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<span itemprop="name">'''Alex Sill'''</span> is a Los Angeles based jazz guitarist.<ref name="BMI 2019">{{cite web | last=Pacent | first=Nina | title=From Carl Jung to Lady Gaga, Jazz Guitarist Alex Sill’s Music Speaks His Mind | website=BMI.com | date=2019-05-22 | url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/from-carl-jung-to-lady-gaga-jazz-guitarist-alex-sills-music-speaks-his-mind | access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619235020/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/from-carl-jung-to-lady-gaga-jazz-guitarist-alex-sills-music-speaks-his-mind}}</ref> He is a member of <span itemprop="memberof">[[Wikipedia:Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips' Protocol]]</span>,<ref name="Truth In Shredding">{{cite web | title=Alex Sill, Simon Phillips: Protocol - Announcing the new lineup for 2019! | website=Truth In Shredding | url=https://www.truthinshredding.com/2019/04/alex-sill-simon-phillips-protocol.html | access-date=2019-07-11 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190711014436/https://www.truthinshredding.com/2019/04/alex-sill-simon-phillips-protocol.html| archive-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> the Alex Sill Quintet and the Trifield Guitar Project.<ref name="Vibrato Grill Jazz 2015">{{cite web | title=The Trifield Quintet with Very Special Guest - Lee Ritenour | website=Vibrato Grill Jazz | date=2015-08-16 | url=http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/events/2015/8/16/the-trifield-quintet-with-very-special-guest | access-date=2019-07-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711015514/http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/events/2015/8/16/the-trifield-quintet-with-very-special-guest | archive-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> Sill's early influences include Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Mike Oldfield, and mentor Steve Vai.<ref name="Daily Play MPE 2019">{{cite web | title=Alex Sill - Experiences: Real and Imaginary | website=Daily Play MPE® | date=2019-05-16 | url=https://daily.plaympe.com/alex-sill-experiences-real-and-imaginary/ | access-date=2019-08-05 | archive-date=2019-08-05 |
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}}</ref> Jazz influences include Allan Holdsworth, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Michael Brecker, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Keith Jarrett.<ref name="BMI 2019"/>
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<div style="margin-left: 420px;padding-top:60px;" >After meeting in 2012, at the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival in Bigfork, Montana, guitarists Karl Marino (classical), Rami Halperin (blues/rock) and Alex Sill (jazz) won their respective categories and formed the Trifield Guitar Project. <br><br> Returning to the festival in 2013, the group dropped their first album, the ''Montana Suite'' with the help of Ben Shepherd on bass and Wesley Ritenour on drums.<ref name="Trifield Top40-Charts.com 2013">{{cite web | title=Trifield Guitar Project, New Virtuoso Trio, Readies Debut Album "Montana Suite" | website=Top40-Charts.com | date=2013-08-26 | url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=93111 | access-date=2019-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810014410/https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=93111 | archive-date=2019-08-10}}</ref></div>
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<div style="margin-left: 420px;padding-top:60px;" >A compilation featuring music by Alex Sill. Filmed/Recorded at the Blue Whale jazz club in Los Angeles- August 2016 by Alex Chaloff.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:420px; padding-top:60px;"> Recorded at the Allan Holdsworth Tribute Concerts in October 2017 at the Baked Potato Jazz Club in Los Angeles. Featuring: Alex Sill (guitar), Virgil Donati (drums), Steve Hunt (keys), and Jimmy Johnson (bass).</div>
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Sill was noticed by Simon Phillips while filling in for the late Alan Holdsworth at a memorial performance with the surviving members of Holdsworth's band.<ref name="Straight No Chaser 2019">{{cite web | title=A Jazz Show: Podcast 687: A Conversation with Alex Sill | website=Straight No Chaser | date=2019-07-01 | url=https://straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com/podcast-687-a-conversation-with-alex-sill | access-date=2019-08-07| archive-date=2019-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190807023133/https://straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com/podcast-687-a-conversation-with-alex-sill}}</ref><ref name="Alvas Showroom">{{cite web | title=Allan Holdsworth Memorial Concert | website=Alvas Showroom | url=https://alvasshowroom.com/event/allan-holdsworth-memorial-concert/ | access-date=2019-08-07| archive-date=2019-08-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807023505/https://alvasshowroom.com/event/allan-holdsworth-memorial-concert/}}</ref><ref name="The Baked Potato 2017">{{cite web | title=Tribute To Allan Holdsworth | website=The Baked Potato | date=2017-09-15 | url=https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/tribute-to-allan-holdsworth/ | access-date=2019-08-07| archive-date=2019-08-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807023659/https://www.thebakedpotato.com/events/tribute-to-allan-holdsworth/}}</ref> Sill joined Protocol in 2019.<ref name="Truth In Shredding"/><ref name="bella concerts">{{cite web | title=simon phillips | website=bella concerts | url=http://www.bellaconcerts.com/artists/simon-phillips | access-date=2019-08-07 | archive-date=2019-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417072924/http://www.bellaconcerts.com/artists/simon-phillips}}</ref>
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