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Recordings

Signposts

Record Details

Artist
Bill Gilliam & Charlie Ringas
Release
2011
Genre
Contemporary Jazz
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Record Tracklist

  1. Fast & Bulbous ** -:-- / -:--
  2. Halfway Through * -:-- / -:--
  3. Barrel of Wine ~ -:-- / -:--
  4. Secret Drinker * -:-- / -:--
  5. Time Is a Circle ^ -:-- / -:--
  6. Brenda * -:-- / -:--
  7. Local Phenomenon ^ -:-- / -:--
  8. Creamy Pumpkins * -:-- / -:--
  9. Late By Myself ~ -:-- / -:--
  10. Large & Puffy * -:-- / -:--
  11. Quantity/Quality ^ -:-- / -:--
  12. Over You Go * -:-- / -:--
  13. The Bowl Breaks ~ -:-- / -:--
  14. Uncut Moquette * -:-- / -:--
  15. Like a Flow of Water ^ -:-- / -:--
  16. Whale Badge * -:-- / -:--
  17. On the Lip ~ -:-- / -:--
  18. Full of Goods * -:-- / -:--

Signposts is the collaboration between composers Bill Gilliam & Charlie Ringas performing prepared piano and percussion with spoken word. These pieces are based on the poetry and writings of Ivor Cutler, Don Van Vliet, Alan Lightman and Rumi. We perform these evocative texts and poetry to signpost our sound explorations with musical improvisations.

Personnel and Instrumentation…

Bill Gilliam – prepared piano
Charlie Ringas – percussion

Guest Artists…

Bernardo Padron – flute
John Gzowski – guitars & string dowel

Live Recoding by John Magyar at Gallery 345, Toronto, May 7th 2010.
Studio recording, editing and mixing by John Gzowski, November/December 2010.
Mastered by Garnet Willis at NoiseTree, January 2011.

Liner Notes…

** Text by Don Van Vliet
* Text by Ivor Cutlor
~ Text by Rumi
^ Text by Alan Lightman

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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