Marshall Gilkes
Marshall Gilkes (born September 30, 1978) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. Biography. Marshall Gilkes was born in Camp Springs, Maryland to a musical family; his mother was a classical vocalist and pianist and his father was a conductor of the Air Force Academy Band. Due to his father's military profession, he had an itinerant upbringing in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Alabama, Illinois, and Colorado. He received his early musical training at the Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Northern Colorado, and William Patterson University. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard  School. His teachers include Joseph Alessi, Conrad Herwig, Mark Burditt, Buddy Baker, Ed Neumeister, and Wycliffe Gordon. In 2003, Gilkes was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Gilkes played in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and David Berger's Sultans of Swing. He is a member of the Edmar Castañeda Trio. He has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Stanley Turrentine, and Benny Golson. In the Latin music community, he has performed with Machito, Giovanni Hidalgo, Chico O'Farrill, Tito Nieves, Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, Raulin Rosendo, Ray Sepúlveda, Eddie Santiago, José Alberto "El Canario", and  Iroko La Banda. He played in the 2000–2001 National and Japanese tours of the Broadway show "Swing!". Gilkes has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, and South America. Previous performance engagements include the Umbria Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Telluride Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Tokyo's Orchard Hall, and the Moscow Conservatory. In March 2008, he was invited to perform with the jazz drummer Billy Cobham and the Adelaide Philharmonic at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in Australia. He was a guest performer at the International Trombone Festival from May 28–31, 2008  in Salt Lake City, Utah. With the exception of one track, he composed new material for his 2004 record, "Edenderry." The album received excellent reviews from, among others, "Jazz Times", "All About Jazz", and the "Trombone Journal". In 2010, he became a full-time member of the Grammy Award-winning WDR Big Band. In February 2015, he released his album "Köln", his first fronting a big band. "Köln" received two Grammy nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and Best Instrumental Composition. Discography. As sideman. With The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra With The Ryan Keberle Double Quartet With Edmar Castañeda  With David Berger With others