Hilton Schilder - Solo Piano - prolific Jazz composer.
My experience of Hilton Schilder.
Hilton and I have worked together quite a lot, both in the studio and at concert performances.
I forget if it was Robbie Jansen that introduced Hilton to me or if it was Hilton's dad, Tony. However as far as recording goes it was Robbie who told me he was playing with Hilton. When it came to re-issuing Robbie's debut solo album, Vastrap Island, I wanted to add extra tracks to the CD version and Robbie suggested Hilton had a couple of compositions that he and the Sons of Table Mountain (as their combined live act was known) were playing and that I should take a listen to these. So it was that Hilton's composition, Umfanekiso Nyanyeni was the first track we recorded together and it went onto the CD version of Robbie Jansen's debut album.
I knew of Hilton before this and in particular about his performances with The Genuines and their work with Lloyd Ross at his Shifty Records label. Some years after the above session, The Genuines album, Nights with the Cape Gypsies was licensed to Mountain Records by producer, Murray Anderson. The album included quite a few of Hilton's compositions. Mountain Records also re-issued a Goema Captains album, Healing Destination, which was another album with Hilton's compositions on it.
As the above testifies, Hilton is quite a prolific composer and to have kept up with him as a record label would be difficult. We did however record together on two more Robbie Jansen albums and in between them a Hilton Schilder Group album, No Turning Back. We also recorded together on Tony Schilder's album, B Positive.
On the live side Hilton accompanied Robbie on stage for a number of years. They were together on Robbie's last tour to France. Hilton also toured there with The Cape Jazz Band. Both international tours were under the auspices of my German offices.
Hilton has written many memorable songs and two of these are Khoisan Symphony #1 and #2, so when I invited him to contribute to the Cape Jazz Piano album, one of the songs he suggested doing was to be a solo piano version of and new work, Part #3, and of course I agreed.
Hilton also issued several self produced and distributed solo albums.
Paddy Lee-Thorp
Mountain Records
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| Hilton Schilder in the studio April 2018 (c) P Lee-Thorp |
Hilton and I have worked together quite a lot, both in the studio and at concert performances.
I forget if it was Robbie Jansen that introduced Hilton to me or if it was Hilton's dad, Tony. However as far as recording goes it was Robbie who told me he was playing with Hilton. When it came to re-issuing Robbie's debut solo album, Vastrap Island, I wanted to add extra tracks to the CD version and Robbie suggested Hilton had a couple of compositions that he and the Sons of Table Mountain (as their combined live act was known) were playing and that I should take a listen to these. So it was that Hilton's composition, Umfanekiso Nyanyeni was the first track we recorded together and it went onto the CD version of Robbie Jansen's debut album.
I knew of Hilton before this and in particular about his performances with The Genuines and their work with Lloyd Ross at his Shifty Records label. Some years after the above session, The Genuines album, Nights with the Cape Gypsies was licensed to Mountain Records by producer, Murray Anderson. The album included quite a few of Hilton's compositions. Mountain Records also re-issued a Goema Captains album, Healing Destination, which was another album with Hilton's compositions on it.
As the above testifies, Hilton is quite a prolific composer and to have kept up with him as a record label would be difficult. We did however record together on two more Robbie Jansen albums and in between them a Hilton Schilder Group album, No Turning Back. We also recorded together on Tony Schilder's album, B Positive.
On the live side Hilton accompanied Robbie on stage for a number of years. They were together on Robbie's last tour to France. Hilton also toured there with The Cape Jazz Band. Both international tours were under the auspices of my German offices.
Hilton has written many memorable songs and two of these are Khoisan Symphony #1 and #2, so when I invited him to contribute to the Cape Jazz Piano album, one of the songs he suggested doing was to be a solo piano version of and new work, Part #3, and of course I agreed.
Hilton also issued several self produced and distributed solo albums.
Paddy Lee-Thorp
Mountain Records
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