Bill Cunliffe is a Grammy-winning jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose career spans performing, writing, and education. Born in 1956, he first gained wide notice playing piano with the Buddy Rich big band, and in 1989 he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. In 2010 he won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his West Side Story Medley. He works as both a leader, including the Bill Cunliffe Trio, and a sought-after arranger across the jazz and orchestral worlds.
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