Bill Champitto - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Bill's is a singer, pianist, songwriter who calls the Boston area home. He started playing rock and blues on the Hammond B3. His first working gig was with a bar band that played the waterfront in Troy, New York in a 9 piece band that covered everyone from Chicago to Earth, Wind and Fire, to the Ohio Players (so he's dating himself here) and jam bands like The Allman Brothers, Santana and Tower of Power.
A few bands later, Bill found himself on the road with club and small venue acts. Being self taught, Bill picked up everything he could from the wide variety of the players he toured with, learning jazz fusion from a sax player he worked with from the mid-west, jazz standards from a guitarist from New York, reggae from a bassist from the West Indies, southern rock and blues from another bassist , a retired-marine from Georgia, alternative rock from a drummer and a singer he met in upstate New York, and Latin and Salsa from drummer who seemed to not have a home.
billchampitto.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Website: billchampitto.com
Band Members: Purchase the CD... Water's Edge

Click here to sign up for Bill's email newsletter "

Bill performs with various sizes of bands and often performs solo, singing at a piano or keyboard. He has been performing frequently with percussionist Ricardo Monzon and bassist Keith Kirkpatrick.

Get a ring tone of "You Know Me" sent to your phone - FREE

You Know Me
Influences: Bill's soulful, jazz influenced style, (called soulful, funkified jazz in a recent review) combined with his infectious energy make for a must see live performance.

Sounds Like: Bill is a passionate performer who makes an emotional connection to his audience with wide range of vocal and piano capability.He would also like you to check out his wife's stained glass art at FreshCutGlass.com
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Blues Grill, June 13 - hitting the curve ball...

I was honored to work with my old friend Ricardo Monzon which is always a setting for magical things. The club is having a dispute with the major licensing organizations (BMI, ASCAP and SESAC) which i...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:00 PST

The Revolution June 11 gig....

The Revolution turned out to be an interesting night. There was a booking mix-up as happens occasionally so there were three bands performing that night. We had to quickly scramble to make sure everyo...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:04:00 PST

Featured Artist this week on WAM

I am just dropping a quick note that I am a featured artist this week on http://www.whatamusic.com/. I hope you stop by and check out the small article and front page picture. Be well. ...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Sun, 04 May 2008 07:30:00 PST

The results from the Newport Jazz Fest contest are in... Thanks

I am sorry it took a couple of days to post this& I have been swamped. But I want to thank you for all of your support over the last two months. We placed 3rd for April's JVC Newport Jazz Festival con...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Sat, 03 May 2008 07:01:00 PST

1st Place... I owe you!!! I didnt know what I was asking&.

First let me say Thank You for your support as we won First Place in March’s competition for the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, and I will now be considered for a performance slot at the festival th...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, and Napster

My most recent CD, "Water’s Edge" is now available for sale on the worlds most popular online music stores. The CD had already been released on Snocap and directly through my website at www...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:01:00 PST

March 08 Shows.

..> Click here to view this email in a browser ..> Hello Bill Champitto, I hope this email finds you well. This email includes some upcoming shows and I hope you can make it to some of them....
Posted by Bill Champitto on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:54:00 PST

Am I selling my soul... again?

I recently became part of another very interesting online artist community. There was a thread of discussion where my fellow artists were basically saying their souls are not for sale. They started ta...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:07:00 PST

a quick question about myspace

...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:36:00 PST

a review from "The Vault"

The Vault, a prominent music industry magazine that focuses on upcoming indie artists targeting the music industry execs who are interested in this talent pool. Here is their entire review... Bill Ch...
Posted by Bill Champitto on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:21:00 PST