Elliot Bild

Originally from Chicago, trumpeter, educator, arranger and composer Elliot Bild got his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University where he studied with Scott Cowan, Andrew Rathbun and Edward Simon. Shortly after, he completed his Masters Degree from Temple University where he studied with Terell Stafford, John Swana, Ben Schachter, and Dick Oatts.
In August 2017, Elliot was selected along with 14 other fellows to participate in the Ravinia Steins Music Institute, where he worked with Rufus Reid, Nathan Davis and Billy Childs. Later that summer, Elliot attended the Banff Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music, where he had the chance to work with Gary Bartz, Jeremy Pelt, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Robin Eubanks and Tia Fuller, among others. In the Summer of 2018, Elliot was a sub trumpeter for the touring Big Apple Circus and became faculty of the Litchfield Jazz Camp. Since that time, he has shared the bandstand with such people as Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Pablo Batista, Bill Jolly, Don Braden, Duane Eubanks, Tim Warfield Jr., Norman David and The Eleventet, Conrad Herwig, Randy Brecker, Mike Boone, Adam Neiwood, Byron Landham, Lucas Brown, John Swana, Zaccai and Luques Curtis, Behn Gillece, Caleb Curtis, V. Shayne Frederick, Richie Canata, and Myron Walden. Elliot has performed at such venues as The Kimmel Center for the Arts, Chris's Jazz Cafe, The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, Smalls Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Cellar Dog Philly/NYC, and The Litchfield Jazz Festival. He appears on recent releases by Bassists Richard Hill, Mike Boone, Nick Krolak, Organist Lucas Brown, Trombonist Nick Lombardelli, Saxophonists Michael Hudson-Casanova and Skyler Hagner, as well as The South Philly Big Band and Peter Frank Orchestra ft. Lucas Beltran. Elliot Bild & the Zone’s album, “ISMS” was released in November 2020, which features a collection of all original material and a 4 1/2 star review from All about Jazz. The Zone recently released their second album, entitled “Sound Picture” produced by Tim Hagans. In addition, he has released Volumes 1 & 2 of "Car Licks"; transcriptions of trumpeter John Swana available on Bandcamp. Elliot currently teaches for The Philadelphia Orchestra School Ensemble Program, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Drexel University Jazz Studies Guest Lecturer and Judge for Cavalcade of Bands.