Sligo Jazz Project

Bill Carrothers

Piano

"The relentlessly inventive pianist
Bill Carrothers' harmonic sophistication
has to be heard to be believed."
Howard Reich - Chicago Tribune

Awards:

Winner of the 2004 grand prix de l'academie Charles Cros (2004)
Winner of a French Diapason d'Or de l'annee (2000)
Winner of a German Schallplatten Preis
Numerous Top 10 Of The Year lists (1999, 2000, and 2004)

Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for 30 years. He has
played many venues throughout the U.S. and Europe including the Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning
(Paris), the Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels, the Nevers Jazz Festival (where he shared the bill with Abbey Lincoln), the Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, and the Marciac Festival in France. In October of 2000, Mr. Carrothers headlined the prestigious Rising Star
Tour throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and more recently, headlined a week with his trio at the famed Village Vanguard in New York City. He has been a leader on seventeen recordings, all of which have received critical acclaim. His sideman credits have included some of the greatest names in jazz including
Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ben Street, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and Benny Wallace.

Discography

The Artful Dodger (1987) Bridge Boy Bill Stewart - Snide Remarks (1995) Bluenote
The Blues and the Greys (1997) Bridge Boy Bill Stewart - Telepathy (1997) Bluenote
A Band In All Hope (1997) Bridge Boy Jay Epstein - Long Ago (1997) Gone Jazz
After Hours (1999) Bridge Boy Scott Colley - Subliminal (1998) Criss Cross
The Language of Crows (1999) Bridge Boy Dave Douglas - Moving Portrait (1999) DIW / Sony
Duets With Bill Stewart (2000) Birdology / Dreyfus Ira Sullivan - After Hours, Vol. 5 (2000) GoJazz
Swing Sing Songs (2001) Birdology / Dreyfus Peg Carrothers - Blue Skies (2001) Bridge Boy
The Electric Bill (2002) Birdology / Dreyfus Phil Grenadier - Playful Intentions (2003) F.S.N.T.
Ghost Ships (2003) Sketch Dre Pallemaerts - Pan Harmonie (2007) B Flat
Armistice 1918 (2004) Sketch Kevin Brady - Common Ground (2007) LRP
I Love Paris (2004) Pirouet Andy Sherrer - In and Out (2007)
Civil War Diaries (2005) Illusions Kevin Tkacz - It’s Not What You Think (2008) P.O.W.O.A.
Shine Ball (2005) F.S.N.T. Robin Verheyen - Painting Spaces (2008) DeWerf
No Choice (2006) Minium Matt Turner - The Voices That Are Gone (2008) Illusions
Keep Your Sunny Side Up (2007) Pirouet Kevin Brady Trio - Zeitgeist (2009) F.S.N.T.
Home Row (2008) Pirouet Jay Epstein - Easy Company (2009) Gone Jazz
Play Day (2008) Bridge Boy Music Max DeAloe - Apnea (2009) Abeat
Joy Spring (fall 2009) Pirouet