What happened to Bill Charlap?

[Bol]

Does anyone know? I used to love picking up one or two of his releases a year -- from Blue Note and Venus. I wonder why he has stopped recording. And now that I am on the W. Coast, I no longer get to see him perform.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Nobody is really recording much these days. Look at the latest new releases from... well, *any* label. Jazz, blues & classical are all suffering from this.

[clifford_thornton]

His last disc as a leader (piano duos w/ Renee Rosnes) was released in 2010, which isn't too long ago all things considered. Seems like he gigs regularly out east. It appears he's had some TV gigs as well. Nice work if you can get it.

Edited April 29, 2013 by clifford_thornton

[marcello]

In recent years he has been the Artistic Director of the 92nd Street Y's Jazz In July series.

[Steve Reynolds]

Nobody is really recording much these days. Look at the latest new releases from... well, *any* label. Jazz, blues & classical are all suffering from this.

Certain artists record like there is no tomorrow, certainly most jazz musicians get their music released on independent labels with results that vary wildly.

Many have releases on multiple labels. Take a look, for example, at Jon Irabagon's very large discography. He is an active NY jazz musician who is much less well known than Charlap yet he is very heavily involved in recordings, gigs, etc as are many, many other jazz musicians who are rarely mentioned on this board.

[ValerieB]

as others have said, he definitely gigs around NYC. i'm looking forward to hearing him on next year's Jazz Cruise where he will play with his trio.

[paul secor]

He used to live in my old hometown in Dutchess County, N.Y. and used to come into the post office where I worked.