Bill O'Connell Latin Jazz Project

b. William Francis O'Connell, 22 August 1953, New York City, New York, USA. Raised in Port Washington, Long Island, O'Connell studied piano with his uncle, Bill Wisnewski, while still in school, then went on to study piano and composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He also studied for a year with Richie Beirach in New York City. From the late 70s and through the early 80s, he worked in sometimes-exalted company, including spending two years with Mongo Santamaría and a year each with Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins. From the mid-80s onwards O'Connell worked often with D...