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Recordings

Spirit Matter

Record Details

Artist
Bill Gilliam Ensemble
Release
2001
Genre
Contemporary Jazz
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Record Tracklist

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This CD was recorded in 2000 and released in 2001. On this album, Bill continues to explore the musical possibilities between contemporary jazz and new music with compositions that are inspired by a desire to reconcile the irrational with the inevitable. This CD features a heavy hitting line-up of hot Toronto jazz talent with composer/pianist Bill Gilliam, Ernie Tollar (sax), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Duncan Hopkins (bass), Toronto-based Ben Riley (drums) and guest percussionist Mark Duggan. “Spirit Matter” was co-produced, mixed and mastered by two time Juno award winner recording engineer of the year (1992, 2001) Jeff Wolpert.

personnel and instrumentation…

Bill Gilliam – piano
Ernie Tollar – saxes
Kevin Turcotte – trumpet
Duncan Hopkins – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Mark Duggan – marimba, percussion

All compositions and arrangements by Bill Gilliam

liner notes…

Recorded by Jim Morgan at Acrobat Music Inc. (Pickering, ON)
Edited by Gad Foltys at PRS (Toronto, ON)
Co-produced, mixed, and mastered by Jeff Wolpert
Mixed at Phase One Recording Studios (Scarborough, ON)
Mastered at Desert Fish Studio
Cover image by Tracey Bryant
Design by David S. Faris at Plan Eleven

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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