An active performer of jazz and classical piano music, Luke Gillespie is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1994 Indianapolis Jazz Festival Competition, best performance from the Indianapolis Star in 1993, and the 1990 Copland Piano Concerto Competition at Indiana University.

He has performed with the Arts Center Jazz Collective, Jeremy Allen, Jamey Aebersold, Eric Alexander, David Baker, Ron Blake, Ralph Bowen, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Todd Coolman, Gene Ess, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, Bunky Green, Everett Greene, Pat Harbison, Jimmy Heath, Nicole Henry, Steve Houghton, Robert Hurst, Gene Jackson, Ingrid Jensen, Kelley Johnson, Mutsuko Kawamoto, Pat LaBarbera, David Liebman, Marshall McDonald, James Moody, Ed Neumeister, Brent Nussey, Chris Potter, John Raymond, Rufus Reid, Arturo Sandoval, Bill Sears, Walter Smith III, Jim Snidero, Tierney Sutton, Thomas Taylor, Wayne Wallace, Tom Walsh, Rodney Whitaker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Pablo Ziegler.

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About

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Music

New Album, Moving Mists, available July 12

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Educator

Gillespie is Professor of Music in Jazz Studies/Piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he also received his BM and MM degrees in Jazz Piano and DM degree in classical piano, with minors in music history and comparative literature/arts.  He teaches private lessons, Jazz Styles and Musicianship, Jazz Pedagogy, coaches Combos and coordinates the Jazz Combo program.

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Compositions

As a professional pianist for over 40 years, Luke has a wide range of compositions that he has recorded and that have been performed by others. Below is a list of selected compositions by Luke Gillespie.

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