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RECORD & RADIO PRODUCER


RECORD PRODUCER

JAZZHEADS RECORDS:
Bill Kirchner Nonet:  Lifeline
Bill Kirchner and Marc Copland:  Old Friends
Bill Kirchner Nonet with Sheila Jordan:  One Starry Night

EVENING STAR:
Bill Kirchner:  Everything I Love

A-RECORDS:
Bill Kirchner Nonet:  Trance Dance
Bill Kirchner:  Some Enchanted Evening

SEA BREEZE:
Bill Kirchner Nonet:   Infant Eyes
Bill Kirchner Nonet:  What It Is To Be Frank

BLUE NOTE:
Duke Ellington 1969:  All-Star White House Tribute

CAP:
New York Saxophone Quartet:  Urbanology


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RECORD CO-PRODUCER

1995 NAIRD Indie award for "Best Liner Notes"
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF RECORDINGS:
Big Band Renaissance:  The Evolution of the Jazz Orchestra (a 5-CD survey of orchestral jazz from 1941 to 1991), which Bill co-produced, and for which he also picked the 75 selections and wrote the award-winning 88-page booklet.

"...an expertly compiled and annotated five-CD collection... its strength lies in the integrity of the compiler.   This is no faceless assortment.   It has pride and prejudice -- a point of view."
--Gary Giddins, Village Voice




WARNER BROS./MOSAIC:
Bill Evans: Turn Out the Stars:  The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980 (6-CD Box)

COLUMBIA/LEGACY:
Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert

GRP:
Priceless Jazz:  Gil Evans

DENON (Associate Producer):
Marc Copland:   Softly
Ethel Ennis:  If Women Ruled the World

SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF RECORDINGS:
Music of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller


RADIO PRODUCER

For National Public Radio () Bill has produced and written hour-long of:
Benny Carter
Artie Shaw
Johnny Mandel and
Bob Brookmeyer.

Over 200 NPR stations across the U.S. run this weekly series, and it is at the discretion of each station when the program will be broadcast.

For more information from NPR on this series, click here.