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Albums by Jess Gillam
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Jess Gillam's Popular Music Videos
Dowland: Second Booke of Songes: II. Flow My Tears (Arr. Solomons)
Jess Gillam & Miloš Karadaglić
Kate Bush: This Woman's Work (Arr. Lawson)
Jess Gillam
Milhaud: Scaramouche: 3. Brazileira
Jess Gillam, Tippett Quartet, Andee Birkett & Zeynep Özsuca
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Arr. Metcalfe)
Jess Gillam, Oscar Holch, Rowena Calvert, Sam Becker & Lysandre Menard
Lai: Love Story – Theme (Arr. Campbell)
Jess Gillam, Ben Dawson, Charles Mutter, Michael Gray, Timothy Welch, Benjamin Hughes & Andrew Wood
Thom Yorke: Suspirium (Arr. Rimmer)
Jess Gillam & Jess Gillam Ensemble
Iturralde: Pequeña Czarda (Arr. Harle)
Jess Gillam, Tippett Quartet, Andee Birkett & Zeynep Özsuca
Bowie: Where are we now? (Arr. Harle)
Jess Gillam, Ben Dawson, John Harle, BBC Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Carol of the Bells (Arr. Metcalfe for Saxophone)
Jess Gillam
Gregory: Orbit
Jess Gillam & Jess Gillam Ensemble
Artist Biography
It's just as likely to hear British saxophonist Jess Gillam playing 20th-century classical works such as Milhaud’s jaunty Scaramouche Suite (of which she gave an unforgettable performance at the 2018 Last Night of the Proms) as arrangements of songs by Kate Bush (featured on 2019 album Rise). Gillam’s versatile programs often take a mixtape approach, spanning styles and saxophones—she regularly plays both alto and soprano instruments. Born in Cumbria, UK, in 1998, Gillam was the first saxophonist to reach the finals of the BBC Young Musician award in 2016. Further firsts followed: She became the first sax player to be signed to Decca Classics and prestigious classical music management agency HarrisonParrott. During the 2020 lockdowns, Gillam formed the Virtual Scratch Orchestra, which brought together more than 2,000 people from 30 countries for online performances. She was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 for services to music.
Hometown
Ulverston, Cumbria, England
Genre
Classical