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Bill Cunliffe
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Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. He has since established himself as a solo artist and bandleader, with more than a dozen albums under his name. Bill currently plays with his trio; his big band; his Latin band, Imaginación; and his classical-jazz ensemble, Trimotif. He performs in the U.S. and around the world as a leader and sideman as well as a soloist with symphony orchestras. His latest recording is the Bill Cunliffe Trio album “River Edge, New Jersey,” with bassist Martin Wind and drummer Tim Horner, released in April by Azica Records. Other recent releases include his Overture, Waltz and Rondo for jazz piano, trumpet and orchestra (BCM+D Records, 2012)
My America 3/My Country
By Jim Self
Label: Bassett Hound Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chompin’ at the Bit; Wabashed; Jolene; Wichita Lineman; Rocky Top; Crazy; The Devil Went
Down…; Your Cheatin’ Heart; Folsom Prison Line; Sixteen Tons; I Can’t Stop Loving You.
Stories
By Mina Choi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dark Side Light Side; Secret Garden; Bolivia; Paddle Through the Lake; You're Still Here (in memory of Sewol ferry); All About Your Cries and
Kisses; Helen's Song.
Jim Self: My America 3/My Country
by Jack Bowers
Tuba maestro Jim Self, who always has a creative trick or two up his ample sleeve, has subtitled the third volume of My America, his recorded tribute to the land of the free and the home of the brave, My Country, to which he could have added the word “music," as this is an album of ...
Mina Choi: Stories
by Jack Bowers
Who could have guessed that the next wave of world-class big-band composers and arrangers would wash ashore in the U.S. after starting its journey in faraway Asia? In 2024 alone, many composers with roots in the Far East have nourished their credentials with impressive and well- received big-band recordings. Those whose names spring to mind include ...
Secret Garden
Album: Stories
By Mina Choi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:29
Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Last Pop Tune; Found in Space; One for Rodney; The Stray Moonduck; The Puppet Thief; Rue De Royal;
Chillin With Wess; Anthem; Nostalgia; A Wrinkle in Time.
Grove's Groove
Label: Le Coq Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Grove's Groove; Tea for Two; Seiko Time; Minor Funk; Never Let Me Go; The Viper; Decisions; Father Figure; Broadway.
The 1881 Club In Pasadena Adds Vocal Jazz To Their Popular Jazz Nights
The 1881 Club in Pasadena is pleased to announce the addition of a new music series, Vocal Jazz nights, to their live jazz lineup on the first and third Saturdays of the month, beginning January 18, 2025. The 1881 Club is Pasadena's oldest continuously running cocktail bar, established long ago when Washington Boulevard was still an ...
Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Jack Bowers
Even though all but unsung outside his customary locale, Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill has drawn into his orbit a small but well-respected circle of jazz artists including bassist Rodney Whitaker, guitarist Randy Napoleon and trombonist Michael Dease, all of whom have recorded albums dedicated to Hill's diverse and sophisticated music. Found in Space is Dease's second ...
