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| Talented jazz bassist frequently plays with his wife Kelly Brand (they also have a dog named Kelly!). Sill has worked for over 25 years in the Chicago area as a house bassist for Rick's Cafe Americain, George's, The Jazz Showcase, Pops for Champagne, and the Green Mill. He has performed with Hank Jones, Woody Shaw, Dave Liebman, Eddie Jefferson, Snooky Young, Cedar Walton, Red Rodney, Eddie Harris, Ruth Brown, Johnny Hartman, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, Billy Eckstine, Don Menza, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Conti Condoli, Bill Evans, Cissy Houston, Art Farmer, Red Holloway, Donald Byrd, Ira Sullivan, Anita O`Day, Freddie Hubbard, Herb Ellis, Bobby Watson, Jackie McClean, Dakota Staton, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Bill Hardman, Charlie Rouse, Clifford Jordan, Morgana King, Barney Kessel, Urbie Green, Scott Hamilton, Chris Conner, Bobby Enriquez, Mel Lewis, Art Blakey, Louis Bellson, Ernie Watts, Sadao Watanabe, Jim McNeely, Mose Allison, David Newman, Bruce Barth and Jerome Richardson, and at the Chicago Jazz Festival, Ravnia, the Red Sea Jazz Festival, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, and Orchestra Hall (Symphony Center) in Chicago. Jazz Critic Neil Tesser says, "Sill whose oceanic tone carries on a Chicago bass tradition that starts with Milt Hinton and runs through such artists as Wilbur Ware and Rufus Reid is complementary to Spencer's enthusiasm with a wry and perfectly placed musical aside." He has performed on a number of recordings, including with Simon and Bard - Musaic; Eric Schneider - Eric`s Alley; Akio Sasajima - Akio with Joe Henderson; Frank Mantooth - Suite Tooth; Barry Deister - East / West Dialogue; Akio Sasajima - Humpty Dumpty; Frank Mantooth - Dangerous Precedent; John Moulder - Awakening; Kirsten Gustafson - You Taught My Heart to Sing; Kelly Brand - A Dream in a Stone, Sister Luna; Bill Sears - Chasin` The Goal; Paul McKee - Gallery; John Allred - Focused; Joel Spencer / Mike Kocour - Interior Window Kelly Brand etc. - Women in Jazzland, Ladies Who Swing, & Mile by Jazz Mile; Jerry Steinhilber / Brian Sjourdinga - One Way; and Fred Simon - Dreamhouse. You can also hear him on Eddie Jefferson's Live from the Jazz Showcase, recorded at Joe Segal's two nights before the singer was shot and killed on a Detroit street. For more information, visit their website: www.kellysill.com
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