Bill Kopper

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Bill Kopper is a Boulder, Colorado-based guitarist known for his expertise in American Jazz and Blues, and Brazilian Samba and Choro. Adept on electric, classical, and 7-string classical guitar, he is featured on a diverse selection of recordings including his own CDs Samba de Chueca and El Oeste. He is also on Black Lace Freudian Slip, and Slut Energy Theory 2017, jazz vocalist and 2017 Grammy nominee Rene Marie's CDs. Bill has also played on: Samba/Pagode group Ginga's eponymous EP release; Choro Clarinetist Dexter Payne's discs Pra Voce and Jazz For All; Vocalist Sonya Vallet's debut recording Moments in Passing, jazz saxophonist Nelson Rangell's Soul to Souls and American Songbook; trumpeter Brad Goode's Polytonal Dance Party and Chicago Red; Peruvian songstress Cristina Mendoza Vidal's debut release, La Aurora, Icaros from the Amazon (a song from Cayal was featured on the documentary A Fierce Green Fire.), and more. He is currently a guitar instructor at the University of Colorado/Denver where he has taught for the last six years.

Pathways To Jazz supported album: Muzzungo