{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode #21 - Bill Reichenbach","description":"Bill Reichenbach grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland where he studied trombone with Gene Brusiloff and Robert Isele. After high school, Bill was accepted to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. There, he studied with the great Emory Remington. While still a student, Bill began his recording career by playing lead trombone on several Chuck Mangione albums, a couple of albums with the Eastman Wind Ensemble (one on bass trombone and another one on euphonium), and the first recording of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s \u201cMass\u201d (on bass trombone) which was composed for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  After graduation, Bill toured for while with the Buddy Rich Big Band on bass trombone. During this time, the band recorded an album called \u201cStick It\u201d which featured Bill on an arrangement of Jobim\u2019s \u201cWave\u201d.  In 1975, Bill moved to L.A. where he started playing the jazz tenor trombone chair on Toshiko Akiyoshi\u2019s big band. He made quite a few albums with the band over the next several years and was a featured soloist on all of them. At the same time, Bill was also the solo jazz trombone player on Don Menza\u2019s big band and he recorded solos on an album with the band. Don put together a sextet out of the big band and featured Bill on tenor and bass trombone on a recording with that band.  As a studio player, Bill has played on about 2000 records, 1000 motion pictures, and countless TV shows and jingles.  Bill\u2019s jazz quartet album "Special Edition" (Nothing But Bills Records) featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Jimmy Johnson on bass, and Biff Hannon on piano, reached number 10 on the national jazz radio play lists.  New York trombonist Mike Davis and Bill have done 4 albums together - \u201cBonetown\u201d, \u201cBrass Nation\u201d, "New Brass" and most recently, \u201cAbsolute Trombone II\u201d and have played concerts all over the United States, Canada, and Europe.  Bill has been a featured artist and clinician at several International Trombone Festivals including Utrecht (Holland), Nashville, Urbana (Illinois), North Texas State University, and most recently Las Vegas (2007), and Salt Lake City (2023).  Some of the artists Bill has recorded with:  Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., The Jonas Brothers, Christine Aguilera, Seal, Mya, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Toto, The Yellowjackets, Seawind, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, David Foster, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Earth Wind and Fire, Dr. John, Arrowsmith, and Ray Charles.  Some of the motion pictures which Bill has played on are:  \u201cIndiana Jones 5\u201d  "Wolverine"   "Night in the Museum 2"  \u201cIndiana Jones and the Curse of the Crystal Skull\u201d  "Up"  \u201cSex in the City\u201d  \u201cHancock\u201d  \u201cRatatouille\u201d  \u201cSpiderman 3\u201d  \u201cHairspray\u201d \u201cDreamgirls\u201d  \u201cTransformers\u201d  \u201cAmerican Gangster\u201d \u201cWall-E\u201d  \u201cI Am Legend\u201d  \u201cDreamcatcher\u201d  \u201cX-men II\u201d  \u201cIdentity\u201d  \u201cThe Core\u201d  \u201cDaredevil\u201d  \u201cRed Dragon  \u201cChicago\u201d  \u201cMen in Black II\u201d  \u201cXXX\u201d  \u201cTraining Day\u201d  \u201cSpiderman\u201d  \u201cCollateral Damage\u201d \u201cBlack Hawk Down\u201d \u201cPlanet of the Apes\u201d \u201cMonsters, Inc\u201d  \u201cDon\u2019t Say a Word\u201d \u201cZoolander\u201d  \u201cPrincess Diaries\u201d  \u201cAmerican Pie 2\u201d  \u201cLegally Blond\u201d  \u201cScary Movie 2\u201d  \u201cThe Mummy Returns\u201d \u201cEvolution\u201d  \u201cWhat Women Want\u201d \u201cProof of Life\u201d  "X-men"   "Space Cowboys"  "Remember the Titans"  "Meet the Parents"  "Family Man"   "Charlie\u2019s Angels"  \u201cThe Matrix\u201d  \u201cThe General\u2019s Daughter\u201d \u201cThe Green Mile\u201d  \u201cSouth Park\u201d  \u201cSixth Sense\u2019  \u201cDeep Blue Sea\u201d  \u201cToy Story 2\u201d  \u201cMagnolia\u201d  \u201cStuart Little\u201d  \u201cGalaxy Quest\u2019 \u201cReindeer Games\u201d  \u201cU-571\u201d  \u201cGodzilla\u201d  \u201cContact\u201d  \u201cConspiracy Theory\u201d  \u201cThe Jackal\u201d  \u201cAlien Resurrection\u201d  \u201cMen in Black\u201d  \u201cAir Force One\u201d  \u201cBatman and Robin\u201d  \u201cForrest Gump\u201d  \u201cIndependence Day\u201d  \u201cMars Attacks\u201d  \u201cHercules\u201d  \u201cMission Impossible\u201d  \u201cBatman Returns\u201d  \u201cTwister\u201d  \u201cThe Rock\u201d  \u201cStarship Troupers\u201d  \u201cThe Frighteners\u201d  \u201cJurassic Park\u201d  \u201cNixon\u201d  Bill is an Artist-clinician for the Greenhoe\/Shilke Co. He has given master classes and clinics throughout the United States, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.  As a writer and arranger, Bill has worked on records for Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Diana Ross and others. He has arranged many HBO Special Themes and composed the theme for the HBO \u201cOne Night Stand\u201d comedy show. Bill also composed the theme for Fox\u2019s animated series \u201cPeter Pan & the Pirates\u201d as well as much of the underscoring. He contributed to such films and shows as \u201cLicorice Pizza\u201d, \u201cI Love Trouble\u201d, \u201cFrank\u2019s Place\u201d, \u201cBaby Boom\u201d, \u201cBrand New Life\u201d, \u201cSnoops\u201d, \u201cTeen Wolf\u201d, and the special \u201cCartoon All-Stars to the Rescue\u201d. Bill composed the main title for a series of Kurt Vonnegut stories called \u201cWelcome to the Monkey House\u201d for Showtime. He composed a score for a documentary film about Frank Lloyd Wright called \u201cA Very Proud House\u201d.  Bill has also composed pieces for Wind Ensemble including "Streets of Paris" which was recently premiered by trombone soloist Larry Zalkind and The Riverside City College Wind Ensemble conducted by Kevin Mayse, \u201cAtlantic Crossing\u201d, \u201cStreets of Paris\u201d, \u201cThe Improbable Journey\u201d, \u201cFanfares, Questions and Answers\u201d, and \u201cAn American Dream\u201d. Bill and family now live near Asheville, NC.  Bill plays the Greenhoe Bass Trombone   ","author_name":"The Trombone Corner","author_url":"http:\/\/www.bobreeves.com","html":"