Bill Anschell

Bill Anschell
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, US
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, musical director, band leader, arranger, writer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Summit Records, LoveCat Music, Origin Records
Website	BillAnschell.com

Bill Anschell is a jazz pianist and composer. He has recorded seven CDs as a leader, and performed or recorded with many jazz greats. His original compositions and piano work are prominently featured on Freelon's Grammy Award-nominated recording Shaking Free (Concord Records) and her CBS recordings Heritage and Listen. His own CDs have received extensive national airplay and critical acclaim. His compositions have appeared in many films and television series, including "The West Wing," "The Wire" and "NCIS: LA."

Anschell has performed in jazz festivals and clubs throughout the United States and abroad, leading his band, the Bill Anschell Trio, and as pianist, composer and musical director for vocalist Nnenna Freelon and others. His concert credits include six European tours and seven South American tours, involving over 100 performances ranging from the Nice Jazz Festival in France to the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. Anschell has performed thousands of concerts in the United States, from the Monterey Jazz Festival in California to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. His performances have been widely broadcast on radio and television including National Public Radio's JazzSet, hosted by Branford Marsalis.

Anschell grew up in the Seattle area. He attended Oberlin College and Wesleyan University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a music degree from Wesleyan in 1982. At Wesleyan, he studied composition privately with Bill Barron; and South Indian rhythmic theory with T. Ranganathan. He later spent three years in Madison, Wisconsin, where he worked with bassist Richard Davis.

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