Bill Ware


Bill Ware III born William Anthony Ware III is an American jazz vibraphonist.

Musical career

Ware played bass and piano early in his career, playing at the Harlem Jazzmobile. After spending several years playing Latin jazz, he formed his own Latin Jazz group, AM Sleep. He joined the Jazz Passengers in 1987, and in 1990 put together a group of sidemen as the Club Bird All-Stars, who accompanied him on a tour of Japan. Alongside this, he played with Groove Collective and Steely Dan in the first half of the 1990s. Later in the decade he teamed up with fellow former Jazz Passengers, Brad Jones and E. J. Rodriguez, in the ensemble Vibes. His 2001 tribute to Duke Ellington was recorded with Marc Ribot on guitar. Debbie Harry provided guest vocals on his 2002 effort Four. In the mid-2000s, Ware did several projects blending jazz with Western classical musicas well as 5 film scores.

Discography

As leader

Long and Skinny The Adventure This Is No Time Keeping Up with the Jones Sir Duke Wonder Full Played Right
With Groove CollectiveGroove Collective Nerd We the People Dance of the Drunken Master Declassified It's All in Your Mind
With The Jazz PassengersImplement Yourself Live at the Knitting Factory Plain Old Joe In Love Individually Twisted Re-United April 1990 Still Life with Trouble
With VibesVibes With Drawn Liebe Tunina
  • ''Vibes 4''

As sideman

With Elvis CostelloWhen I Was Cruel Tear Off Your Own Head North The Juliet Letters
With Roy NathansonBroken Night Red Light Deranged & Decomposed Little Fred Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill
With others