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Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble Featuring the Lyris Quartet at Feinstein's At Vitello's

Courtesy of Keith Johnson | Posted on January 28, 2013

Where

Feinstein's At Vitello's
4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA
Map
818-769-0905

When

Sat, February 9, 2013
Two Shows - 8pm & 10pm

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Musicians

Larry Koonse
guitar, electric
Bob Sheppard
saxophone, tenor

About

Grammy-laden keyboardist Billy Childs could play a genre for every night of the week, and tonight it’s contemporary/fusion with windman Bob Sheppard Sax/flute, Electric bassist Jimmy Johnson and drummer Joey Heredia.

Billy Childs was born in Los Angeles on March 8th, 1957. Having demonstrated an aptitude for piano as early as age six, Childs developed rapidly, and at age sixteen entered the USC-sponsored Community School of the Performing Arts, studying theory with Marienne Uszler and piano with John Weisenfluh. In 1975, he entered USC as a composition major, graduating four years later with a bachelor of music in composition under the tutelage of Robert Linn....

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