Bill Cunliffe
- Date
- Friday, December 4, 2026
- Times
- Show 9 PM
Show 10:30 PM - Venue
- Mezzrow, West Village
- Genre
- Jazz
Bill Cunliffe plays Mezzrow, a 50-capacity small room in West Village, on Friday, December 4. The show starts at 9 PM. Tickets are $43.70 plus fees. This one could sell out: strong draw for a room this size (7k listeners, 50 capacity).
Bill Cunliffe, studied classical piano initially, but switched to jazz after meeting Mary Lou Williams at Duke University. Upon graduating from the Eastman School of Music, he taught music at Central State University in Wilberforce Ohio, before touring with Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra. He returned to Cincinnati for three years as the house pianist at the Greenwich Tavern, and performed with James Moody, Jon Faddis, Red Rodney, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Berg, Junior Cook, Sonny Fortune, Woody Shaw, Michael Brecker, George Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, and Art Blakey.


Bill Cunliffe is a jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, and he first fell under the influence of jazz while studying at Duke University with the great pianist Mary Lou Williams.
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