Bill Anschell

Pianist Bill Anschell’s concert credits include seven European tours with vocalist Nnenna Freelon and seven South American tours leading his own trio. He is also a prolific composer; his original pieces have been heard on“The West Wing,” “The Wire,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and many other cable shows and movies. Anschell, a Seattle native, returned to the Emerald city in 2002 after a long residency in Atlanta. He received Golden Ear Awards as the “Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year” in 2005, 2010 and 2011; his trio was named “Northwest Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year” in 2006; his CD Figments won “Northwest Jazz Recording of the Year” in 2011; and in 2016 he was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. Anschell also regularly composes and records electronic pieces in styles outside of jazz; most recently he scored the podcast series "Forgotten Prison," produced by Seattle's primary NPR affiliate KNKX-fm.