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Bill Carrothers
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Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for 30 years. He has
played many venues throughout the U.S. and Europe including the
Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning
(Paris), the Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels, the Nevers Jazz Festival
(where he shared the bill with Abbey Lincoln), the Montreal Jazz
Festival, Jazz Middelheim, and the Marciac Festival in France. In
October of 2000, Mr. Carrothers headlined the prestigious Rising Star
Tour throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and more recently,
headlined a week with his trio at the famed Village Vanguard in New York
City. He has been a leader on eighteen recordings, all of which have
received critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the
greatest names in jazz including Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave
Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy
Hart, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Konitz, James
Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James
Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ben Street, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and
Benny Wallace.
Updated tour info can be found here:
http://www.bridgeboymusic.com/billyboy/gigs.htm
DISCOGRAPHY
As a leader:
The Artful Dodger (1987)
The Blues and the Greys (1997)
A Band In All Hope (1997)
After Hours (1999)
The Language of Crows (1999)
Duets With Bill Stewart (2000)
Swing Sing Songs (2001)
The Electric Bill (2002)
Ghost Ships (2003)
Armistice 1918 (2004)
I Love Paris (2004)
Civil War Diaries (2005)
Shine Ball (2005)
No Choice (2006)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up (2007)
Home Row (2008)
Play Day (2008)
Joy Spring (2010)
Excelsior (2011)
Live at the Village Vanguard (2011)
As a sideman:
Bill Stewart - Snide Remarks (1995)
Bill Stewart - Telepathy (1997)
Jay Epstein - Long Ago (1997)
Scott Colley - Subliminal (1998)
Dave Douglas - Moving Portrait (1999)
Ira Sullivan - After Hours, Vol. 5 (2000)
Peg Carrothers - Blue Skies (2001)
Phil Grenadier - Playful Intentions (2003)
Dre Pallemaerts - Pan Harmonie (2007)
Kevin Brady - Common Ground (2007)
Andy Sherrer - In and Out (2007)
Kevin Tkacz - It’s Not What You Think (2008)
Robin Verheyen - Painting Spaces (2008)
Matt Turner - The Voices That Are Gone (2008)
Kevin Brady Trio - Zeitgeist (2009)
Jay Epstein - Easy Company (2009)
Max DeAloe - Apnea (2009)
Awards:
Bill Carrothers - Duets with Bill Stewart:
Winner of the French Diapason d'Or de l'ann�e
Winner of a German Schallplatten Preis
A Top 10 disc of 1999 in Jazzman Magazine
Bill Carrothers - After Hours:
Top 10 Disc of 1999 (Jazz Magazine)
Wendy Lewis/Bill Carrothers - The Language of Crows:
Top 10 Disc of 1999 (Jazz Magazine)
Armistice 1918 (2004)
2004 Grand Prix de l'académie Charles Cros
New York Times - Critic's Choice, 2004
Jazz Magazine - Top 10 of 2004
JazzMan Magazine - Top 10 of 2004
Le Monde - Top 10 of 2004
Montreal Mirror - Top 10 of 2004
Liberation - Top 3 of 2004
JAZZIZ Magazine - Critics Choice, 2004
Inrockuptibles - Top 10 of 2004