Bill directs the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra at CSUF with the great jazz mandolinist Eva Scow, and guest conductor Mina Choi.
https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/
The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, recorded in 1969 and released in January 1970 for the Blue Note label, his final project for the label before moving to Warner Bros. Records. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been assassinated the previous year. It features some of Herbie’s most interesting and challenging compositions.
Bill will perform this music with a great lineup of Clay Jenkins, trumpet, Bob Sheppard and Rob Lockart, saxes and woodwinds, Lamar Guillary, trombone, Kevin Kanner, drums and Darek Oles, bass. This is a vespers service at All Saints Church, Pasadena, and is open to the public. Admission is free. There will be a good will offering taken.
https://allsaints-pas.org/
Bill Cunliffe, a graduate of Duke University and the Eastman School of Music, is a jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger. The 1989 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, he performs around the world as a leader and sideman and as a soloist with symphony orchestra.
Cunliffe was awarded a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for “West Side Story Medley,” on the album “Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson” (Resonance Records, 2009).
Cunliffe has more than a dozen albums under his name. Recent recordings include a tribute to children’s music, “Playground Swing” (Metre Records, 2015) the Bill Cunliffe Trio’s “River Edge, New Jersey” (Azica Records, 2013) and Overture, Waltz and Rondo for jazz piano, trumpet and orchestra (BCM+D Records, 2012), which won Cunliffe his fifth Grammy nomination, for Best Instrumental Composition. “That Time of Year” (Metre Records, 2011), an album of solo improvisations on Christmas carols that was described as a “tour de force” in the Los Angeles Times.
After working with Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra, he performed and toured with the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Clayton Brothers Quintet, vocalists Marlena Shaw and Natalie Cole, and in duo with flutist Holly Hofmann for over ten years.
Bill plays with the great drummer Joe La Barbera’s quintet, featuring Clay Jenkins, trumpet, Bob Sheppard, saxophone and Jonathan Richards, bass.
Sam First Jazz Bar
6171 W CENTURY BLVD #180, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045
https://www.samfirstbar.com/
Bill plays with the great drummer Joe La Barbera’s quintet, featuring Clay Jenkins, trumpet, Bob Sheppard, saxophone and Jonathan Richards, bass.
Sam First Jazz Bar
6171 W CENTURY BLVD #180, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045
https://www.samfirstbar.com/
Bill brings his trio with Kevin Kanner on drums and Edwin Livingston on bass to the wonderful Salon on Buffalo series produced by actor/vocalist Susan Krebs
ADM: $25
via VENMO
or CASH/CHECK @ Door
Includes Libations & Tasty Bites
LIMITED Seating -- Reservations Required
Valley Glen Address Given with Reservation
RESERVE HERE: suze@susankrebsmusic.com
Bill plays with two of his favorite young musicians, drummer Kevin Kanner, and bassist Jonathan Richards. Two shows. Libretto in his opinion is “one of the best and friendliest clubs in the world.”
https://www.librettopaso.com/events
Charismatic jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage with vocalist Sydney McSweeney, alongside our symphony, for a thrilling performance of jazz standards by Gershwin and more. Every selection on this vibrant program was recorded by Louis Armstrong—and many were also recorded (and made famous by!) his friends and legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. Bill accompanies them with his trio.
https://pittsburghsymphony.org/
Charismatic jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage with vocalist Sydney McSweeney, alongside our symphony, for a thrilling performance of jazz standards by Gershwin and more. Every selection on this vibrant program was recorded by Louis Armstrong—and many were also recorded (and made famous by!) his friends and legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. Bill accompanies them with his trio.
https://pittsburghsymphony.org/
Charismatic jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage with vocalist Sydney McSweeney, alongside our symphony, for a thrilling performance of jazz standards by Gershwin and more. Every selection on this vibrant program was recorded by Louis Armstrong—and many were also recorded (and made famous by!) his friends and legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. Bill accompanies them with his trio.
https://pittsburghsymphony.org/
The Prisoner is the seventh Herbie Hancock album, recorded in 1969 and released in January 1970 for the Blue Note label, his final project for the label before moving to Warner Bros. Records. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been assassinated the previous year. It features some of Herbie’s most interesting and challenging compositions.
Bill will perform this music with a great lineup of Clay Jenkins, trumpet, Bob Sheppard and Rob Lockart, saxes and woodwinds, Lamar Guillary, trombone, Kevin Kanner, drums and Darek Oles, bass.
https://www.samfirstbar.com/
Bill Cunliffe, a graduate of Duke University and the Eastman School of Music, is a jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger. The 1989 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, he performs around the world as a leader and sideman and as a soloist with symphony orchestra.
