Bill Beach (jazz musician) explained

Bill Beach
Birth Place:Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
Genre:Jazz, bossa nova
Occupation:Musician, composer
Instrument:Piano
Years Active:1970–present
Label:Axial

Bill Beach (born 1953) is a jazz pianist, vocalist, and teacher.

Biography

In 2003, Beach began to study Brazilian music and the Portuguese language. He concentrated on the bossa nova introduced by Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, Vinicius De Moraes, Carlos Lyra and João Donato and the later MPB styles of Sergio Mendez, Edu Lobo, Milton Nascimento, and Ivan Lins. He released Letting Go[1] in 2004 on his Axial Records label. This album was his debut as leader of a recording session and featured Beach singing Brazilian standards and playing original instrumentals in a piano trio setting.

In 2008, Beach began writing lyrics in the Brazilian style, and his album Brasil Beat (2010)[2] [3] contained music and lyrics in Portuguese. This was followed by Búzios[4] [5] also original material and also on Axial Records. This album featured Rebecca Kilgore on vocals and Gary Hobbs on drums.[6]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tasteful pianist in tuneful settings embellished with his laid-back vocals on some bossa nova tunes . Audiophile Audition . 2010-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707184729/http://www.audaud.com/article.php?ArticleID=320 . 2011-07-07 .
  2. Web site: Album: Bill Beach sings sweet Portuguese . Oregon Music News . 2010-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106234513/http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/05/31/album-bill-beach-sings-sweet-portuguese/ . January 6, 2011 .
  3. Web site: CD Reviews – May 2010 . Jazz Society of Oregon . 2010-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921050918/http://www.jsojazzscene.org/CDReviews/201005_CDReviews.htm . 2013-09-21 . dead .
  4. Web site: Album: Bill Beach waxes wonderful on newest Brazilian-inspired CD . Oregon Music News . 2011-08-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715120407/http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2011/05/06/album-bill-beach-waxes-wonderful-on-newest-brazilian-inspired-cd/ . July 15, 2011 .
  5. Web site: CD Reviews - May 2011 . Jazz Scene Magazine . 2011-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007224728/http://www.jsojazzscene.org/CDReviews/201105_CDReviews.htm . 2011-10-07 . dead .
  6. Web site: Reflecting Happy and Sunny Búzios . musicabrasileira.org . 15 May 2011 . 2014-11-11.

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