Bill Horvitz

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William "Bill" Wayne Horvitz (born May 12, 1947 in New York City , † January 15, 2017 in Forestville (California) ) was an American jazz guitarist .

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Horvitz attended Thatcher School and Colorado College; after moving to San Francisco in 1967 he studied music at the Ali Akbar College of Music and also had lessons at Art Lande . He then continued his studies at New York University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree (“summa cum laude”) in comparative religion in 1986 . From 1978 to 1988 he lived in the East Village of Manhattan and worked as a guitarist in the local avant jazz scene. During this time he worked a. a. with JA Deane , Dickey Dworkin , Shelley Hirsch , David Hofstra , his brother Wayne Horvitz , Jason Kao Hwang , Phillip Johnston , Myra Melford , Butch Morris , Bobby Previte , Peter Kuhn , Dave Sewelson , Elliott Sharp and John Zorn ( Archery , 1981) . He also led the quartet Living With Apparitions and was a member of the new wave band The Public Servants . In 1988 he moved with his family to California and lived in Sonoma County from 1992 .

In the 1990s Horvitz worked in the Bay Area a . a. with Joseph Sabella , Steve Adams, later with Harris Eisenstadt , with whom he founded the Bill Horvitz Band and released two albums. From 2005 he worked with his second wife Robin Eschner in the folk duo Tone Bent and in the ensemble Take Jack . During this time he also wrote several compositions such as The Long Walk, dedicated to his deceased brother . He also worked in a trio with Scott Walton and Tom Hayashi ( The Skerries ), as well as in a duo with guitarist Jesse Boggs; he also worked as a music teacher. In the field of jazz he was involved in 16 recording sessions between 1979 and 2011, including a. also with Peter Kuhn and with Myles Boisen / Jon Raskin. Horvitz died in early 2017 as a result of colon cancer.

Discographic notes

  • Bill Horvitz / Lawrence "Butch" Morris / JA Deane: Trios (Dossier, 1985)
  • Solo Guitar & Ensemble Pieces (Ear-Rational 1986), with Herb Robertson , Alex Lodico , Vincent Chancey , Marion Brandis , George Cartwright , Myra Melford , Jason Kao Hwang, Elliott Sharp , David Hofstra, Bobby Previte, Evan Gallagher
  • Island of Sanity: New Music from New York City (No Man's Land, 1987), with Lawrence "Butch" Morris, JA Deane
  • Dust Devil ( Music & Arts , 1995), with Steve Adams, Joseph Sabell
  • The Disappearance (Evander Music, 2003) dto.
  • Out By Five: Shards from a Future Utopia (Rastscan, 2006), with Jon Raskin, George Cremaschi , Garth Powell
  • The Bill Horvitz Expanded Band: The Long Walk (Big Door Prize, 2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary at Legacy.com. January 30, 2017, accessed January 31, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Horvitz, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horvitz, William Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 2017
Place of death Forestville, California