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 Euphonium player in the US Air Force Band in Washington DC and, later, conductor of several Air Force bands including the premier US Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs, CO. Due to his father's military profession, he had an itinerant upbringing in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Alabama, Illinois, and Colorado.
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,[1] 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.[3]
Discography
As leader
Edenderry (Alternate Side, 2004)
Lost Words (Alternate Side, 2008)
Sound Stories (Alternate Side, 2012)
Köln (Alternate Side, 2015), with The WDR Big Band[4]
Always Forward (Alternate Side, 2018), with The WDR Big Band[5]