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Billy Childs

1957–

United States

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William Edward Childs (born March 8, 1957) is an American composer, jazz pianist, arranger, and conductor from Los Angeles, California. Childs's In the Arms of the Beloved was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

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