Bill Meredith

Bill Meredith
Background information
Birth name Bill Meredith
Born 1960
Origin Lake Worth, Florida
Genres Pop, rock
Occupation(s) Music and sports writer, journalist, musician
Instruments Drums, percussion
Years active 1980 –
Associated acts Palm Beach Post, Jazziz
Website Palm Beach PostJazziz

William Stevens Meredith (1960 – Lake Worth, Florida) is an American music and sports writer, journalist, drummer, percussionist and singer. He is best known with his extensive work as music writer in music magazines such as Jazziz which is an international Jazz magazine, Maryland-based JazzTimes, JazzBluesFlorida and Palm Beach Post.

Bill Meredith was born in Lake Worth, Florida. He had big interest in both, writing and music. His first official writing assignments were for The Kaleidoscope at now Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach. After the high school, he attended Palm Beach Community College where he also served as editor-in-chief for The Beachcomber. The University of Florida followed. In the 1980s, completing his prime education, Bill started two careers simultaneously, in journalism and music.

In the 1990s, while he was playing with different bands, he wrote for Modern Drummer, allmusic and Free Press magazines. Meredith has played drums with the band Acoustic Remedy since 2002 and the group won Best Local Band Award in The Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.[1] This event is being organized annually by Cityvoter. Meredith started a still-standing association with the international jazz monthly Jazziz in 2000, working as an assistant editor from 2004 to 2006.[2] He continues to write CD reviews, stories and Q&As for the magazine.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2001, he was hired for the still-standing bi-weekly Local Music column in the Palm Beach Post.[8] Other publications include, Closer and the West Palm Tribune. His recording credits include a release by Andy Stein, Strings of Consciousness[9]

His name was included in the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt's (Germany) bibliographical information.[10]

In 2006, Meredith became a feature story and reviews contributor to Maryland-based jazz magazine JazzTimes[11][12] and started writing sports for the Palm Beach Post.[13] Other current magazine endeavors include the jazz and blues online monthly JazzBluesFlorida[14] and Palm Beach Arts Paper, an online blog and monthly print publication.[15][16]

Since 2007, Meredith has recorded the CDs Black Finger Forever and Where's My Parade with Black Finger, filmed music videos for the songs "Hold On" and "Sugar."

Bill's recent article, an interview with Billy Cobham, Billy Cobham A&Q was published in Jazziz, winther 2010 issue. He is a member of the Authors Guild in New York.[17][18] His wife Ginny, a violinist and singer, is the executive director of Inspirit, a South Florida-based nonprofit that takes musicians to perform for people in restricted environments like pediatric wards, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, shelters and retirement homes.[19]

Meredith as a sideman (Drummer, percussionist)

References

  1. ↑ Acoustic Remedy Winning Best Local Band Award
  2. ↑ By Bill Meredith, Jazziz, August 2006
  3. ↑ Quotes and Articles
  4. ↑ By Bill Meredith, Jazziz, January/February 2007
  5. ↑ Vichita Jazz Festival Artist review by Bill Meredith
  6. ↑ Bill Meredith Jazziz Summer 2009
  7. ↑ Bill Meredith Jazziz Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Nine Stories Wide (Criss Cross Jazz)
  8. ↑ Meredith’s columns Palm Beach Post
  9. ↑ Allmusic Strings of Consciousness
  10. ↑ Jazzinstitut Darmstadt Bill Meredith: Working Overtime, in: Jazziz, 22/3 (Mar.2005), p. 54-55 (DVD-R)
  11. ↑ Bill Meredith Article Jazztimes #1 Bunky Green: Teachin’, Tourin’, Kickin’ A… by Bill Meredith, Jazztimes 2008
  12. ↑ Bill Meredith Article Jazztimes #2 The Art of Comprise by Bill Meredith, Jazztimes, 11/22/09
  13. ↑ Msn/Foxsports Bill Meredith Article South Fork High football, baseball standout hopes to play both at FAU By Bill Meredith, September 20, 2010
  14. ↑ Bill Meredith Article Jazzblues Florida Festival Miami Bill, a Meredith interview Rhythm is their business, Jazzblues Florida, October 23, 2009
  15. ↑ Bill Meredith Article, Palm Beach ArtsPaper #1 Maude Maggart an interview by Bill Meredith, Palm Beach ArtsPaper July 7, 2009
  16. ↑ Bill Meredith Article, Palm Beach ArtsPaper #2 Authentic Bluegrass, by way of Switzerland by Bille Meredith, Palm Beach ArtsPaper, April 9, 2010
  17. ↑ Author's Guild Members’ Web site List
  18. ↑ Author’s Guild New York
  19. ↑ Inspirit A Nonprofit Organization

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