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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1957
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William Edward Childs (best known as “Billy Childs”) is a composer and jazz pianist from Los Angeles. Born March 8, 1957, he began piano lessons when he was six. When he was 16, Childs started attending the Community School of the Performing Arts, a prestigious music program sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC). After having studied theory there with Marienne Uszler and piano with John Weisenfluh, he attended USC (1975-79), earning a bachelor of music degree in composition, u
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- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- easy listening
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Windham Hill Records
- Official website
- www.BillyChilds.com
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- Billy Childs 2008.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1957-03-08
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