Loren Stillman

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refimprove = December 2007 Loren Stillman (b. 1980-06-14) is a jazz saxophonist and composer. He has received two "Outstanding Performance Awards" (1996 and 1998) and the "Rising Star Jazz Artist Award" (2004) from "Down Beat" Magazine.fact|date=December 2007 and received the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award in 2005.fact|date=December 2007

Biography

Stillman was born in 1980 in London, England and raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He received scholarships to attend the Manhattan School of Music in 1998 and the New School University in 2002.

He received two "Outstanding Performance Awards" in 1996 and 1998 and the "Rising Star Jazz Artist Award" in 2004 from "Down Beat" Magazine. He was a semifinalist in the 2002 "Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition"fact|date=December 2007 and in 2005 he received the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award.

He is hailed as “a writer and a stylist that has found a previously unoccupied slot in the jazz spectrum.” (Jazz Review UK) Stillman has been recognized as one of today’s truly original creative voices by The New York Times, [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Loren Stillman: "Blind Date" | work = Critics' choice: New CDs| pages = | language = | publisher =New York Times | date =2007-11-26 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/arts/music/26choi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | accessdate =2008-02-26 ] Downbeat Magazine, JazzMan, Jazziz, JazzThing, Jazz-Times and National Public Radio. A former student of Lee Konitz and David Liebman, he has performed and recorded throughout the United States, Europe and Japan with his own ensembles, and with those led by Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Paul Motian, John Abercrombie, Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory, Michele Rosewoman, Joe Lovano, Eivind Opsvik, Tyshawn Sorey, Vic Juris and The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.

"It Could Be Anything" (2005, Fresh Sound) and "The Brothers’ Breakfast" (2006, Steeplechase) received critical acclaim from the New York Times, and four star awards from BBC "Jazz Review" and "Downbeat" Magazine. Stillman has been a featured artist on WKCR, Weekend America and LIU Radio programming.

Discography

*"Cosmos" (1997). Loren Stillman Quartet. Soul Note Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41124309&referer=one_hit OCLC: 41124309]
*"Gin Bon" (2003). The Loren Stillman Quartet with John Abercrombie. Fresh Sounds Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53381154&referer=brief_results OCLC: 53381154]
*"How Sweet It Is" (2003). Loren Stillman Quartet. Nagel-Heyer Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56605789&referer=one_hit OCLC: 56605789]
*"It Could Be Anything" (2005). Loren Stillman. Fresh Sound Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63165502&referer=one_hit OCLC: 63165502]
*"Jam Session Vol. 15" (2005). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/150290822&referer=brief_results OCLC: 150290822]
*"The Brother's Breakfast" (2006). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156528260&referer=one_hit OCLC: 156528260]
*"Trio Alto Volume One" (2006). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145151902&referer=one_hit OCLC: 145151902]
*"Trio Alto Volume Two" (2007). Loren Stillman. Steeplechase Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156859282&referer=brief_results OCLC: 156859282]
*"Blind Date" (2007). Loren Stillman. Pirouet Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172985775&referer=one_hit OCLC: 172985775]

References

External links

* [http://www.lorenstillman.com Loren Stillman official website]