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| Bill Horvitz (2009) | |
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| Bill Horvitz has been stretching the boundaries of guitar music since the early 1970s. He has performed in and led many ensembles both large and small. As a guitarist he fuses traditional and extended techniques in a most inventive way and has worked in a wide variety of settings. His long experience in the realms of jazz, rock, classical, folk, and new music have resulted in an original compositional voice--one that is forceful and innovative, yet always intelligently accessible. Over the years, he has collaborated with a long list of composers and improvisers, both in the SF Bay Area and New York City.
He currently leads the Bill Horvitz Expanded Band, a 17-piece band performing all original compositions that are highly arranged and include conducted improvisation. He is one half of TONE BENT, a duo in which he and his wife, composer, guitarist, and singer, Robin Eschner, double up on vocals and guitars, performing their original songs as well as occasional covers given a slant. Their CD, Say What You Will, was released in the fall of 2008, and the next recording is underway. Bill also leads and has recorded two CDs, Dust Devil and The Disappearance with the Bill Horvitz Band, featuring Steve Adams on woodwinds and either Joseph Sabella or Harris Eisenstadt on drums; has recorded an album of solo acoustic guitar pieces, called Tuolumne Songs; and has composed music for theater, dance, film, and spoken word. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Bill Evans and Jim Hall | Undercurrent | My Funny Valentine | (Blue Note) |
| # 2 | Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | Flamenco Sketches | (Columbia) |
| # 3 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Ella and Louis | Cheek to Cheek | (Verve) |
| # 4 | Charlie Parker | Bird's Best Bop on Verve | Blues for Alice | (Verve) |
| # 5 | John McLaughlin | Extrapolation | Binky's Dream | (Polydor) |
| # 6 | Ornette Coleman | Broken Shadows | Broken Shadows | (Columbia) |
| # 7 | Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah-Um | Ode to Lester Young (Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat) | (Columbia) |
| # 8 | John Coltrane | Live at Birdland | Afro-Blue | (Impulse) |
| Book | J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy | |||
| Luxury Item | "A great guitar ... and a very good bottle of Bourbon" | |||
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27 Aug Chuck Bennett 25 Jun Lee Charlton 08 Jan Barbara Dane 15 Jan Rebecca Coupe Franks 28 May Fred Frith 13 Aug Larry Grenadier 06 Aug | Eddie Henderson
09 Apr Erik Jekabson 16 Jul Laura Klein 26 Feb Babatunde Lea 19 Mar Victor Lin 30 Jul Charles McPherson 23 Jul Houston Person 02 Jul | Loren Schoenberg
30 Apr Adam Shulman 05 Mar Frank Sumares 19 Feb Dave Tidball 12 Mar Mike Vax 23 Apr Mark Winkler 03 Sep |