Bill Beach (born 1953) is a
jazz pianist, vocalist, and teacher.
Biography
In 2003, Beach began to study Brazilian music and the Portuguese language. He concentrated on the bossa nova introduced by
Antonio Carlos Jobim,
João Gilberto,
Vinicius De Moraes,
Carlos Lyra and
João Donato and the later MPB styles of
Sergio Mendez
Sergio may refer to:
* Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio
* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''S ...
,
Edu Lobo,
Milton Nascimento, and
Ivan Lins. He released ''Letting Go''
in 2004 on his Axial Records label. This album was his debut as leader of a recording session and featured Beach singing Brazilian standards and playing original instrumentals in a piano trio setting.
In 2008, Beach began writing lyrics in the Brazilian style, and his album ''Brasil Beat'' (2010)
contained music and lyrics in Portuguese. This was followed by ''Búzios''
also original material and also on Axial Records. This album featured
Rebecca Kilgore on vocals and Gary Hobbs on drums.
Discography
* ''Letting Go'' (2004)
* ''Brasil Beat'' (2010)
* ''Búzios'' (2011)
References
External links
*
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Living people
1953 births
21st-century American pianists
American jazz songwriters
American male singers
American male songwriters
Bossa nova pianists
Bossa nova singers
Musicians from Corvallis, Oregon
Musicians from Portland, Oregon
Portuguese-language singers of the United States
Singers from Oregon
Songwriters from Oregon
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz pianists