Billy Childs Quartet, Special Guest Sean Jones

Billy Childs has achieved remarkable success throughout his career, earning seventeen Grammy nominations and six Grammy awards, including two for Best Instrumental Jazz Album in 2024 (“The Winds of Change”) and 2018 (“Rebirth”).

In addition to his Grammy awards, Childs has received numerous other prestigious awards and grants, including a Chamber Music America composer’s grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. He has also been recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters with a composers award.

Childs has an extensive solo jazz recording career, beginning in 1988 with the release of four critically acclaimed albums on the Windham Hill Jazz label. He has also recorded two volumes of “jazz/chamber music,” both of which have been nominated for five Grammy awards and won twice.

Childs has collaborated and/or performed with renowned artists such as Freddie Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Chris Botti, Renée Fleming, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and many others.