DAVID GILMORE
Genres: Eclectic Fusion, Classic Fusion • United States

b. 5 February 1964, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Gilmore was born into a musical family, his father being a classical percussionist. At first, he followed his father but in his early teens the guitar began to supersede drums, the latter instrument being taken up by his brother, Marque Gilmore. He was listening to and leaning towards pop and funk but began to move into jazz, an inclination accentuated during a period of study with John Baboian and Randy Roos. Gilmore’s influences at this time included John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra and Chick Corea’s Return To Forever. He also studied at New York University with Joe Lovano and Jim McNeely. It was in New York that Gilmore worked with Steve Coleman’s M-Base Collective, where his interest in playing music in unusual metres was enhanced. Among numerous artists in many genres with whom Gilmore has worked over the years have been Muhal Richard Abrams, Geri read more...