2006 Northwest
Acoustic Jazz Ensemble
of the Year Read the Seattle Times 6/14/09 Sunday Arts feature on me here. In addition to my lifelong career playing in jazz venues across the U.S. and around the world (read my bio for more details), I have over 25 years of experience playing music for weddings, receptions, and other private events. Over all those years, I’ve had nothing but satisfied clients. If you’d like references, just let me know.I’ll work with you to build an ensemble that fits the instrumentation and budget you have in mind, and I’ll always be sure you get Seattle’s finest jazz artists. Choose from: solo
piano We’ll tailor our music to suit your occasion. Our repertoire includes hundreds of the best-known standards by the great songwriters: Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers/Hart, Arlen, and many more. If you’ve got a specific request, we’re very happy to play it, from upbeat swing tunes to beautiful ballads. For the more hard-core jazz listeners, we’ll also play tunes by the jazz greats, including Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie. And if you prefer music still further off the beaten path, we can intersperse my own compositions, some of which have been featured on cable and television programs including The Wire and West Wing (see www.billanschell.com for samples of our original work). Wherever your jazz tastes lie, we’ll put together a program that gives you the style of music you want, whether it’s ambience-setting background music (as you might hear in an elegant restaurant), music for listening (e.g., the styles you might hear in a downtown jazz club) or music for dancing (swing, bossa nova, salsa or slow dancing). (One
disclaimer: We’re
not a “Variety
Band.” We’ll
gladly sprinkle in a
few Beatle songs, but
if you want a band that
will break into rock,
Motown, or line dancing
music at the end of
the night, that’s
not us. I’ll
be happy to refer you
to a more appropriate
group). If you’d like a full-length demo CD, just let me know your address and I’ll put a copy in the mail. I’m also happy to let you know where you can hear me live – solo or as part of a larger group. We’re open to out-of-town engagements - we like to travel! To contact me, just send an email to billanschell@mindspring.com, or give me a call at 206/365-4759.
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