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MP3 Bill Shreeve - Feel This
9 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Smooth Jazz, JAZZ: Bossa Nova
Show all album songs: Feel This Songs
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Bill Shreeve, from San Diego, California, is a soulful saxophone master and consummate jazz instrumentalist. Performing on soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, flute, piccolo, wind synthesizer, hand percussion and keyboards, Bill brings a wide range of musical expertise to any musical endeavor.
Though Bill is a seasoned jazz musician he is also in demand in more popular music genres from pop, rock, R & B, funk, soul, swing, big band, Latin, folk, and classical.
Bill took an unusually circuitous route to his passionate career in music. Growing up in a musical household, (his father was a pianist and jazz lover) Bill played clarinet in grade school but stopped playing in high school as the clarinet lacked a “cool” factor at that age. Bill’s majors for his first two years of college were Mechanical Engineering, Biology and English Literature. Always strongly interested in music though, Bill had an epiphany at age 21. Finally able to get into a real jazz club, he saw San Diego legend Hollis Gentry perform at The Crossroads. He had the very clear revelation that music was truly where his heart was! Though still dabbling with the clarinet, some musician friends urged him to try the saxophone as it was so much more commonly used in both jazz and pop music. Bill took the advice and then fell in love! Practicing incessantly, Bill made amazing progress and within two years joined his first commercial band, playing the music of Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, Steely Dan, The Crusaders, etc. Looking backward, the name of the club, The Crossroads, now has a deeper significance for Bill.
Bill Shreeve studied music theory and arranging and performed in the jazz ensembles at City College and San Diego State University and with sax giants Brandon Fields, Bob Sheppard, Eric Marienthal, Charles McPherson, and Phil Woods.
Since the mid seventy’s, Bill has been carefully honing his personal sound while gaining many years of real world experience as a busy freelance woodwind player in a variety of both local and nationally famous jazz, pop, and rock groups in the Southern California region.
Composer, producer and saxophonist
Bill Shreeve’s debut release, “Feel This”
Bill Shreeve molds his extensive influences in jazz, funk, and Latin genres to create a soulfully cohesive, melodically satisfying contemporary jazz release, “Feel This” featuring guitar wizard Peter Sprague, Fattburger’s smooth jazz masters Kevin Koch (drums) and Evan Marks (guitar). Other fine musicians include Dave Scott (trombone), Steve Smith and Lynn Willard (keys), Vince Clementson (guitar), Justin Grinnell and Nathan Brown (bass). The CD features a beautifully harmonious lead line blend of sax and trombone happily reminiscent of the Crusaders early sound. Bill makes skillful use of hypnotic and driving funk grooves and Latin rhythms as a backdrop to his solid and evolving melodic lines. His beautifully soulful tone, extensive range and jazz chops are on display throughout the album whether he is playing soprano, alto or tenor sax. This nine-song collection of Bill’s original material is a strong testament to the depth and diversity of his composing and arranging skills.
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