Gregory Hillman
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| Birth name | Gregory Hillman |
| Born | August 29, 1977 Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Genre(s) | Post-bop, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, third stream, jazz-funk, jazz fusion, acid jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, composer, pianist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, organ, keyboard |
| Years active | 1977–Current |
| Website | www.gregoryhillman.com |
Gregory Hillman, also known as Greg Hillman, is a professional yacht racer and an American piano artist who tours nationally. Hillman was born in Poulsbo Washington on August 29, 1977. He is currently training with the US Olympic Hopefuls in the Star class.
[edit] Sailing and Olympic Star (sailboat) Class Racing
Gregory can be seen training with the United States Olympic prospects such as Magnus. Austin Sperry, and Mark Mendelbrat with the Santa Monica Bay Star fleet. Gregory studied sailing at the University of Washington as seen here in the WYC minutes. After the University Gregory can be seen placing higher than sailing greats like Philippe Kahn and World Champion Anders Ekstrom while racing with Doug Steele in the Pacific Coast Championships for the Olympic Star Class. Greg's sailing with Doug Steele can also be found in this article from The Log newspaper in Marina del Rey, CA. Gregory Hillman can also be viewed racing on this Olympic 2008 prospect's web site.
Gregory Hillman can also be described as the Education Coordinator for the American Sailing Association on this thread from a non-profit Olympic Laser sailing community. He donates to the sailing community and is recognised as a partner in kind in this article from Footloose, a non-profit institution that helps disabled people sail. You can also see him mentioned regarding a non-profit sailing event with David Lumian on the University of California Los Angeles mailing lists. Gregory is also seen on this WYC Non-Profit page as a chief.
[edit] Piano Performance
Gregory Hillman is a piano artist that performs and tours all around the United States and the world. He can be seen touring on this article from the City of Ventura California ArtWalk. Or performing in Poulsbo Washington in this King 5 News Article. Gregory Hillman performs with Bruce Kimmell frequently as seen on thisweb archive page from the non-profit ICRF. He can also be seen in the Acron Newspaper article performing live at Harmony Sweet in Simi Valley, CA or at Marinapalooza (Festival and Event). Gregory has won the international "Visions Jazz Award" Visions Jazz award competition in 2004 at the [Skirball Cultural Center] through the [ICRF]. He has also been interviewed for 60 minutes each on March 19, 2004 and September 25, 2004 during a 99.1 FM Santa Clarita and international syndication presentation.
Live tour performances have been described as sounding similar to John Schofield, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Roy Hargrove. Greg's sound has also been described as unique because it blends Funk, Jazz, and Hip hop into live performance.
