Background
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Gillespie grew up in Osaka.
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Luke Gillespie
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He attended Canadian Academy, an international school in Kobe, Japan. He studied classical piano with Yoshiko Sato, a professor at Osaka College of Music from age 8-18. He also studied both jazz (bachelor"s and master"s degrees with David Baker) and classical piano (master"s and doctor"s degrees with Michel Block and Leonard Hokanson, a student of Artur Schnabel) at Indiana University School of Music.
Career
He lived in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1st grade, and Memphis, Tennessee, in 6th grade. Returning to the United States of America for college, Gillespie majored in Music Performance at Indiana University, studying Jazz and Classical Piano, Music History and Comparative Arts and Literature. Gillespie is an active performer of jazz and classical piano music
He also teaches at various jazz camps, and jazz festivals around the country.
He has recorded with the Arts Center Jazz Collective, David Baker, Bruce Bransby, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, James Campbell, Steve Davis (drums), Everett Greene, Sylvia McNair, Dan Perantoni, Eugene Rousseau, Dominic Spera, Wanda Stafford, and Tom Walsh (with whom he toured Europe in May 2002-2003, Japan in May 2004-2005, and China in May 2009). He has performed with Jamey Aebersold, Eric Alexander, Ron Blake, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, Bunky Green, Jimmy Heath, Steve Houghton, Ingrid Jensen, Kelley Johnson, Pat LaBarbera, David Liebman, James Moody, Editor Neumeister, Chris Potter, Rufus Reid, Arturo Sandoval, Jim Snidero, Rodney Whitaker, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Pablo Ziegler.
