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Recordings

Ensorcell

Record Details

Artist
Bill Gilliam
Release
2012
Genre
Contemporary Jazz
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Record Links

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Record Tracklist

  1. Dream Sequins Prelude -:-- / -:--
  2. Currents -:-- / -:--
  3. Large & Puffy Part I -:-- / -:--
  4. Large & Puffy Part II -:-- / 3:17
  5. Threading Sargasso -:-- / -:--
  6. Diving -:-- / 3:54
  7. Motion Stillness -:-- / -:--
  8. Keeping Ahead of Moving -:-- / -:--
  9. Shifting Air -:-- / -:--
  10. In a Dance -:-- / -:--
  11. Luminescence -:-- / -:--
  12. Miniature Dreams -:-- / -:--

These solo piano pieces are inspired by my desire to create complete compositions as spontaneously and freely as possible through new music and jazz improvisation using my intuition to guide and structure the gestures, themes, tonalities, rhythms and moods that come to me. I like to follow my sources and see where they lead me through images of nature’s elements and life forms moving through abstract landscapes of light and shade and texture. Ensorcell expresses how I am captivated and respond to these ideas through my impromptu creations which I hope you enjoy.

All compositions & arrangements by Bill Gilliam.
Track 1 recorded by John Magyar, Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario, January 2011.
Tracks 2 – 12 recorded by Gerry Finn at 30 Deforest and Gallery 345, Toronto 2011.
Edited & mastered by Garnet Willis, Noisetree Digital Audio, Toronto March 2012.
Design by Tanya Murphy.
Special thanks to Maria and Gerry Finn.

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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