Bill O`Connell

Savant Records release  A Change is Gonna Come, the powerful new release from esteemed pianist, composer, arranger and newly-minted GRAMMY? nominee Bill O'Connell.

This particular moment in history is a fraught one; A Change Is Gonna Come brings that point home with impassioned music reacting to the rampant racial and political injustice and pandemic-fueled turmoil of the present moment.

A Change is Gonna Come features O'Connell alongside bassist Lincoln Goines, drummer Steve Jordan, percussionist Pedrito Martinez, and special guest Craig Handy tenor and soprano saxophone.

PERSONNEL:

• Bill O’Connell - (piano and Fender Rhodes) (3, 6)
• Lincoln Goines - (electric bass)
• Robby Ameen - (drums)

• Featuring:
• Randy Brecker - (trumpet) (5)
• Craig Handy - (tenor saxophone) (3)
• Conrad Herwig - (trombone) (8)
• Andrea Brachfeld - (flute) (6)
• Dan Carillo - (guitar (5, 9)

New Jersey, January 10, 2018

TRACKS:

• 01. Obama Samba
• 02. Just One of Those Things
• 03. It’s OK
• 04: Footprints
• 05. Goodbye My Friend
• 06. Quicksand
• 07. Tip Toes
• 08. Puttin’ on the Ritz
• 09. Mom’s Song
• 10. Zingaro
• 11. What Is This?