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Bill Carrothers
Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for 35 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S. and Europe including the The Village Vanguard, Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning (Paris), the Monterey Jazz Festival, Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Audi Jazz Festival, the Nevers Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, AngraJazz, and the Marciac Festival in France. In October of 2000, Mr. Carrothers headlined the prestigious Rising Star Tour throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has been a leader on twenty-six recordings, all of which have received critical acclaim. His sideman credits include some of the greatest names in jazz including Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Hart, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Freddie Hubbard, Dave King, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and Benny Wallace. Mr. Carrothers has been an adjunct professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin since 2011.
Updated tour info can be found here
Album Reviews
- Red Planet by Mike Jurkovic
- Red Planet by Vincenzo Roggero
- Family Life by C. Michael Bailey
- Family Life by Dan McClenaghan
- Family Life by Dan Bilawsky
Extended Analysis
Album Reviews
- A Night At the Village Vanguard by C. Michael Bailey
Extended Analysis
Interviews
Album Reviews
- Joy Spring by Dan Bilawsky
- Joy Spring by Dan McClenaghan
- Keep Your Sunny Side Up by John Kelman
- Shine Ball by AAJ Italy Staff
Genius Guide to Jazz
Album Reviews
- Shine Ball by John Kelman
- Civil War Diaries: Solo Piano by John Kelman
- I Love Paris by John Kelman
- Armistice 1918 by Chris May
- Armistice 1918 by John Kelman
Interviews
Read more articlesJanuary 10, 2015
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 9-15
April 02, 2013
The Kevin Brady Trio Featuring Bill Carrothers Live In Dublin Ireland
July 11, 2011
Big Notes Films Releases DVD: "We’ll Be White Black" with Jerry...
June 08, 2010
Bill Carrothers - Joy Spring (Pirouet)
May 23, 2010
Pianist Bill Carrothers Interviewed at AAJ
April 24, 2010
Pianist Bill Carrothers Releases New CD on Pirouet Records Titled "Joy...
July 15, 2009
Bill Carrothers a Jazz Stalwart Long Absent Returns to the Village
July 13, 2009
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Carrothers
July 10, 2009
“The relentlessly inventive pianist Bill Carrothers' harmonic
sophistication has to be heard to be believed.” —Chicago Tribune
“Modern jazz piano trio playing doesn’t get a whole lot better than on Home Row...” —The New York Times
“Carrothers' discs are epistles of taste and derring-do.” —Village Voice
Primary Instrument
Piano
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Adjunct Professor - Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
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