Artist: Bill Charlap
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Hieroglyphica
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Bill Charlap is i of the strongest mainstream jazz pianists on the scene and i of the to the highest degree gifted interpreters of standards. He grew up in a musical house, as the word of Broadway songster Moose Charlap and singer Sandy Stewart. Taking to the piano at a young years, he went on to work at New York's High School of Performing Arts. He then entered college, simply rather than finishing, opted to practice and gig on his own. Pianist Bill Mays before long took up Charlap's grounds, recommending the young homo as his successor in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. During this time, Charlap as well worked with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, and Frank Wess, and was sought subsequently as an accompanist for singers such as Tony Bennett, Carol Sloane, and Sheila Jordan. In 1995, he secured ane of the most coveted piano chairs in jazz, with the Phil Woods Quintet.
All the spell, Charlap showed steady exploitation as a leader. His debut came in 1994 with Along with Me, followed by Relic in 1995 and Distant Star in 1996. His 1997 release, All Through the Night, was the number one to feature of speech his current three, with the unnerving (and unrelated) Washingtons, Peter and Kenny, on bass and drums respectively. In 2000, this lineup had its major-label breakthrough with the highly acclaimed Blue Note platter Written in the Stars. Two albums appeared in 2001: 2Gether with Warren Vaché and Contrasts with Jon Gordon. 'S Wonderful pip the shelves in 2002, as did Stardust, which began a serial publication of albums that focused on a individual composer. Stardust featured the music of Hoagy Carmichael, 2004's Somewhere was an all-Leonard Bernstein thing, spell 2005's Plays George Gershwin featured ten songs by the homo Charlap considers "the American soul." 2005 saw the release of an album with Sandy Stewart, Love Is Here to Stay. Two geezerhood by and by, Charlap released Live at the Village Vanguard.
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