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# James Chirillo

Guitarist - Composer - Arranger

## Sitemaps

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## Pages

- [ABOUT JAMES](https://james.chirillo.com/about-james/) - Raised in Bellevue, Washington, guitarist James Chirillo has been privileged to work with many of the swing era's recognized greats, including Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Benny Carter, Eddie Durham, Eddie Barefield, Earle Warren, Frank Wess, and Joe Wilder to name just a few, and as a charter member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, he worked
- [INSPIRATION](https://james.chirillo.com/inspiration/) - "Us Negros have created jazz. White musicians have followed us, but they haven't reached us yet and I think they never will. Because this music is namely an expression for something that lives within us and that white men will never fully understand. The liberation from slavery explains how the jazz was born. The negro
- [In Shadow and Light](https://james.chirillo.com/in-shadow-and-light-sample-tracks/) - Sample Tracks
- [Shop](https://james.chirillo.com/shop/)
- [VIDEOS](https://james.chirillo.com/james-on-video/) - James with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, 1985. James performing at the Bickford Theatre, Morristown, NJ, 2013. James performing a duet with Dan Block. Birdland, NYC, May 2013. James performing at the Ear Inn, NYC 5/20/12 with Bria Skonberg, trumpet; Scott Robinson, metal clarinet and Kelly Friesen, string bass. Recorded by Michael Steinman
- [DISCOGRAPHY](https://james.chirillo.com/discography/) - James can be heard on dozens of CD's as both a performer on Acoustic/Electric Guitar and Banjo, or employing his creative skills as a Composer/Arranger. MOST RECENT PROJECTS Cecile McLorin Salvant - WomanChild (2013), Mack Avenue Records. Acoustic Guitar/Banjo Gil Evans Centennial Project: Newly-discovered works of Gil Evans dir. by Ryan Truesdell, Artist Share Records (2012) Multiple
- [PHOTO GALLERY](https://james.chirillo.com/photo-gallery/) - Photo: Wycliffe Gordon Photo: Ed Berger Photo: Ed Berger With Nicki Parrott Photo: Jonathan Farber Drawing: Dan Christoffel Photo: Ed Berger Playing for Satoru Inoue in Kobe, Japan The Kenny Davern Quintet with Sunnie Sutton: Tony De Nicola, Kenny, Sunnie, Jon-Erik Kellso, James, Greg Cohen - Kobe, Japan
- [CONTACT](https://james.chirillo.com/contact/) - For booking inquiries, press kit, or other questions please contact us:
- [Sultry Serenade : The album](https://james.chirillo.com/discography/sultry-serenade-the-album/) - Available on iTunes and Amazon. Click on either link below to hear a preview of Sultry Serenade: I Love You, Samantha - from Sultry Serenade "I Love You, Samantha". A beautiful bossa arrangement by James from his album Sultry Serenade on Nagel-Heyer Records. Composed by Cole Porter. Portuguese lyric by Vera Mara. Guitar: James Chirillo.
- [PRESS](https://james.chirillo.com/press/) - James Chirillo: Sultry Serenade (2000) By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: November 1, 2000 "All About Jazz" Move. James Chirillo debuts as a leader with a superb guitar jazz disc. As soon as I would like to compare Mr. Chirillo to, say, a Joe Pass, a Herb Ellis, or a Charlie Byrd, I

## Products

- [In Shadow and Night Digital Album | James Chirillo, Valerie Levy](https://james.chirillo.com/product/in-shadow-and-night-digital-album/) - Take a sonic journey from the haunting original “In Shadow and Light” to the joyful “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”, by way of Giuseppe Verdi through Astor Piazzolla, join James Chirillo, Valerie Levy and fellow artists Houston Person, Warren Vaché, Ali Jackson and friends in their musical exploration of the Great American Songbook and beyond.
- [In Shadow and Night CD | James Chirillo, Valerie Levy](https://james.chirillo.com/product/in-shadow-and-night-physical_album/) - Take a sonic journey from the haunting original “In Shadow and Light” to the joyful “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”, by way of Giuseppe Verdi through Astor Piazzolla, join James Chirillo, Valerie Levy and fellow artists Houston Person, Warren Vaché, Ali Jackson and friends in their musical exploration of the Great American Songbook and beyond.

## Product categories

- [Digital Album](https://james.chirillo.com/product-category/digital_album/)
- [CD](https://james.chirillo.com/product-category/cd/)