Bill Shreeve
Musician in San Diego, CA
- Bill Shreeve
- 49 years old, Male, San Diego, California, 92129
- Member #
- 442160
- Member since
- 29 Oct 2011
- Last activity record:
- Active over 1 month ago
- Instruments played:
- Flute, Saxophone
- Genre:
- Funk, Classic Rock, Jazz
- Screen name:
- Bill Shreeve
- Location:
- San Diego, California, 92129
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 49 years old
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
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Bill Shreeve Bio
Bill plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones, Flute, Piccolo and hand percussion.
Bill’s 2008 CD release, “Feel This” won a nomination for best jazz album 2008 by the San Diego Music Awards and San Diego Music Academy.
Bill has been performing professionally since 1976 in a variety of musical ensembles from small jazz groups, to 17 piece big band orchestras, to top 40 and rock bands. Bill has performed with Fattburger, Peter Sprague, Steve Laury, Bill Watros, Jaime Valle, Hollis Gentry, The Coasters, Danny Gans Orchestra, The Temptations, Charo, local cover bands Haute Chile, NRG, Liquid Blue, Soul Persuaders, Diva Soul, The Heroes, Kicks, Baytown Band and many others. He is a freelance woodwind player in a variety of pop, rock, and jazz groups in the Southern California region.
Bill is strongly influenced by a diverse bunch of Saxophone luminaries including Stan Getz, Paul Desmond, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, Michael Brecker, Brandon Fields, David Sanborn, Eric Marienthal, and Hollis Gentry to name a few. In the early eighty’s, Bill began leading his own jazz groups, Tangerine, The Shreeve Brothers, and then The Bill Shreeve Sextet performing at all the popular jazz nightclub venues throughout the San Diego region.
In 1985, Bill created what was to become one of Southern California’s more popular dance bands, Aire Play. Aire Play performs almost exclusively at corporate events, weddings, and private parties of every nature and features five to twelve musicians. Aire Play delivers a wide selection of material from current top 40, rock, soul, disco, R & B, contemporary and classic jazz, swing, Latin, and big band era music. Bill also formed and leads the band Summer Wind featuring a classic Sinatra/Dean Martin/Bobby Darin vocal repertoire featuring Dave Scott on vocals.
Bill’s jazz playing remains a big focus of his attention and he has been a featured artist for over 12 years on Mondays at Croce’s Jazz bar (San Diego’s iconic jazz club) performing with Monsoon (featuring Bill’s original material), and with the Latin Jazz group Yavaz at Croce’s on Fridays.
Influences
Jr. Walker, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Eric Marienthal, Brandon Fields, Ernie Watts, Coltrane, Phil Woods, Stan Getz,
Equipment List
Sorano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone saxes, Flute, EWI.