MusicFactsDB.com (Pre-Beta)

Billy Childs (08 Mar 1957 - )

Male Person - United States US composer/jazz pianist

Releases (16)

Official

Album

  1. Take for Example This... 1988
  2. Twilight Is Upon Us 1989
  3. His April Touch 1991
  4. Portrait of a Player 1993
  5. I've Known Rivers 1995
  6. The Child Within 1996
  7. Jazz-Chamber Music Vol.1: Lyric 20 Sep 2005
  8. Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro 09 Sep 2014
  9. Acceptance 28 Aug 2020
  10. The Winds of Change 17 Mar 2023

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Up Close, Volume 14

Relationships (2)

Teachers

  1. Robert Linn

Member Of

  1. Gerry Gibbs Sextet

Recordings by (105)

  1. Midland 6:16 (1985)
  2. Friends In Love 4:58 (1985)
  3. Rapid Transit 5:55 (1985)
  4. An Afterthought 4:37 (1985)
  5. One Fleeting Instant 4:07 (1985)
  6. Lunacy 10:55 (1985)
  7. The Coming Of Spring 13:05 (1985)
  8. Quiet Girl 6:34 (1988)
  9. Timeless 6:18 (1988)
  10. Room 5:54 (1988)
  11. Totally Alone 7:31 (1988)
  12. Backwards Bop 6:22 (1988)
  13. Take for Example This... 7:37 (1988)
  14. Maybe Later 5:28 (01 Jan 1989)
  15. Mount Olympus 5:33 (1989)
  16. Like Father, Like Son 5:53 (1989)
  17. Stay 6:20 (1989)
  18. Twilight Is Upon Us 8:31 (1989)
  19. When All Is Said and Done 5:17 (1989)
  20. Jazzmania 5:19 (1989)
  21. Where It's At 5:50 (1991)
  22. His April Touch 7:08 (1991)
  23. Four by Five 4:30 (1991)
  24. Miles to Go Before I Sleep 7:14 (1991)
  25. A New World Disorder 5:48 (1991)
  26. Memory and Desire 6:00 (1991)
  27. Hand Picked Rose of a Fading Dream 5:08 (1991)
  28. Christmas Hymn 1:50 (1993)
  29. It's You or No One 5:09 (1993)
  30. It’s You or No One 1:09 (1993)
  31. The End of Innocence 5:58 (1993)
  32. Flanagan 6:30 (1993)
  33. Never Let Me Go 7:18 (1993)
  34. Satellite 6:11 (1993)
  35. The Island 5:46 (1993)
  36. Bolivia 7:09 (1993)
  37. Easy Living 5:46 (1993)
  38. 34 Skidoo 6:56 (1993)
  39. Darn That Dream 7:10 (1993)
  40. I've Known Rivers (Poem) 1:21 (1995)
  41. I've Known Rivers (Song) 6:29 (1995)
  42. The Starry Night 8:40 (1995)
  43. Lament 6:22 (1995)
  44. The Way Of The New World 6:20 (1995)
  45. This Moment 5:05 (1995)
  46. Realism 7:14 (1995)
  47. Somewhere I Have Never Travelled 6:25 (1995)
  48. Siren Serenade 6:02 (1995)
  49. I've Known Rivers 6:26 (1995)
  50. Lover Man 7:37 (1996)
All Recordings By Results >>

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. My Funny Valentine 6:35 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  2. Better Days 5:30 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  3. Siren Serenade 3:23 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  4. Lullabay 7:20 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  5. Mi vida 4:01 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  6. Hesitations 4:13 Dianne Reeves (1982)

Instruments

  1. Jevin 5:16 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  2. Horace 6:57 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  3. It Happens 10:02 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  4. Splashes 7:18 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  5. Melodee 8:51 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  6. Cyclops 6:18 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  7. Lament 3:21 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  8. Why Not 8:32 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  9. Work Song 6:00 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  10. Walkin' 9:44 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  11. Hummin' 8:27 J.J. Johnson feat. Nat Adderley (20 Apr 1977) keyboard
  12. Cascais 7:43 Freddie Hubbard (25 Apr 1980) keyboard
  13. Skagly 14:33 Freddie Hubbard (25 Apr 1980) keyboard
  14. Theme From “Summer of ’42” (The Summer Knows) 5:35 Freddie Hubbard (25 Apr 1980) keyboard
  15. Rustic Celebration 5:33 Freddie Hubbard (25 Apr 1980) keyboard
  16. Happiness Is Now 7:52 Freddie Hubbard (25 Apr 1980) keyboard
  17. Cousin Mary 6:30 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  18. Yo-Yo Blues 8:00 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  19. Sunflower 8:45 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  20. Boom! Boom! Boom! 4:10 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  21. Let the Rain Fall on Me 7:35 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  22. Night in Tunisia 6:35 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  23. One 5:03 Leon Thomas starring Freddie Hubbard (1980) keyboard
  24. Concepts in Blue 8:00 J.J. Johnson (1980) keyboard
  25. One of a Kind 10:30 Freddie Hubbard (1981) keyboard
  26. The Summer Knows 10:15 Freddie Hubbard (1981) keyboard
  27. One of Another Kind 13:05 Freddie Hubbard (1981) keyboard
  28. Impressions 11:57 Freddie Hubbard (1981) keyboard
  29. Better Days 5:30 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard
  30. My Funny Valentine 6:35 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard
  31. The Littlest One of All 9:12 Freddie Hubbard (1982) piano
  32. Mi vida 4:01 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard
  33. Welcome to My Love 6:04 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard
  34. Perfect Love 4:30 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard
  35. Joy Spring 6:35 Freddie Hubbard (1982) piano
  36. Cassie's Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.) 3:58 Grover Washington, Jr. (1982) synthesizer, piano
  37. Hesitations 4:13 Dianne Reeves (1982) keyboard

