| 词条 | Frank Gillis |
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Frank J. Gillis (* 20 August 1914 in Toronto;[1] † 17 September 1999 in Grand Marais, Minnesota[2]) was an American jazz pianist, ethnomusicologist and bibliographer. {{Infobox person| name = Frank J. Gillis | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1914|08|20}} | birth_place = Toronto, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1999|09|17|1914|08|20}} | death_place = Grand Marais, Minnesota | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | employer = Indiana University Bloomington | education = Wayne State University Columbia University University of Minnesota | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Jazz piano, ethnomusicology, and bibliography | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} Life and WorkGillis, who grew up in Detroit, first began his musical studies learning the violin. It was not until age 17 that he began studying piano. From the mid-1930s into the 1940s, he played in the local Ash Trumpet Club with Traditional Jazz musicians including Bobby Hackett, Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden and Doc Cenardo. After earning his Bachelor's degree from Wayne State University, he studied Musicology (specializing in Ethnomusicology) at Columbia University in New York City. He went on to earn a Master of Library Science from the University of Minnesota.[2] During the 1950s and 1960s, Gillis played piano regularly with Doc Evans and can be heard on some Evans albums.[3] After that, he led the Superior Jazz Band.[2] Gillis worked for 25 years in the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. First as Associate Director from 1964 to 1977 and then as Director from 1977 to 1981. During his tenure, he was responsible for the acquisition of a large collection of Shellac Discs, supervised students, gave concerts in Bloomington with the Faculty Five, and taught Jazz and Jazz research at the university.[4] Gillis was also (co-)author of several musicological bibliographies, he was the President of the Society for Ethnomusicology from 1973 to 1975, and from 1966 until 1970 he was the editor of the journal Ethnomusicology,[5] for which he wrote numerous original bibliographical articles including discographies and filmographies.[6] He also published the documentary album and book, Indiana Ragtime, on which he is featured as a pianist.[7] Additionally, he worked on the publication of Jazz trumpeter Lee Collins's memoirs. Publications
References1. ^Frank Gillis remembered fondly as musician, mentor Herald Times, 24 September 1999 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillis, Frank J.}}2. ^1 2 Obituary from the Star Tribune 1999 3. ^cf. Discography of Doc Evans 4. ^Bibliographic Portrait (Memorial Page from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County) 5. ^Society of Ethnomusicology (50th Meeting) (PDF; 413 kB) 6. ^Frank Gillis Collection 1920–1941 at the Jazz Institute of Chicago (University of Chicago library) 7. ^cf. Paul F. Wells, Indiana Ragtime (Review). In: American Music Vol. 3 (1) 1985: 112–114 13 : 1914 births|1999 deaths|American jazz pianists|American male pianists|American folklorists|Ethnomusicologists|Folklorists|Musicologists|Indiana University faculty|20th-century musicologists|20th-century male musicians|Male jazz musicians|20th-century American pianists |
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