Sebastian Gille was born February 1st, 1983 in Quedlinburg, Germany, and comes from a musical family. At the age of 14 Sebastian Gille began to play saxophone, and discovered the music of Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. At 19 he won the »Yamaha Sax Contest«, and began to study with alto saxophone giant Phil Woods. A little later he became a member of the German National Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. In 2004 the 21-year-old moved to Hamburg to study at the Conservatory for Music and Theater. In 2009 Gilles formed his own quartet with Pablo Held, Robert Landfermann and Jonas Burgwinkel. The quartet’s debut album Anthem appeared on Pirouet Records (2011).