Produced

  1. Better Days 5:30 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  2. Mi vida 4:01 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  3. Welcome to My Love 6:04 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  4. Siren Serenade 3:23 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  5. Perfect Love 4:30 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  6. My Funny Valentine 6:35 Dianne Reeves (1982)
  7. Passageway 4:43 Dianne Reeves (1982)

Credited as (32)

  1. Billy Childs
  2. Chris Botti feat. Billy Childs
  3. Billy Childs, Renée Fleming & Yo‐Yo Ma
  4. Billy Childs & Becca Stevens
  5. Billy Childs & Lisa Fischer
  6. Billy Childs, Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter
  7. Billy Childs, Rickie Lee Jones & Chris Potter
  8. Billy Childs & Ledisi
  9. Billy Childs, Susan Tedeschi & Steve Wilson
  10. Billy Childs, Shawn Colvin & Chris Botti
  11. Billy Childs & Dianne Reeves
  12. Billy Childs, Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
  13. Philip Bailey, Billy Childs, Roy Hargrove, Bobby Watson, Tony Williams
  14. Steve Gadd, Tom Scott, Billy Childs, Nathan East, Everette Harp
  15. Nathan East, Steve Gadd, Tom Scott, Billy Childs, Everette Harp
  16. Christian McBride and Billy Childs
  17. George Duke, Steve Gadd, Tom Scott, Billy Childs, Nathan East
  18. Peter Erskine, Christian McBride, Billy Childs
  19. Bunny Brunel, Mike Stern, Billy Childs, Vinnie Colaiuta
  20. Chris Botti feat. Dominic Miller, Sting, Billy Childs
  21. Billy Childs, Buster Williams, Carl Allen
  22. Carmen Lundy, Nana Yaw Asiedu, Billy Childs, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Alan Balter
  23. William Childs
  24. Mike Clark With Billy Childs And Chris Potter
  25. Caroline Campbell, Chris Botti, Michael Valerio & Billy Childs
  26. Joe Locke & Billy Childs
  27. Eddie Daniels, Billy Childs, Tony Dumas & Ralph Penland
  28. Chris Botti feat. Billy Childs, Dominic Miller and Sting
  29. Ron Carter, Billy Childs, Grover Washington, Jr., Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Robert Freedman
  30. Tom Browne, Ron Carter, Billy Childs, Donald Harrison, Bennie Maupin, Lenny White
  31. Chris Botti featuring Billy Childs
  32. Freddie Hubbard & Billy Childs

Works (23)

Wrote

  1. Miami Overnight
  2. Interlude
  3. Blue Horizon
  4. Let Me

Composed

  1. The Distant Land: I. Afro-American Fragment (1995)
  2. The Distant Land: Interlude (1995)
  3. The Distant Land: II. A Mother to Her First-Born (1995)
  4. The Distant Land: Interlude (1995)
  5. The Distant Land: III. Voice of the Karaw (1995)
  6. The Distant Land (1995)
  7. The Distant Land: Introduction (1995)
  8. Rustic Celebration
  9. Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
  10. Christmas Hymn
  11. Heroes
  12. Concerto for Solo Percussionist: III. Presto
  13. Concerto for Solo Percussionist: II. Andante
  14. Concerto for Solo Percussionist: I. Allegro
  15. Concerto for Solo Percussionist
  16. Frankie and Kevin
  17. Two but Not Two
  18. Kwanzaa
  19. 6/8 - 7/8

Links (15)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.billychilds.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032989
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80032989
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134346688
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139406598

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/73111

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childs

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/373784

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000768765

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42030118

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863047

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DalOaFXdbHCB4cyMJhQtR
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/127514

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billy-Childs/55519288936?v=wall

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/billychildspiano