Lucas Gillan

Lucas Gillan is a drummer, composer, singer-songwriter, and music educator. His drumming has brought him to the top jazz and rock clubs in Chicago, like the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase, Andy's Jazz Club, Lincoln Hall, Schubas and many more. He has toured around the country and has performed with jazz artists including Matt Ulery, Marquis Hill, Victor Garcia, Jim Gailloreto, East Hubbard Jazz Orchestra, John Goldman, Terry Bartolotta, and Dan Burke. He leads an original jazz quartet called Lucas Gillan's Many Blessings, with whom he has performed at Constellation, Elastic Arts, the Green Mill, the Whistler, the California Clipper, and the Old Town School of Folk Music, among many other venues. In June 2016, Many Blessings performed at the Jazz Record Art Collective, playing Lucas' original arrangements of every track from the 1956 LP Herbie Nichols Trio. Many Blessings' debut album, Arroyo, is set to be released on JeruJazz Records in 2017. Lucas is also the drummer in the Chicago soul/pop band The Right Now, who recently released their third full-length album, Starlight, which includes tracks co-composed by Lucas.