Bill Pierce
Tenor saxophone, Musical Artist
1948 –
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Who is Bill Pierce?
Bill Pierce is an American jazz saxophonist.
He played with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in the early 1980s and in Tony Williams's quintet in the mid-1980s to early 1990s. He also has released numerous CDs for which he is the band leader.
He studied with Joe Viola and Andy McGhee at Berklee College of Music, and with Joe Allard. He is the school's woodwind department chair.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1948
Hampton - Also known as
- Billy Pierce
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Berklee College of Music
- Employment
- Berklee College of Music
- Lived in
- Virginia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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