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Jim HillmanCurriculum VitaeJim Hillman’s group The Merlin Factor won the ’94 JUNO Award for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”, and was nominated in the same category in ‘95. They were also recipients of the Jazz Report magazine’s “Electric Jazz Group of the Year” for three consecutive years. Ten years later and the group still exists and flourishes - as does Jim Hillman's career. 2004 saw him lead his own group for a three-month stint at the renowned House of Blues and Jazz in Shanghai, China. |
Discography:| "The Merlin Factor" | Jim Hillman | (Amplitude) | Juno Winner |
| "Frontier Tunes" | The Merlin Factor | (Radioland) | Juno
Nominee |
| "Relationships" | The
Merlin Factor |
(Radioland) |
|
| "The Musicals" | Ranee Lee | (Justin Tyme) | |
| "Lights of Burgundy" | Oliver Jones | (Justin Tyme) | Juno Winner |
| "Speak Low, Swing Hard" | Oliver Jones | (Justin Tyme) | |
| "Standard Idioms" | Sonny Greenwich | (Kleo) | |
| "Hymn To The Earth" | Sonny Greenwich | (Kleo) | Juno
Nominee |
| "Spirit In The Air" | Sonny Greenwich | (Kleo) | |
| "Welcome; Mother Earth" | Meantime |
(Justin Tyme) | |
| "Neverland" | James Gelfand | (Jazz Image) | |
| "Children Standards" | James Gelfand | (Amplitude) | |
| "Shark
Bait" |
Denny
Christianson |
(Justin
Tyme) |
|
| "Opus1.7" |
Francois
Marcaurelle |
(Amlitude) |
|
| "Opus
3.8" |
Marcaurelle
Sextet |
(Lost
Chart) |
|
| "Enter" |
Melosphere |
(Jazz
Image) |
|
| "Daniel
Janke" |
Daniel
Janke |
(Scratch) |
|
| "Montreal
Jazz" |
Compilation |
(GMD) |
|
| "Orpheus" |
Paul
Tobey Trio |
(TBY) |
|
| "From
The Heart- A Tribute To Oscar Peterson |
Various
Canadian Jazz Pianists |
(Radioland) |
|
| "Part
1 - Moksha" |
The
New Millenium Orchestra |
(DDD) |
|
| "Soaring" |
Steve
Cole's Thermal Quartet |
(Thermal
Music) |
|
| "Live
In Montreal" |
Marcos
Valle/Victor Biglione |
(Rob) |
|
| "A
Capella Plus" |
Montreal
Jubilation Choir |
(Justin
Tyme) |
|
| "Downtown" |
Nancy
Martinez |
||
| "La
Couleur Du Vent" |
Karen
Young |
(Les
Disques URSH) |
|
| "Choose" |
The
Merlin Factor |
(Tamatina
Records) |
Pop: Folklore
| "Elle Le Dira" |
Joanne Blouin |
(Star du Nord) |
| "Manitoba
Songs" |
Rick
Neufield |
(Prarie
Dog) |
| "Break
Water" |
Lennie
Galant |
(Revenant) |
Performances with internationally
acclaimed jazz artists:
| Oliver
Jones |
Ed
Bickert |
| Michel
Donato |
Dave
Turner |
| Alain
Trudel |
Don
Thompson |
| Sonney
Greenwich |
Red
Michell |
| Lorraine
Desmarais |
Pat
LaBarbera |
| Ranee
Lee |
Peter
Leitch |
| Howard Levy |
Carol Welsman |
Festival Performances:| Montreal |
Quebec |
| Newport |
Ottawa |
| Montreux |
Spain |
| Toronto |
Le Mans |
| Bermuda |
Mexico
City |
| Acores |
Lyon |
| Brussells |
Prague |
| Warsaw |
Medellin |
| Jamaica |
Grenada |
| Beaches
(Toronto) |
Guadeloupe |
Feature Films:| "Les
Noces du Papier" |
Verseau
Pruductions |
| "Love-Moi" |
Productions
du Lundi Matin |
| "Le
Fabuleux Voyage de L'Ange" |
ACPAV |
| "L'Oreille
D'un Sourd" |
|
| "Nez
Rouge" |
|
| "Jack Paradise" |
|
Documentary Films:| "The
Children's Crusade" |
| "The
Lonely Passion of Brian Moore" |
| "The
Apprenticeship of Mordecai Richler" |
| "Avant
Premiere" |
| "Overtime" |
| "Words" |
| "Montreal Retro" |
| "Rien
Sacre" |
TV
Films:| "Uncle
T." |
NFB/Atlantis |
| "My
Home Town" |
(YTV) |
| "Live
At The Lion D'or - The Merlin Factor |
(Bravo
TV) |
| "Mortimer
Griffen and Shalinsky |
NFB/Atlantis |
| "Mortimer
and Muush" |
CBC |
| "Ranee
Lee Live |
World
Affairs Television |
| "Hamlet en Quebec" |
Radio Canada |
Performances with Pop Artists:|
Martine St-Clair, Boule Noire (George Thurston), Francine Raymond, Marc Gabriel, Michel Comeau, Roch Voisine, Dianne Heatherington, Danny Weaver, Daniel Lavoie. |
Performances
with Funk, Blues, Gospel
Artists:
| Ben E. King, Kat Dyson, Jubilation Gospel Choir, Big Mama Thornton, Phil Guy, Bob Walsh, Jimmy James, Slim Williams, Portfolio, Ray Bonneville, Robert Ward, Dutch Robinson, Alan Prater (aka Soulo), A Touch of Heaven, The Heavenly Sensations. |
Performances with Latin Artists:
| Marcos Valle (Brasil), Altay Veloso (Brasil), Victor Biglione (Brasil), Lazaro Rene (Cuba), Monica Freire, Nico Beki, Eval Manigat, Rodolfo(Colombia), Satranga, Queba, Monica Passos, |
Performances with Folk Artists:| Len Udow, Lennie Galant |
"Broadway" Shows:| Godspell, La Petite Ecole de Jazz, Love Notes, When All The Slaves Are Free (The Music of Joni Mitchell), Cocktail - The Very Best of R'n'B. |
