Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957-03-08
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Billy Childs Collection
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,737
- Total plays
- 97,086
Tags
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William Edward Childs (best known as “Billy Childs”) is a composer and jazz pianist from Los Angeles. Born March 8, 1957, he began piano lessons when he was six. When he was 16, Childs started attending the Community School of the Performing Arts, a prestigious music program sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC). After having studied theory there with Marienne Uszler and piano with John Weisenfluh, he attended USC (1975-79), earning a bachelor of music degree in composition, u
Key dates
- Born
- 8 March 1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- easy listening
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Windham Hill Records
- Official website
- www.BillyChilds.com
Connections
Categories
1957 births20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American male pianists20th-century American pianists21st-century African-American musicians21st-century American male pianists21st-century American pianistsAfrican-American composersAfrican-American jazz musiciansAfrican-American jazz pianistsAfrican-American male composersAlexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni