国籍：美国 出生地：南卡罗来纳州温斯伯勒 职业：演奏家 简介：获得格莱美提名的长号手 Hank Bilal 出生于南卡罗来纳州温斯伯勒的一个音乐世家，他母亲那边的叔叔们都会演奏乐器，而他的父亲则是专业的鼓手。和我们许多南方音乐家一样，Hank Bilal 也是从教堂的青年合唱团开始的。在家里，总能听到福音巨星的音乐，比如 The Canton Spirituals、Mississippi Mass Choir、John Pee Kee 和 The Winans 等等！ 汉克的正规音乐教育始于中学。后来，汉克获得了音乐表演文学士学位。在转向更现代的爵士乐之前，汉克花了很多年时间聆听经典爵士乐，在那里他接触到了爵士乐风格的巨匠。 从艺历程：Columbia, SC based trombonist and educator, Hank Bilal, has shared a platform with great artists such as Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Gerald Albright, and many more. The path to his career in jazz actually begin in his birth city of Winnsboro, SC where his home was filled with gospel music by the likes of The Canton Spirituals, Mississippi Mass Choir, John Pee Kee and the The Winans! At this time Hank was introduced to music as he shares "in church I started off on the youth choir. I watched the church band and the other musicians around me. Also my uncles played instruments and my dad played drums professionally"! During the next few years Hank majored in music at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina where he graduated in music performance. "Soon after I gigged around town with various bands." says Hank. Hank Bilal has amassed a variety of inspirations through the years. Aside from the gospel greats aforementioned Hank continues to say, "my dad was a big influence on me, in life and music. My uncle Ruben, who played the piano and organ! And he played trombone for Bobby Womack!"