What do Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Page, and Dionne Warwick all have in common? For one thing, they've all lived in Bahia. And so have untold numbers of other wonderful artists whose work has never reached beyond very limited surroundings. That's why all this began...
In this matrix it's not which pill you take, it's which pathways you take, pathways originating in the sprawling cultural matrix of Brazil: Indigenous, African, Sephardic and then Ashkenazic, European, Asian... Ground Zero is the Recôncavo, delineated by the Bay of All Saints, earthly center of gravity for the disembarkation of enslaved human beings — and the sublimity they created — presided over by the ineffable Black Rome of Brazil: Salvador da Bahia.
("Black Rome" is an appellation per Caetano Veloso, son of the Recôncavo, via Mãe Aninha of Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá.)
Caetano Veloso
CURATION
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Network Node
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Name:
Bill Charlap
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City/Place:
New York City
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Country:
United States
Life & Work
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Bio:
Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time including Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Freddy Cole and Houston Person.
Born in New York City, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who toured with Benny Goodman, and was a regular on the Perry Como show. She earned a 1963 Grammy nomination for her recording of “My Coloring Book." In 2005, Charlap and Stewart released the acclaimed CD, Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note).
In 1997, Charlap formed his trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. In 2000, he was signed to Blue Note Records and received two Grammy Award nominations, for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard. He is known for his interpretations of American popular song.. Time magazine wrote, “Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.”
In 2016, Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining, The Songs of Jerome Kern, was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Album. In April, the Bill Charlap Trio released, Notes from New York, their debut recording for the Impulse label. Alan Morrison's five-star review in Down Beat stated that the new recording is "a masterclass in class."
In 2019 Charlap celebrated his 15th year as Artistic Director of New York City’s Jazz in July Festival at 92Y. He has produced concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Chicago Symphony Center and the Hollywood Bowl. Charlap is married to renowned jazz pianist and composer Renee Rosnes, and the two artists often collaborate in a duo piano setting.
In 2010 Charlap and Rosnes released Double Portrait (Blue Note). Bill Charlap is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.
Contact Information
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Contact by Webpage:
http://www.billcharlap.com/contact
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Management/Booking:
FOR ALL BILL CHARLAP BOOKINGS,
& THE BILL CHARLAP / RENEE ROSNES DUO
PLEASE CONTACT:
JACK RANDALL
President, The Kurland Agency
173 Brighton Avenue
Boston, MA 02134-2003
[email protected]
TEL: +1 617 254 0007
Domestic Fax: +1 617 782 3577
International Fax: +1 617 782 3524
http://www.thekurlandagency.com
My Recordings
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Discography:
Bill Charlap & Sean Smith (Progressive) 1993
Bill Charlap & Sean Smith: Along With Me (Chiaroscuro) 1994
Bill Charlap: Souvenir (Criss Cross) 1995
with Scott Colley, Dennis Mackrel
Bill Charlap: Distant Star (Criss Cross) 1997
with Sean Smith, Bill Stewart
Bill Charlap: All Through The Night (Criss Cross) 1998
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap: S’Wonderful (Venus) 1999
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap: Written In The Stars (Blue Note) 2000
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap: Stardust (Blue Note) 2002
With Peter Washington, Kenny Washington, Tony Bennett, Shirley Horn
Bill Charlap: Somewhere - The Songs of Leonard Bernstein (Blue Note) 2004
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul (Blue Note) 2005
with Phil Woods, Frank Wess, Slide Hampton, Nicholas Payton,
Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note) 2005
Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap
Bill Charlap Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note) 2007
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Double Portrait (Blue Note) 2010
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes
Something To Remember (Ghostlight) 2013
Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap
Tony Bennett & BIll Charlap: The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (2015)
with Renee Rosnes, Peter Washington & Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap Trio: Notes from New York (Impulse!) 2016
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Bill Charlap Trio: Uptown Downtown (Impulse!) 2017
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love is Here to Stay (Verve) 2018
with the Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
THE NEW YORK TRIO
Blues In The Night (Venus) 2001
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
The Things We Did Last Summer (Venus) 2002
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
Love You Madly (Venus) 2003
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
Stairway To The Stars (Venus) 2004
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
Begin The Beguine (Venus) 2005
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
Always (Venus) 2008
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
Thou Swell (Venus) 2009
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
I’m Old Fashioned (Venus) 2010
Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Bill Stewart
AS A SIDEMAN
Spark (Chiaroscuro) 1995
Jon Gordon Quartet
with Bill Charlap, Sean Smith, Tim Horner, Benny Carter, Phil Woods
The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (Chiaroscuro) 1996
with Bill Charlap, Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Ron Vincent
Phil Woods: For Astor & Elis (Chesky) 1996
Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, and others
Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs (RCA Victor) 1999
