Bill Cunliffe with Homero Cerón & The Tucson Latin Jazz Nonet

($30-$40 | 6:30pm & 8:30pm shows) The Tucson Latin Jazz Nonet is very excited to join forces with pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe! The Nonet has been performing Bill’s compositions and arrangements for years, so it will be extra special to get to perform them with him.

Bill Cunliffe (piano) Homero Cerón (vibraphone) Rick Peron (trumpet) Rob Boone (trombone) Jordan Robison (bass trombone) Chris Herald (sax) Colin McIlrath (bass) Arthur Vint (drums)

BILL CUNLIFFE

Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. He has since established himself as a solo artist and bandleader, with more than a dozen albums under his name.

Bill currently plays with his trio; his big band; his Latin band, Imaginación; and his classical-jazz ensemble, Trimotif. He performs in the U.S. and around the world as a leader and sideman as well as a soloist with symphony orchestras.