Tommy Gill and Friends

The Kiawah Island Arts Council will feature Tommy Gill and Friends on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the Osprey Clubhouse beginning at 7:00 p.m.  tickets for the event will be available on Friday, January 11, 2008. 

A native of Charleston, Tommy Gill began studying piano at the age of five. His interest in jazz performance and composition compelled him to continue his studies in Boston at the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied jazz piano with Fred Hersch and Jaki Byard. After completing his degree in piano technology, Mr. Gill moved to New York where he became a Steinway Concert Piano Technician working for great pianists such as Vladimir Horowitz and Herbie Hancock. He has performed and recorded from Boston to Los Angeles leading his own group as well as performing with other jazz artists including Billy Harper, Jimmy Knepper, Johnny Coles, Bud Shank, Shorty Rogers, Bob Belden, Ronald Westray, Sonny Fortune, Ron Free, Terry Gibbes, and Buddy De Franco.