I  am a vocalist-pianist whose musical career spans 35 years. Originally from Los Angeles, I come from a musical family, my father having been a record producer and Vice President of Capitol Records and my mother a big-band vocalist. While majoring in music at UCLA, I won First Prize in the Frank Sinatra Awards, Pop Vocal category. I worked in the Los Angeles area from 1974 through 1991 as an entertainer and band leader at such venues as The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, The Hotel Bel-Air and many others. My clients included Merv Griffin, Billy Crystal and Kenny Rogers, to name a few. As a solo act, I appeared at the world-renowned Jimmy's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, a six-year engagement where I performed regularly for such notable customers as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Stevie Wonder, Cher, Natalie Cole and many others. From 1991 through 1995 I starred in a television commercial for Henry Weinhard beer, playing the character “Tex Velvet.”

Since moving to Portland in 1992, I have performed solo and in group settings at such venues as the Heathman Hotel, the Benson Hotel, Portland City Grill, Wilf's Restaurant and Bar, the Oswego Lake House, Arrivederci! and at numerous social events and corporate functions throughout the Portland area.  My corporate clients include Intel, Hanna Andersson and Sysco. My debut CD, “For My Father & Frank,” is a tribute to Frank Sinatra and my dad, Voyle Gilmore, who was Sinatra's record producer from 1953 to 1958.