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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

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  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. Bill is from London, England and moved to Toronto after studying jazz and film composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Bill has composed for film, dance and theatre and produced jazz CDs with assistance from the Canada Council and FACTOR. His compositions have been performed by Canadian new music ensembles with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. As a pianist / improviser he has performed with many Canadian artists and his ongoing projects include collaborations and performances with the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra, Glen Hall, David Story, Michael Lynn, Ambrose Pottie, Kayla Milmine, Cheryl O, Penn Kemp and other artists.

Upcoming Concerts

No gigs are currently scheduled.

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