Steve Bill
Guitarist, arranger, composer, producer, Musical director
Steve Bill has been a busy recording and performing guitarist on the east coast since 1972.
In the early 80’s, he was voted the most recorded guitar player by the New York Recording Musicians Society for his work on hundreds of jingles, television shows and movies. From 1976 thru 1993 he was featured performer at Windows on the World, as well as assistant musical director. He currently serves as musical director for many special events at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Town Hall. Besides being the leader of The Sound Choice, he also runs Room 368 Productions, one of the largest contemporary ethnic music, and film music production and distribution companies.
PERFORMANCES WITH: (selected partial listing)
Frank Sinatra Aretha Franklin Donna Summer
Tony Bennett Patti LaBelle Whitney Houston
Sarah Vaughn James Brown Barbara Striesand
Wayne Newton Carly Simon Ricky Martin
Donald O’Connor Englebert Humperdinck Ray Charles
Florence Henderson Tom Jones Jerry Vale
Clint Holmes Count Basie Doc Severensen
Merv Griffin Paquito D’Rivera Jay Black
Kathy Matera Kathy Lee Gifford Danny Gans
AS LEADER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: (partial listing)
The trio at Windows on the World: 1976 thru 1993
The Cerebral Palsy Telethon: 1980 thru 1995
The Daytime Emmy Awards
The Tony Awards
The Clio Awards
The Grammy Awards
The Muscular Dystrophy Telethon: 1990 thru 2000
The Miss USA Pageant
The American Greeting Cards Awards Ceremony
TELEVISION: (selected partial listing)
All My Children (Staff guitarist)
The Jem Show (Staff guitarist, assistant writer)
The Latin Music Awards
Sesame Street
Miss Teenage USA
ABC Television After School Specials
The Thanksgiving Day Parade
Saturday Night Live
MOVIES: (selected partial listing)
The Butchers Wife
Scent of a Woman
The Muppets take Manhattan
Die Hard 3
TELEVISION AND RADIO COMERCIALS:
Burger King
Pepsi
Coca Cola
Hasbro Toys: The Transformers, GI Joe, My Little Pony
Milton Bradley
Playskool
K Mart
Johnson and Johnson
IBM
Sunkist
7 UP
Wendy’s
McDonalds
Delta
American Airlines
Folgers
General Electric
Microsoft
Food Emporium
20/20
Exxon
Subway
Clairol
JEWISH ARTISTS:
Avraham Fried: Conductor and Musical Director 1980 thru present
Dedi
MBD
Shlock Rock: Producer and Arranger 1983 thru present
Shoime Dachs
Yeedle
Shlomo Carlebach: Producer/Arranger 6 double albums
Mendy Wald
Dudu Fisher
Oif Simchas
Uncle Moishe
Miami Boys Choir
Diaspora Yeshiva Band
Moshe Yes
Yisroel Wulliger
Ron Eliran
Beatachon: Producer 4 albums
Mike Burstyn
Bruce Adler
Yaakov Shwekey
The Chevra
Shalsheles
Journeys
JEWISH TELIVISION AND CONCERTS:
The Hasc Show at Avery Fisher Hall
The New York Chabad Telethon: Musical Director 1994- present
Haazinu Concerts: Musical Director 1995- present
Yeshiva University Chanuka Concerts: Musical Director
Shoroshim Concert for Russian Jews: Musical Director
The Los Angeles Chabad Telethon: Musical Director