ne of Steamers' all time
favorite
musicians, pianist Bill Cunliffe, returns to Fullerton this Wed night with
Dave Carpenter and Paul Kreibich
After three years
of teaching at Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio, Cunliffe went on
the road with the Buddy Rich Big Band, doing two tours of Europe with Frank
Sinatra. After working with Buddy, he played and toured with many of today's
greatest jazz musicians, including Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Art Farmer,
James Moody, Bobby Watson, Ray Brown and Joshua Redman. He has recorded with the
Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz at the Movies Band, and flutist Holly
Hofmann, and recently returned from a tour with vocalist Natalie Cole. Last
year, his group performed at the San Jose Jazz Festival, the International
Association of Jazz Educators conference, the New York JVC Jazz Festival, and he
recently appeared on Marian McPartland's NPR program, Piano Jazz.