with The Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
You Taught My Heart To Sing (HighNote) 2006
Houston Person & Bill Charlap
Gene Bertoncini with Bill Charlap & Sean Smith: LIVE (Chiaroscuro) 1999
Jon Gordon & Bill Charlap: Contrasts (Double Time Jazz) 2001
Ken Peplowski: Stardust
with Bill Charlap, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Warren Vaché and Bill Charlap: 2GETHER (Nagel Heyer Records) 2002
Warren Vaché: Dream Dancing (Arbors Records) 2004
with Bill Charlap, Dennis Irwin, Eddie Locke, Harry Allen
Ruby Braff: You Brought A New Kind Of Love (Arbors Records) 2005
with Bill Charlap, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jake Hanna
Johnny Frigo’s DNA Exposed (Arbors Records) 2006
Johnny Frigo, Bill Charlap
American Songbook, Volumes 1 & 2 (Kind of Blue) 2006
Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, Brian Lynch, Steve Gilmore, Bill Goodwin
Voyage: Phil Woods with the Bill Charlap Trio at the
Floating Jazz Festival Aboard the The QEII (Chiaroscuro)
Phil Woods, Bill Charlap, Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Brian Lynch Meets Bill Charlap (Sharp Nine) 2003
with Dwayne Burno, Joe Farnsworth
Jay Leonhart: Great Duets (Chiaroscuro) 1999
with Bill Charlap, Gene Bertoncini, Joe Williams, Mike LeDonne, Junior Mance,
Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch, Eddie Higgins, Norman Simmons and Richard Wyands
Gary Smulyan & Brass: Blue Suite (Criss Cross) 2000
with Bill Charlap, Christian McBride, Kenny Washington
Carol Sloane & Clark Terry: Songs Ella & Louis Sang (Concord) 1997
with Bill Charlap, Marcus McLaurine, Dennis Mackrel
Randy Sandke: Trumpet After Dark, Jazz In A Meditative Mood
(Evening Star) 2005
Randy Sandke Quartet featuring Bill Charlap
Scott Hamilton with the Bill Charlap Trio: Back In New York (Concord) 2005
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
Freddy Cole with The Bill Charlap Trio: Music Maestro Please (HighNote) 2008
with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington
The Blue Note 7: Mosaic (Blue Note) 2009
Bill Charlap, Nicholas Payton, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Wilson,
Peter Bernstein, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash
Blues For Pres & Teddy (Swingbros) 2011
Harry Allen Quartet with Bill Charlap, Peter Washington, Dennis Mackrel
Clips (more may be added)
"Dear Sparrow: I am thrilled to receive your email! Thank you for including me in this wonderful matrix."
—Susan Rogers: Personal recording engineer for Prince, inc. "Purple Rain", "Sign o' the Times", "Around the World in a Day"... Director of the Berklee Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory
"Thanks! It looks great!....I didn't write 'Cantaloupe Island' though...Herbie Hancock did! Great Page though, well done! best, Randy"
"We appreciate you including Kamasi in the matrix, Sparrow."
—Banch Abegaze: manager, Kamasi Washington
"This is super impressive work ! Congratulations ! Thanks for including me :)))"
—Clarice Assad: Pianist and composer with works performed by Yo Yo Ma and orchestras around the world
"Dear Sparrow, Many thanks for this – I am touched!"
—Julian Lloyd-Webber: UK's premier cellist; brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Phantom of the Opera...)
"Thanks, this is a brilliant idea!!"
—Alicia Svigals: World's premier klezmer violinist
Developed here in the Historic Center of Salvador da Bahia ↓ .
Bule Bule (Assis Valente)
"♫ The time has come for these bronzed people to show their value..."
Recommend somebody and you will appear on that person's page. Somebody recommends you and they will appear on your page.
Both pulled by the inexorable mathematical gravity of the small world phenomenon to within range of everybody inside.
And by logical extension, to within range of all humanity outside as well.
8 billion human beings tend to within six degrees of connection to each other.
In a small world great things are possible.
I'm Pardal here in Brazil (that's "Sparrow" in English). The deep roots of this project are in Manhattan, where Allen Klein (managed the Beatles and The Rolling Stones) called me about royalties for the estate of Sam Cooke... where Jerry Ragovoy (co-wrote Time is On My Side, sung by the Stones; Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin of course; and Pata Pata, sung by the great Miriam Makeba) called me looking for unpaid royalties... where I did contract and licensing for Carlinhos Brown's participation on Bahia Black with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock...
...where I rescued unpaid royalties for Aretha Franklin (from Atlantic Records), Barbra Streisand (from CBS Records), Led Zeppelin, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Airto Moreira, Jim Hall, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Ray Barretto, Philip Glass, Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd for his interest in Bob Marley compositions, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam and others...
...where I worked with Earl "Speedo" Carroll of the Cadillacs (who went from doo-wopping as a kid on Harlem streetcorners to top of the charts to working as a janitor at P.S. 87 in Manhattan without ever losing what it was that made him special in the first place), and with Jake and Zeke Carey of The Flamingos (I Only Have Eyes for You)... stuff like that.
Yeah this is Bob's first record contract, made with Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd of Studio One and co-signed by his aunt because he was under 21. I took it to Black Rock to argue with CBS' lawyers about the royalties they didn't want to pay (they paid).
I built the Matrix below (I'm below left, with David Dye & Kim Junod for U.S. National Public Radio) among some of the world's most powerfully moving music, some of it made by people barely known beyond village borders. Or in the case of Sodré, his anthem A MASSA — a paean to Brazil's poor ("our pain is the pain of a timid boy, a calf stepped on...") — having blasted from every radio between the Amazon and Brazil's industrial south, before he was silenced. The Matrix started with Sodré, with João do Boi, with Roberto Mendes, with Bule Bule, with Roque Ferreira... music rooted in the sugarcane plantations of Bahia. Hence our logo (a cane cutter).
Matrix founding creators are behind "one of 10 of the best (radios) around the world", per The Guardian. If you create too, join them in the Matrix.
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