MP3 Bill Beach - Letting Go
Latin Jazz instrumentals and Brazilian songs sung in Portuguese.
15 MP3 Songs
LATIN: Brazilian Jazz, JAZZ: Jazz Vocals
Details:
Bill Beach
piano & vocals
bio/history
In a performing career that spans more that 25 years Bill Beach has performed with many jazz legends including Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Harris, Howard Roberts, Mark Murphy, Charlie Rouse, Frank Morgan, Jimmy Cobb and Nat Adderley.
He has studied with Marian McPartland,
Jack DeJohnette and Warren Bernhardt.
Bill has performed in Japan, Mexico, England, Holland and Belgium. Release of his CD, "Letting Go" is scheduled for November of 2004.
Recording:
Ron Steen, "Aquamarine"
Tom Grant, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Tall Jazz, "Emerger"
Mary Kadderly, "Lullaby of the Leaves"
Mary Kadderly, "Christmas Memories"
Nancy Curtin, "Songs from Brazil"
Ron Steen, "Live at Produce Row Cafe"
Television:
OPB, "PDX Jazz Summit
KATU, "A.M. Northwest"
KOIN, "Around Town"
"A longtime favorite of discerning Portland jazzers."
-George Fendel, Our Town Magazine, KMHD radio
"Conveys a pure essence of piano jazz that is sweet, lovely and irresistable."
"His solos emerge in a crisp lyricism that is engaged, resonant and consistently
brilliant."
-Rebecca Webb, KINK radio