A Train (4.5 min.) - Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Admit One (2.5 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
American Complex, 4 movements (25 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Bad Clowns (9 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Because of You (2.5 min.) - Arthur Hammerstein/Dudley Wilkinson, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
cello and soprano sax
Bye Bye Black Bird (6.5 min.) - Ray Henderson, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, bass, soprano sax and soloist
Fair Weather (5 min.) - Kenny Dorham, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, bass, soprano sax and vocalist
Giant Steps (5 min.) - John Coltrane, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Honeysuckle Rose (4 min.) - Fats Waller, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
cello and soprano sax
Infant Eyes (6.5 min.) - Wayne Shorter, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Justina with Strings (20 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
My Funny Valentine (5 min.) - Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart , arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, bass, tabla and vocalist
My One And Only Love (6 min.) Robert Mellin/Guy Wood, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and vocalist
Nancy With The Laughing Face (6 min.) -Jimmy Van Heusen/Phil Silvers, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, vocalist and rhythm section
On The Road Again (5 min.) – Canned Heat, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, soprano sax and vocalist
‘Round Midnight (6 min.) - Thelonious Monk, arrangement composed by
Say it (Over And Over Again) (5 min.) - Frank Loesser/Jimmy McHugh, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
Shadow Puppets (3.5 min.) – Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Sleepers (3.5 min.) –Fred Hersch, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, bass, soprano sax and vocalist
Spare Change (17 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet and soprano sax
Spring Song (6 min.) – Patricia Barber
string quartet, soprano sax , piano and vocalist
Universal Soul (5 min.) - Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, soprano sax and vocalist
Well You Needn't (5 min.) - Thelonious Monk, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet & soprano sax and guitar
Wind Song (5.5 min.) – Patricia Barber, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, soprano sax , piano and vocalist
Witch Hunt (9 min.) – Wayne Shorter, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet & soprano sax
You Are Too Beautiful (3.5 min.) - Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, vocalist and rhythm section.
You Don't Know What Love Is (7 min.) - Gene DePaul/Don Raye, arrangement composed by Jim Gailloreto
string quartet, vocalist and rhythm section
JIM GAILLORETO | Composer | Performer | Educator
Jim Gailloreto holds a Bachelor in Music Composition from De Paul University and a Masters in Music Composition from Northwestern University. He has studied with composers Alan Stout (Northwestern University), Cliff Colnot (De Paul University) and George Flynn and Kurt Westerburg (De Paul University).
He is a recipient of the New Works: Creation & Presentation Program grant from Chamber Music America. His compositions have been performed at the Cultural Center, Northwestern University, Roosevelt Univeristy, Millennium Park at the Pritzker Pavilion, The Jazz Institutes Jazz Fair, Columbia College, Alliance Française De Chicago, Bargemusic in New York, NY and Chicago’s Green Mill and The Chicago Jazz Festival.
His string quartet arrangements can be heard on Kurt Elling's Grammy Award winning CD "Dedicated To You".
He has recorded five solo CD’s: The Insider (Wide Sound) and Shadow Puppets & Jazz String Quintet (Naim Label), American Complex (Origin Classical) and Jazzformation.
COMPOSER
Jim Gailloreto’s writing style is an original blending of both jazz and classical music; the instrumentation is string quartet and soprano saxophone. Within this unique aggregate, the original music pays homage to America’s greatest jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.
As an artist he is immersed in the traditions and performance practices of classical music, while simultaneously expanding and exploring all the truest elements of jazz. Each composition frequently references the music and recordings of many celebrated jazz artists; the sound is firmly rooted in jazz harmony, melody & rhythm. Most importantly, improvisation plays an integral role in each composition and contributes greatly to the spontaneity of every performance.
The Chicago-based saxophonist and composer Jim Gailloreto started composing for saxophone and string quartet in 1997, His style is more than a hybrid of jazz and classical music; it in fact synthesizes those idioms into another species altogether, drawing from each to create something fresh.
“No one has written string-quartet music with such a firm grasp of both traditions.” Jazz Critic Neil Tesser
PERFROMER
Jim is a Chicago-based jazz saxophonist and multi instrumentalist. He has performed with Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Fulcrum Point, Chicago Opera Theater, The William Ferris Chorale, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chroma Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Music Now and Fulcrum Point.
He performed the Chicago premier of Marc Anthony Turnage's "Scorched" with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra featuring John Scofield, Peter Erskine and John Patitucci.
He has also recorded with Blue Note artist Patricia Barber, Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, guitarist John Mc Lean, pianist Jeremy Kahn, vocalist Grazyna Auguscik, pianist/composer Ryan Cohen West African Artist, Foday Musa Suso and New York composer/pianist Fred Hersch (Leaves of Grass).
EDUCATOR
He is on faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and University of Illinois at Chicago teaching composition, jazz arranging, improvisation and jazz Saxophone.