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BILL
REICHENBACH
Bill Reichenbach started his jazz playing career while still in high school by playing with various bands in the Washington, D.C. area. He also sat in with his fathers group at the famous Georgetown club "Blues Alley" where he played with artists such as Zoot Simms, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Milt Jackson and others. While studying with Emory Remington at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., Bill played with many other jazz artists. He was also the featured jazz trombonist with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble. After
graduation, Bill joined the Buddy Rich Band and was immediately
featured because of his ability to play jazz on the bass trombone.
In 1975, Bill moved to L.A. were he started playing the jazz tenor
trombone chair on Toshiko Akiyoshis big band. At the same
time, Bill was also the solo jazz trombone player on Don Menzas
big band. As a studio player, Bill has played on about 800 records,
500 motion pictures, and countless TV shows and jingles. Bills
jazz quartet album featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Jimmy Johnson
on bass, and Biff Hannon on piano, reached number 10 on the national
jazz radio play lists. Bill has recorded three albums with Mike
DavisBonetown, Brass Nation and most recently, New Brass. Bill has also recorded with Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Toto, The Yellowjackets, Seawind, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, David Foster, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, EarthWind and Fire, Dr. John, Arrowsmith, and Ray Charles. Bill was a featured artist and clinician at the 1997 International Trombone Festival in Urbana, Illinois and the 2000 International Trombone Festival in Utrecht, Holland.
As
a writer and arranger, Bill has worked on records for Michael Jackson,
Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Diana Ross and others.
He has arranged many HBO Special Themes and composed the theme for
the HBO One Night Stand comedy show. Bill also composed the theme
for Foxs animated series Peter Pan & the Pirates as well
as much of the underscoring. Bill composed the main title for a
series of Kurt Vonnegut stories called Welcome to the Monkey House
for Showtime. He is currently working on a score for a documentary
film about Frank Lloyd Wright. -
Joshua Brown
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