Cunliffe was awarded a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for “West Side Story Medley,” on the album “Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson” (Resonance Records, 2009).
Cunliffe has more than a dozen albums under his name. Recent recordings include a tribute to children’s music, “Playground Swing” (Metre Records, 2015) the Bill Cunliffe Trio’s “River Edge, New Jersey” (Azica Records, 2013) and Overture, Waltz and Rondo for jazz piano, trumpet and orchestra (BCM+D Records, 2012), which won Cunliffe his fifth Grammy nomination, for Best Instrumental Composition. “That Time of Year” (Metre Records, 2011), an album of solo improvisations on Christmas carols that was described as a “tour de force” in the Los Angeles Times.
After working with Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra, he performed and toured with the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Clayton Brothers Quintet, vocalists Marlena Shaw and Natalie Cole, and in duo with flutist Holly Hofmann for over ten years.
Bill directs the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra at CSUF with guest trumpeter Julien Knowles
Opening will be the Chamber Jazz Orchestra directed by Rodolfo Zuniga
https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/
https://www.julienknowles.com/about
Bill joins the great drummer Rodolfo Zuniga for a gig at Libretto, his favorite club in the Cantral Coast. Also performing are Darek Oles, bass, and Jeff Ellwood, saxophone.
It is a gorgeous venue with a terrific Steinway and a great listening vibe in downtown Paso. Shows at 6:30 and 8:30
1242 Park St, Adjacent To Fish Gauche Restaurant, Paso Robles, CA 93446-2233
https://www.librettopaso.com/
Charismatic jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage with Grammy-nominated singer Carmen Bradford, alongside our symphony, for a thrilling performance of jazz standards by Gershwin and more. Every selection on this vibrant program was recorded by Louis Armstrong—and many were also recorded (and made famous by!) his friends and legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. Bill accompanies them with his trio.
https://utahsymphony.org/
Charismatic jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage with Grammy-nominated singer Carmen Bradford, alongside our symphony, for a thrilling performance of jazz standards by Gershwin and more. Every selection on this vibrant program was recorded by Louis Armstrong—and many were also recorded (and made famous by!) his friends and legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. Bill accompanies them with his trio.
https://utahsymphony.org/
A first ever collaboration of three like-minded souls and lovers of the music of Nat King Cole. Cole invented the guitar/bass/piano trio popularized by Art Tatum, and later by Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, and currently, Ron Carter and Roger Kellaway.
Feb 25 at 7 PM, at a very hip joint, the G, in Highland Park. Details provided on purchase of the ticket. Please reserve at Bill’s paypal link: @billcunliffemusic or go to Pay Pal and send to billcunliffe@me.com.
Refreshments will be served.
Bill plays a new work he composed just for this group, a fantastic band called Quarteto Nuevo, led by saxophonist Damon Zick. 8pm in Meng Recital Hall on the campus of CSUF.
https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/
https://quartetonuevo.com/
Bill leads a band featuring Tony’s drummer Joe La Barbera, and Femi Knight, former vocalist with Sergio Mendes. 7:30 to 10 PM. We will revisit many of Tony’s hits, including “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”, “The Good Life”, “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” “Stranger in Paradise,” “Just in Time”, and “Rags to Riches.”
Muckenthaler Museum, 1201 W Malvern Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833-2429
www.themuck.org
Bill performs with his trio and the wonderful vocalist Femi Knight at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton from 8 to 10:30 pm. We will feature the great songs made famous by Tony Bennett.
www.themuck.org
Bill performs with trombonist Michael Dease’s all star quintet at the Nash, the #1 jazz club in Arizona.
110 E Roosevelt St,
Phoenix, AZ 85004
https://thenash.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SHo000008ZZy5MAG
Bill performs with his trio, Jonathan Richards, bass, and Kendall Kay, drums at The Grape, in Ventura, a real listening jazz room with a wonderful piano, great food and a friendly clientele
Bill guests along with saxophonist Doug Webb with the terrific house band led by drummer Henry Newmark at Casey’s Tavern.
22029 Sherman Way, Los Angeles, CA 91303-1852
Bill appears at the Great Pianist Series at 715 Main Street Cambria.
5-7 PM, $30, one show. For tickets, please email charlie@talsanmusic.com
Bill plays with the great drummer Roy McCurdy, formerly with Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley at Sam First Jazz Bar. Mike Gurrola will be on bass, and Rickey Woodard on saxophone.
https://www.samfirstbar.com/
Bill will be playing latin and swing jazz with the great drummer and composer Rodolfo Zuniga.
