Jazz bassist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Joël Dilley has performed or recorded with Willie Nelson, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Arturo Sandoval, Richie Cole, Russian classical/jazz pianist Valery Grokhovsky, and regional symphony orchestras. Compositions from his four critically-acclaimed albums have been licensed for broadcast and commercial use worldwide, including tracks on HBO, Food Network, Discovery Channel, and the Travel, Cooking, and Playboy channels. A featured guest bassist on Public Radio International's WHAD'YA KNOW and a featured composer on Texas Public Radio's CLASSICAL SPOTLIGHT, he has been a nominee and finalist in the New Age, Instrumental, and Jazz categories of the Independent Music Awards and International Songwriting Competition. He won a grant from the Artist Foundation for his collaborative music/film project EVERY STORY TELLS A PICTURE. Discography (as a leader): RIVER OF HOPE (1998 Dragon Lady Records); THE WINDOW (2005 Dragon Lady Records); A NEW WORLD (2010 Dragon Lady Records); LULLABY OF THE FLATLANDS (2013 Dragon Lady Records); MONET'S GARDEN (2016 Dragon Lady Records) "He deftly translates all the colors, sounds, and feelings associated with his life experiences into music....His rich bass is the stuff of heart beats, ocean waves, and other natural earth rhythms.”—Hannah Castellaw, WOMANSPACE "Storytelling with instrumental music is a daunting task, but Dilley gives much thought to the ways music — without words — can articulate feelings and experiences.”—Gilbert Garcia, THE CURRENT "A first-call master of acoustic and electric instruments."—Jim Beal Jr., SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS “Superb composing and arranging skills."—Mike Hood, THE CURRENT “The new Joël Dilley album is well worth the wait....Whether on acoustic or electric bass, Dilley shines with ample chops and imagination.” —SOUND CHECK, KRTU 91.7 FM.