MICHAEL CHILLINGWORTH
Genres: Eclectic Fusion, 21st Century Modern • United Kingdom

Michael Chillingworth is a saxophonist and composer based in London. He has performed throughout the UK and abroad with many groups, including Round Trip, Troykestra, Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Orchestra, Ant Law Quintet, James Maddren Quartet, Jack Davies Big Band, Andrea DiBiase Oltremare Quartet, Rick Simpson’s Klammer, Noise Union and Dan Nichols’ Money Jungle and has featured on numerous recordings. In the past few years he has been highly active as a band leader, forming many groups including a trio with Jeff Williams and Sam Lasserson exploring loosely written material and free improvisation, a trio with Josh Morrison and Sam Lasserson exploring standard repertoire, a free improvised duo with Rick Simpson and a jointly lead quartet with Kit Downes. He also contributed big band arrangements to (and performed with) Noise Union, a collaborative London-Birmingham big band. In 2013 he formed a sextet formed of three saxophones, vibraphone bass and drums, which later grew into read more...