Art Lillard Big Band
Art Lillard is a musician with many gifts. In each of his musical roles – drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader – he shares with us his unique and refreshing contribution to our musical culture. He has been leading his own jazz big-band, Art Lillard’s Heavenly Band, since 1987, playing in many New York area nightclubs and concert spaces. In 1995 he produced “First Flight,” a recording of this 16-piece band with vocals, featuring ten of his own compositions. The band’s first compact disc recording, “Reasons to be Thankful,” another vibrant compilation of originals, was released on the Summit label in 2006. The Heavenly Band enjoys a special relationship with Brooklyn’s Spoke the Hub Dancing, regularly providing live dance music for its community events. The band’s repertoire consists almost entirely of original compositions and arrangements, with styles including bebop, Latin jazz, blues, and numbers which defy category altogether. Whatever the style, the music swings.
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