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Chris Glik

Glik performs as a single (keyboards/piano and vocals) as well as with his own group - Chris Glik Band all over Southern California. In addition, Glik works with many vocalists as musical director/accompanist.

Chris Glik has performed and/or recorded with acts such as the Okaysions, Platters, Inkspots, Coasters, Brook Benton, Frank Gorshin, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, and many more.

Compositions/Arrangements

Glik has arranged and/or composed music for Leonard Reed, Henry Nemo, Chester Whitmore, Lula Washington Dance Group, Helen Reddy, Chris Calloway, Nicholas Brothers, Warner Brothers, Columbia Talent Management, Paul Kennedy Dance Studio, Viewpoint School, and many others.

Television/Film appearances

"Close To Home" - CBS "20 Great Years" - NBC Pilot "Desperate Housewives" "Boston Legal" "Two And A Half Men"

Musical Theater

Glik has also perfomed in and/and or arranged music for many musical theater productions - As You Like It, West Side Story, Pippin, Into The Woods, Barry Moses' Bar Mitzvah, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar And Grill, and more.

In 2007, one of Glik's collaborations, As They Like It, was produced at the Barnsdell Theater in Hollywood. In addition, Glik has been Musical Director for various productions by Lehman Engel Music Theater Group, Mulholland Tennis Club, and more.

Glik has a diploma from Peabody Institute of Music (1967) and studied with the late Louis Shub (piano), Gunther Schuller, the late Louis Cheslock, and others. Glik also lists Henry Nemo and Leonard Reed as mentors.

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Royal Hartigan: Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live in China

Read "Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live in China" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Recorded on Beijing, Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live in China is the third of a trilogy, but includes changes from the original studio namesake. Guitarist Kevin McNeal is replaced by pianist Art Hirahara, giving the quartet a bit more punch. The first Blood Drum Spirit (Innova, 2004) entry consisted almost entirely of original compositions, other than a snippet of Duke Ellington's “Caravan." This two-disc live set features covers by artists including Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy ...

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Royal Hartigan: Ancestors

Read "Ancestors" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


On paper, combining the musical influences of West Africa, America and Asia can appear a bit overwhelming. That's not the case at all on Royal Hartigan's Ancestors. The pianist/percussionist's trilogy--Blood Drum Spirit (Innova, 2004), Blood Drum Spirit Live in China (Innov a, 2008), and now Ancestors--reflects a universal viewpoint without being neatly categorized as world music. Jazz is pervasive throughout this collection, and the various musical ethnicities serve as reminders of where the genre came from and where it could ...

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REVIEW BY SCOTT YANOW FROM FEB. 2009 ISSUE OF LA JAZZ SCENE:

“Pianist Chris Glik’s Tropical Jazz For The Soul, Vol. 2 is a fine example of easy listening jazz. The music grooves nicely, the improvising is melodic and the tones by the various players, especially tenor-saxophonist Dave Victorino (who hints a bit at Stan Getz), are West Coast cool and pleasing. Three standards are performed by Glik in a trio with bassist Larry Muradian and drummer Steve Sykes while his eight originals are interpreted in a quintet also including bassist Mike Flick, drummer Kenny Park, guitarist Lenny Coltun and Victorino on tenor and flute

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Primary Instrument

Keyboards

Credentials/Background

I teach privately. The material I teach includes Jazz Improvisation (keyboard/piano), Jazz Theory, Accompaniment/Self Accompaniment on piano/keyboard, how to be a keyboardist in an ensemble. I also offer services such as Charts, Tracks, Production, Arranging, Composing, Rehearsing, Show development and Recording.

Clinic/Workshop Information

CHRIS GLIK 111 North La Cienega, Suite 8 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 www.glikmusic.com [email protected] 310-854-0857, 213-705-0162 I believe that the arts should be a part of the basic curriculum in the schools, and that, where possible, the arts should be available and accessible in the community at large

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Ancestors

Innova Recordings
2010

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Blood Drum Spirit:...

Innova Recordings
2010

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Blood Drum Spirit:...

Innova Recordings
2008

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