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Will Boulware
Will was born 1952 in Bardstown, Kentucky. He started playing the piano at age five. At age 10, Will bought
a set of drums and formed his first group Wee Willy & The Winks in which he played drums doing surf
music until 13 when he traded in the drums for his first electric keyboard and started to listen to Jimmy
Smith and his fathers Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck records. When he was fourteen, he was already in an
R&B group performing. He also played the organ in a trio he formed and started performing his own
compositions. By 1972, his songs were recorded by B.B. King. In 1973, he went to New York where he mainly
worked doing recording sessions in commercial field.
In the 80s, Will lived in California doing some solo piano gigs and working with guitarists such as Scott Henderson, Phil Upchurch and Ron Eschete. By 1990, Will moved back to NYC where he started working with the late Phyllis Hyman and still doing some session work before starting in 1993, a 10-year organ stint with saxophonist Maceo Parker and touring with The Blues Brothers (1998), John Scofield (1999) and Carla Bley (2000). He also performed on Rodney Jones recordings and others. |
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Southern Exposure Minor Music MM 801033 recorded in Metairie, LA/USA and New York City/USA |
Maceo Parker, alto sax Roderick Paulin, tenor sax Fred Wesley, trombone Reginald Steward, trombone Kermit Ruffins, trumpet Philip Frazier, tuba Leo Nocentelli, guitar Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ George Porter Jr., bass Herman Ernest III, drums |
Maceo Minor Music MM 801046 recorded April 1994 in Hamburg/Germany |
Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Fred Wesley, trombone, vocals Pee Wee Ellis, tenor sax, vocals Will Boulware, organ Bruno Speight, guitar Jerry Preston, bass Jamal Thomas, drums |
Funk Overload ESC Records 03657-2 recorded February 1998 in New York/USA |
Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Cory Parker, vocals Fred Wesley, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Vincent Henry, tenor sax Bruno Speight, guitar Will Boulware, Hammond organ Jerry Preston, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Steve Conte, guitar |
Dial: M-A-C-E-O What Are Records? WARPO3818 recorded September 1999 in New York City/USA and Minneapolis, MN/USA |
Maceo Parker, alto sax, flute, percussion, piano, vocals Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Kevin Hupp, drums, percussion Bruno Speight, guitar Will Boulware, keyboards, Hammond organ, strings, synthesizer Vincent Henry, tenor sax Greg Boyer, trombone Bennie Cowan, trumpet Ron Tooley, trumpet 'Sweet' Charles Sherrell, vocals Corey Parker, vocals James Taylor, vocals Ani DiFranco, vocals |
Over Crystal Green Eighty-Eight's VRGL 8801 recorded January 2002 in New York City/USA |
Will Boulware, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer Bob Berg, tenor sax Michael Brecker, tenor sax Randy Brecker, trumpet Peter Bernstein, guitar Jon Werking, synthesizer Will Lee, bass Steve Gadd, drums |
Made By Maceo ESC Records 03680-2 recorded October/November 2002 in Bonn/Germany |
Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Greg Boyer, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Vincent Henry, tenor sax Will Boulware, Hammond organ, piano Bruno Speight, guitar Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Corey Parker, vocals Candy Dulfer, alto sax |
Live At 34th International Jazzweek Burghausen 2003 BR alpha recorded 2003 live at Wackerhalle in Burghausen/Germany |
Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Greg Boyer, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Corey Parker, vocals Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards Bruno Speight, guitar Rodney Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Martha High, vocals Charles Sherrell, vocals |
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