Valerie Gillespie Trio Tickets

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Quick Facts About Valerie Gillespie Trio

• Biography and career highlights: Adjunct faculty at USF, Hillsborough Community College, and Florida Southern College; has performed with Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Xavier Cugat Orchestra, and regularly with The Florida Orchestra; covered in Saxophone Today; active in Florida jazz festivals (Suncoast Jazz Classic, Clearwater Jazz Holiday).
• Genre and musical style: Jazz with both instrumental and vocal elements; known for live, standards-leaning performances and collaborations across big and small jazz groups.
• Complete discography (albums, most recent first): Lush Life (2011, label Valerie Gillespie), A Little Rough Around the Edges (2008, label Valerie Gillespie), It Can't Be Christmas Without You (2006, label Valerie Gillespie), It Takes a Village (2005, label Gillespie Jazz Records), Once Again (2003, label Valerie Gillespie).
• Top singles/hits (most recent first): Mary Did You Know? (2011) with no widely documented chart positions; Joy! (2005) with no widely documented chart positions.
• Major awards and achievements: Cover/story feature in Saxophone Today; frequent soloist with The Florida Orchestra; organizer/performer in Women of Jazz programs with the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association; Chicks Rock Top 10 feature (2007).
• Social media presence: Maintains a professional website (valeriegillespie.com) and is active in regional press/venues; no widely publicized official social media profiles found in the sources searched.