Sunday Evening - Bill O'connell Latin Jazz Project at The Falcon

Featuring some of the finest jazz and Latin cats around!

Bill O'Connell/Piano, Steve Slagle/Sax/Flute, David Finck/Bass, Richie Morales/Drums and Tomas Martin Lopez/Congas

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For many years Bill O'Connell worked as the go-to pianist and arranger for artists such as Mongo SantaMaria, Dave Valentin, Gato Barbieri,The Fort Apache Band among others. Bill has, perhaps more that any other pianist, developed a true melding of Latin and Jazz music. His playing, from robust chordal comping to exuberant and sometimes knotty solos, transcends categorization and combines rhythmic complexities with glittering single note runs in a sort of Bud Powell-meets-Chick-Corea sound...

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Featuring some of the finest jazz and Latin cats around!

Bill O'Connell/Piano, Steve Slagle/Sax/Flute, David Finck/Bass, Richie Morales/Drums and Tomas Martin Lopez/Congas

billoconnell.net
For many years Bill O'Connell worked as the go-to pianist and arranger for artists such as Mongo SantaMaria, Dave Valentin, Gato Barbieri,The Fort Apache Band among others. Bill has, perhaps more that any other pianist, developed a true melding of Latin and Jazz music. His playing, from robust chordal comping to exuberant and sometimes knotty solos, transcends categorization and combines rhythmic complexities with glittering single note runs in a sort of Bud Powell-meets-Chick-Corea sound. O'Connell provides a thoughtful program of originals and a few re-imagined standards filled with energy and high spirits from a powerful voice in Latin Jazz.

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