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Wed, Jul 26
|Sam First
Bill Cunliffe Trio with Mike Gurrola & Mark Ferber
One of LA's most beloved pianist/composers, Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe returns to Sam First to celebrate the release of his new album, “Border Widow’s Lament” on Night Is Alive Records.
Jul 26, 2023, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Sam First, 6171 W Century Blvd #180, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Bill Cunliffe (piano), Mike Gurrola (bass), Mark Ferber (drums)
Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger. He got his start playing and arranging for drummer Buddy Rich, and touring with Frank Sinatra. In 1989 Bill won the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he performed with the Clayton Brothers and the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for ten years, and currently plays with the Joe La Barbera quintet (former drummer with Bill Evans) and with his trio. He has also performed with James Moody, Benny Golson, Red Rodney, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Berg, Junior Cook, Sonny Fortune, Woody Shaw, Michael Brecker, George Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Houston Person, Hubert Laws and Art Blakey.
Cunliffe’s film work includes the score for “On the Shoulders of Giants,” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s homage to the Harlem Rens basketball team of the 1920s and ’30s.…
Tickets
1st set ticket (7:30pm)
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$25.00
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