The Bill O'connell Trio Featuring Lincoln Goines Plays Latin Jazz At Keys Jazz Bistro

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Latin jazz pianist Bill O’Connell has been called “nothing short of a national treasure”, “a master of the broadest spectrum of musical styles, a giant of modern jazz, a member of Latin jazz royalty”, and “a colossus of musical dignity and improvisational authority,” according to the jazz critics. Lauded by Downbeat Magazine as “an inspired hybridizer of modernist jazz and Afrodiasporic idioms as an improviser and composer,” O’Connell has released 18 records as a leader, the GRAMMY-nominated pianist is a Steinway artist and four-time recipient of the coveted "Jazz Writer of the Year" award from SESAC. A native of Oakland, bassist, composer, author, and educator Lincoln Goines has distinguished himself as one of the premier bassists of his generation. A mainstay of the New York City jazz, Latin, and studio scenes for over four decades and noted for versatility and fluid style, his resume reads like a who's who of the pop, jazz and Latin world, including appearances and recordings with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Gato Barbieri, Carly Simon, Mike Stern, Dave Grusin, Paquito D'Rivera, Michel Camilo, Dave Valentin, Tania Maria, Eliane Elias, Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, Bob Mintzer, and Wayne Krantz. Drummer Jon Krosnick has been in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 20 years, performing with his group, Charged Particles (www.chargedparticles.com) as well as the 40-year-old nine-piece Michigan-based Latin jazz group, The Lunar Octet (www.lunaroctet.com). He has appeared with pianist Chick Corea, bassist John Patitucci, trumpeter Randy Brecker, reed player Paul McCandless, guitarists Nguyen Le and Barry Finnerty, saxophonist Kristen Strom, vocalist Kevyn Lettau, pianist David Garfield (music director for George Benson), saxophonist Paul Vornhagen, trumpeter Geoff Gallante (of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Louis Smith (trumpeter on Blue Note Records), trumpeter Eddie Gale, bassist Ned Mann (with the Michel Camilo Trio), saxophonist David Mann (with Paul Simon), bassist Ron Brooks (with Bob James), and many more.