Gordon Holley - Piano
Hometown: Battlecreek, Michigan
Education: Attended Western Michigan University
Playing Experience: Pianist – Jazz Assemblage Big Band – 1975 – Present
Pianist (sub) – 2006 to Present
Present Pianist – Truth in Jazz 2008 to Present
Leader and Pianist – A Cut Above, 7pc band 1990 to Present
Organized & Directed Marching Band, Michigan Air National Guard
53 years of playing in night clubs, theater and concerts, stage shows with such entertainers as ; Betty hutton, Bob Cummings, “Boots’ Randolph, Clark Terry, Dick Contino, Ira Sullivan, Scott Hamilton, Lou Soloff, Jerry Murad and the Harmonicats, Pee Wee Hunt, Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, “Stepin Fetchit”, Tommy Newsom.
Career Highlights: Playing at the Elkhart Jazz Festival, June 2000 with tenor jazz great Scott Hamilton and trumpeter Ira Sullivan. Playing at the Elkhart Jazz Festival with my 7 piece band “A Cut Above two different years and having written over 500 arrangements for my band.
Why I Play With TIJ: I enjoy the association with many great local musicians and sharing my love for many genre of music. It’s a real kick to play with TiJ in a concert setting and please so many lovers of good music and giving back to the community.
