BILL O'CONNELL
Latin Jazz / Post Bop / Hard Bop / Pop/Art Song/Folk • United States
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A veteran post-bop/Latin jazz/hard bop pianist from New York City, the Bill O'Connell profiled in this bio should not be confused with the swing/bop drummer who has led the Chicago Skyliners Big Band in the Windy City in the '90s and 2000s; nor should he be confused with rock manager Billy O'Connell, who is married to singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh (formerly of the alternative pop/rock group Throwing Muses). Pianist O'Connell has his share of Latin credentials; along the way, he has played with New York trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez's Fort Apache Band and crossed paths with flutist Dave Valentin, Argentinean tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri, and the late Cuban percussion master Mongo Santamaria. But O'Connell has not played Latin jazz exclusively; the major non-Latin artists who have employed the pianist as a sideman over the years include, among others, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and the late trumpeter Chet Baker.
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Zócalo
Latin Jazz
2013
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Imagine
Latin Jazz
2014
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Post Bop
2025
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