own name including his latest, “Shadowlands,” a collaboration with singer/songwriter S. Carey (of Bon Iver).
He has been a sideman or featured artist on over thirty other recordings, including four GRAMMY nominated albums. Raymond has performed with jazz luminaries such as Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, and Gilad Hekselman, and has recorded with other artists including Sara Bareilles, Darnell Davis, and Sandra McCracken. John is a sought-after educator, both as Professor of Jazz Studies at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and as a guest clinician and soloist at schools around the world. His book, “The Jazz Trumpet Routine,” explores an approach to fundamentals through the lens of a creative improviser and has sold over 800 copies since its release in 2020. He is also the creator and host of the podcast “The Trumpet Summit” where he talks shop with other master jazz trumpeters including Tom Harrell, Sean Jones, Ingrid Jensen, the Snarky Puppy Horns, and more.
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Tim Coffman is one of the most active trombonists and teachers in the Chicago area. A graduate of the prestigious Jazz Studies program at Indiana University, Mr. Coffman worked closely with David Baker and Keith Brown. He was awarded the Performer’s Certificate after his Senior Recital. Tim is in demand for studio and show work and has performed with Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, The O’Jays, Barry Manilow, Kurt Elling, Tito Puente, Johnny Mathis, Paul Anka, Al Jarreau, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, Diane Schur, Diana Krall, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga and many others.
He has also performed with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany. In 2022, Tim was on tour with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Tim is on the Jazz Studies faculty at North Central College in Naperville, IL where he directs the big band and teaches applied arranging and composition lessons and applied jazz trombone lessons. He is also the Jazz Studies Coordinator at North Central. He was a regular member of the Rob Parton Big Band and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble formerly led by Jon Faddis. He is now a member of the New Standard Jazz Orchestra, the Bob Lark Alumni Big Band and the Bob Lark Septet. He is also a member of the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra and can be heard on several recordings with them including The Gennett Suite. Tim is an XO Brass Artist/Clinician and is also an artist for Denis Wick mouthpieces. Tim has performed/adjudicated at various high schools, jazz festivals and universities. In January of 2017, Tim was the Artist in Residence for the Purdue University Jazz Festival. He completed his first recording entitled Crossroads, available on the Blujazz label. Tim is also featured on the recording entitled Blues Skies, which he is the co-leader with trumpeter Michael Hackett. It is available on Summit Records. In the summer, he teaches at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop at the University of Louisville. He has been on the faculty since 1992.
Andrew Danforth is a proud product of the Indianapolis jazz scene. He is an active trombonist, composer and educator in multiple genres. Throughout his career he has performed and recorded with world class artists including the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Steve Allee Big Band, Sean Imboden Large Ensemble, The Temptations, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony and National Repertory Orchestra. As a composer and improviser, Andrew blends traditional Naptown hard bop with elements of Midwest emo, European art music and RnB. He seeks to pay homage to the long legacy of creative music in Indianapolis by writing innovative compositions and pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz.
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Richard Dole is an active bass trombone and tenor trombone performer and educator in Indianapolis and the surrounding region. He has toured or performed with Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Steve Lawrence/Edie Gormé, Barry Manilow, the Hollywood Concert Orchestra 2014 China Tour, and in 2008 traveled with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra to Egypt for U.S. State Department Tour. He performs with several regional orchestras including the Carmel Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, the Illinois Symphony, Danville Illinois Symphony, and the Anderson Symphony Orchestra.
He earned both his Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance and a Masters degree in Jazz Studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with Mr. M. Dee Stewart, Mr. Ed Anderson, and Dr. David N. Baker. He is currently working on his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance at University of Illinois where he is the Teaching Assistant for trombonist Jim Pugh. Mr. Dole is currently the jazz trombone instructor at Butler University and can be heard each Wednesday at 9pm on WICR 88.7 as co-host of the jazz radio show, “Have You Heard”. The podcast of the radio show can be found online: haveyouheardjazz.com. Mr. Dole resides in Indianapolis with his wife Stacy and their two beautiful children, Griffin and Ellington.
Demondrae Thurman has established a worldwide reputation through his varied experiences as a euphonium soloist, educator, chamber musician, and conductor. He has given performances in Canada, Hungary, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Spain, Taiwan, Macau, Norway, China, Italy, Austria, England, Wales, and throughout the United States. Demondrae is a frequently invited guest at many of the world's most noted festivals and conferences for Low Brass including the International Euphonium Tuba Conference, the United States Army Band Tuba Euphonium Workshop, and the Leonard Falcone International Solo Competition.
