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Recordings

Urban Undercurrents

Record Details

Artist
Bill Gilliam Ensemble
Release
1988
Genre
Contemporary Jazz
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Record Tracklist

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The rich and eclectic music of this ensemble has evolved from Bill’s unique piano playing and writing style that combines contemporary jazz with nuances of new music performed by some of Toronto’s hottest jazz players. Ernie Tollar’s lyrical sax improvisations on these bitter sweet melodies with Lina Allemano on trumpet and Bill’s compelling piano style, are underscored on this album by Howard Gaul on drums and Dave Young on bass engaged in a masterful interplay of driving grooves and sensitive accompaniment.

personnel and instrumentation…

Bill GIlliam – piano
Ernie Tollar – sax, bamboo flute
Lina Allemano – trumpet
Dave Young – bass
Hward Gaul – drums

liner notes…

Recorded and mixed at Inception Sound
Engineered by Mike Roper
Produced and mastered by Ron Allen, Hypmelodics

About Bill

Bill is a Toronto based composer / pianist who creates and improvises new music compositions blending contemporary harmony and jazz idioms with his unique style of piano and prepared piano playing.

Originally from London UK, he studied jazz and film composition at Berklee College of Music. His diverse compositions, performances and recordings, with support from the Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council, have been showcased at Canadian venues as well as in London, UK and the USA.

He is active in Toronto as a composer, improvisor and presenter of innovative performances combining composed and improvised music, spoken word and visuals.

Upcoming Concerts

No gigs are currently scheduled.

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