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
PIANIST
COMPOSER
EDUCATOR
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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