Currently, Demondrae is Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. The position was created for him to utilize his specific skills and expertise in euphonium and brass chamber music. He is also serves on the faculty of Samford University and has given masterclasses and clinics at many of the world's leading colleges and universities for low brass. Demondrae Thurman is a Miraphone Performing Artist and plays exclusively the Miraphone 5050 Ambassador Edition euphonium which was designed specifically for him. He also plays the custom Demondrae model mouthpiece manufactured by Warburton Music Products and is a Shires Trombone Performing Artist.
Jeremy Allen is an associate professor of music in jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he has served on faculty since 2006. A Grammy-nominated bassist, he has performed in the United States and abroad with such jazz luminaries as Fred Hersch, Mike Stern, David Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Bob Brookmeyer, and George Garzone. DownBeat magazine describes his playing as “worthy of Jaco Pastorius.” Current projects include the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, the AHA Trio, Corey Christiansen’s Lone Prairie Band (jazz/rock/folk fusion), and Ritmos Unidos (Afro-Caribbean jazz/funk).
Allen has been invited to perform at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, the Ballard (Washington) Jazz Festival, the Shanghai International Jazz Camp, and numerous jazz education conferences. He has presented master classes and papers at colleges, universities, and high schools across the U.S. and in the United Kingdom. As a recording artist, Allen can be heard on releases by Origin Records, Cadence Records, Patois Records, Artists House Music, and his own label, Watercourse Records.
Sean Dobbins got his start as sought-after Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. As Sean’s Career progressed, he found himself the recipient of many awards and accolades including the “Woody Herman Jazz Award”, an award for outstanding musicianship, as well as the Louis Armstrong Scholarship. Due to Sean’s great talent both as a player and an educator, he has been the focus of countless news articles, jazz radio programs, and documentaries.
Though still young by jazz standards, Dobbins has amassed an impressive list of playing companions. He has performed/toured/recorded with Johnny Basset, Benny Golson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Frank Morgan, Joey DeFrancesco, George Cables, James “Blood” Ulmer, Marcus Belgrave, Larry Willis, Rodney Whittaker, Claude Black, Johnny O’Neal, Paul Keller, Tad Weed, Kurt Krahnke, Jon Hendricks, David “Fathead” Newman, Donald Walden, Cyrus Chesnut, Barry Harris, David Baker, Randy Johnston, Marion Hayden, Mose Allison, and a host of other great musicians. Sean’s sound can best be described as hard-driving, solid rhythm with refreshing melodic sensibility. Some of Sean’s influences include Art Blakey, Jeff Hamilton, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Ed Thigpen, Sonny Payne, as well as Detroit area greats Gerald Cleaver and the one and only Elvin Jones.
Luke Gillespie is Professor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. An active performer and teacher of jazz and classical piano, he has toured Argentina, China, Europe, Indonesia, Japan, and United States, and won numerous awards, including best performance from the Indianapolis Jazz Competition (1994), the Indianapolis Star (1993), the Copland Piano Concerto Competition (Indiana University, 1990).
Gillespie has recorded with David Baker, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Basically Baker Volum e 1 & 2 and The Gennett Suite, Patois Records, 2023), James Campbell, Sean Dobbins, Steve Houghton, Jazz Fables, Sylvia McNair, John Raymond, Walter Smith III, Dave Stryker, Wayne Wallace, Tom Walsh, Greg Ward, Aebersold Jazz Play-Along, Vol. 76 (David Baker’s "How to Learn Tunes"), Footprints (RIAX Records, 2003), Live at the Station (Watercourse Records, 2008), Third Base Line (Watercourse Records, 2011), Moving Mists (Patois Records, 2019), The Pandemic Sessions (2021), and performed with Jamey Aebersold, Eric Alexander, Ron Blake, Ralph Bowen, John Clayton, John Fedchock, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, Bunky Green, Jimmy Heath, Nicole Henry, Gene Jackson, Javon Jackson, Ingrid Jensen, Kelley Johnson, Pat LaBarbera, David Liebman, James Moody, Ed Neumeister, Chris Potter, Rufus Reid, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Snidero, Bill Watrous, Benny Wallace, Rodney Whitaker, Pablo Ziegler, and Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He has published articles on the aesthetics of jazz and classical music, is the author of Stylistic II/V7/I Voicings for Keyboardis ts, published by Jamey Aebersold, and adapted the Jamey Aebersold Play-Along Volume 1 for Piano. Gillespie has taught jazz camps at Shell Lake Arts Center and Interlochen Arts Center.