Drummer and composer Rodolfo Zuniga is a sought-after sideman and educator originally from San José, Costa Rica. He has shared the stage with Gary Campbell, Ira Sullivan, Bill Mays, Silvano Monasterios, Tomasz Dabrowski, Stephen Scott, Troy Roberts, Roxana Amed,Martin Bejerano, Camila Meza, John Hart, Michael Dease, Rotem Sivan, Melissa Aldana, Andy Laverne, Othello Molineaux, Randy Brecker, Amir ElSaffar, Lew Tabackin, Don Friedman, Jonathan Kreisberg, Benny Golson, and Slide Hampton, to name a few.
As an educator, Rodolfo is an Assistant Professor of Jazz at Cal State University Fullerton and has a wealth of experience, holding previous positions at Florida International University, Broward College and Miami Dade College . He has performed and presented at the Jazz Education Network convention and has been a Thelonious Monk Institute Clinician. He has taught masterclasses at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Denmark, The American Modern School of Music in Paris, The Universidad de las Americas in Ecuador, The New World School of the Arts in Miami, The University of Costa Rica, and The Symphonic Conservatory in San José, Costa Rica.
On Mike Gurrola:
"The bassist has one of the hardest jobs in the Jazz band: he has to provide support for the harmonic and melodic creations by the other musicians. His notes and rhythms have to propel the band outward and upward. Mike does this with strength and humility. He has a well-rounded knowledge of the instrument, he respects musicians and he respects music; plus, he's a funny guy to boot."
--- Eric Reed
"Mike Gurrola represents the level of playing that we like to see in a bass player. He plays some serious and swinging grooves, has a wealth of creative ideas that he uses liberally in his bass lines and solos, and allows his technique to help him play the instrument with ease. I'll always gladly pay to hear Mike Gurrola play!"
--- John Clayton
"I've played with just about everybody in all kinds of situations and one of the most important things to me is to be on the bandstand with a bassist who I feel comfortable with. Someone whose time feel is so comfortable that I don't have to think about anything but playing the music and swinging. About two years ago [2014] I met a young bassist named Mike Gurrola and as soon as we played together I knew he was special. Mike had it all together at a young age and is getting better all the time. He has developed into one of the first call bassists not only here in Los Angeles but with musicians in New York also. Mike has nothing but good musical experiences ahead, when I know I'll be playing with Mike I know things will be swinging."
--- Roy McCurdy
Bill, Martin and Tim play selections from their new album “Border Widow’s Lament,” on Night is Alive Records. 4 to 5:30 PM, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton CT 06897
https://wiltonlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=9464
Bill, Martin and Tim debut at Maureen’s Jazz Cellar, 2 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960-2620. +1 845 535 3143
https://www.maureensjazzcellar.com/
“It's delightful to hang in such a warm and friendly place, the owners are as hospitable as possible.”
Bill, Martin and Tim perform music from their latest album, “Border Widow’s Lament” at Mezzrow, in NYC. Shows 7:30 and 9:30.
163 West 10th Street - basement
New York City, New York
10014 USA
Bill plays a jazz vespers service at First Presbyterian Church , 981 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo. Music starts at 4PM
https://www.performingartslive.com/Events/JAZZ-VESPERS-at-SLO-FIRST-PRES-First-Presbyterian-Church
Bill directs the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra at CSUF with guest drummer Jared Schonig.
Opening up will be the Chamber Jazz Orchestra directed by Rodolfo Zuniga
https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/
https://www.jaredschonig.com/
https://www.catalinajazzclub.com/
Jane Monheit is a jazz and adult contemporary vocalist with a deep passion for the Great American Songbook. With many highly acclaimed solo albums, countless awards and accolades, and over two decades of international touring experience, Jane has not only been an extremely successful bandleader, but has had the privilege of making music with some of the greatest musicians, arrangers, and producers in jazz.
By 22, Jane was working with legends such as Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, and Kenny Barron, recording her first albums, and touring the planet. This led to collaborations with jazz luminaries such as Terence Blanchard, Ivan Lins, Tom Harrell, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Vince Mendoza, Jorge Calandrelli, and many more. Countless television appearances followed, including David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, The View, and many popular international talk shows. Several successful film soundtracks have also included Jane’s music, including Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow and Never Let Me Go.
After more than twenty years, twelve studio albums and countless recorded guest appearances, Jane has continued to tour the world nearly nonstop, including playing iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, and headlining at nearly every legendary jazz club on the planet, most notably NY stalwarts such as the Village Vanguard and Birdland. In addition to touring, she also writes English lyrics for Ivan Lins, and uses the knowledge and experience she has gained both at Manhattan School Of Music and on the legendary bandstands of the world to educate and uplift students worldwide. Jane resides in Los Angeles with her husband of over twenty years, drummer Rick Montalbano, and their son.
