Big XII Trombone Conference

2008 Guest Artist
Jazz Bass Trombonist Bill Reichenbach
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Bill Reichenbach started his jazz playing career while still in high school by playing with various bands in the
Washington, D.C. area. He also sat in with his father’s group at the famous Georgetown club "Blues Alley" where
he played with artists such as Zoot Simms, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Milt Jackson and others. While
studying with Emory Remington at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., Bill played with many other
jazz artists. He was also the featured jazz trombonist with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble.

After graduation, Bill joined the Buddy Rich Band and was immediately featured because of his ability to play jazz
on the bass trombone. In 1975, Bill moved to L.A. were he started playing the jazz tenor trombone chair on
Toshiko Akiyoshi’s big band. At the same time, Bill was also the solo jazz trombone player on Don Menza’s big
band. As a studio player, Bill has played on about 800 records, 500 motion pictures, and countless TV shows
and jingles. Bill’s jazz quartet album featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Jimmy Johnson on bass, and Biff
Hannon on piano, reached number 10 on the national jazz radio play lists. Bill has recorded three albums with
Mike Davis—Bonetown, Brass Nation and most recently, New Brass.

Bill has also recorded with Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Toto, The
Yellowjackets, Seawind, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, David Foster, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, EarthWind and
Fire, Dr. John, Arrowsmith, and Ray Charles. Bill was a featured artist and clinician at the 1997 International
Trombone Festival in Urbana, Illinois and the 2000 International Trombone Festival in Utrecht, Holland.

As a writer and arranger, Bill has worked on records for Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Dr.
John, Diana Ross and others. He has arranged many HBO Special Themes and composed the theme for the
HBO One Night Stand comedy show. Bill also composed the theme for Fox’s animated series Peter Pan & the
Pirates as well as much of the underscoring. Bill composed the main title for a series of Kurt Vonnegut stories
called Welcome to the Monkey House for Showtime. He is currently working on a score for a documentary film
about Frank Lloyd Wright. - Joshua Brown

A top-notch studio musician, Bill Reichenbach occasionally emerges from the commercial music world to play
jazz. His father (also named Bill Reichenbach) was Charlie Byrd's regular drummer from 1962-73.

The younger Reichenbach studied at the Eastman School of Music and then recorded with Buddy Rich (1972),
Toshiko Akiyoshi (1976-77), Don Menza (1979) and Tom Scott (1983), among many others.
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Big 12 Trombone Conference
January 18-20, 2008
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Jeremy Buckler--Rice University
Steven Jessup--Oklahoma State University
Cory Mixdorf--Indiana University
Rai Morales--University of Texas/Austin
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