Warren Hill Biography
Toronto-born saxophonist Warren Hill is one of the smooth jazz genre’s most popular performers. Hill actually got his start as a guitarist, and fronted a rock band as a teenager. He began playing saxophone in his high-school band, and made the decision to concentrate on jazz while attending a summer music program at the Eastman School in Rochester, New York. Hill continued playing sax while studying physics at the University of Toronto, eventually dropping out to focus on music fulltime. He then attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston. When he performed at his graduation in 1988, producer Russ Titelman was in the audience, and was impressed enough to hire Hill to play on a Chaka Khan session.
Hill soon moved to Los Angeles and won a solo recording deal with RCA, as well as a gig backing Natalie Cole on her Unforgettable tour. He released his debut album Kiss Under the Moon in 1991, and subsequently scored a hit with “The Passion Theme,” which was featured the film Body of Evidence and on his 1993 album Devotion. Hill continued to build a large audience with 1995’s Truth, which coincided with his relocation to Nashville, and has continued to release new music regularly.
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