Bill Champitto is a fiery Boston-based singer/songwriter/pianist and Hammond B3 organist whose music was aptly defined by an ardent web fan as “Soul, Funkifed Jazz.”

Originally from Troy, New York, Bill started playing keyboards by ear at age 15 when two of his closest friends received a drum set and a guitar for Christmas gifts.

Being self-taught, Bill picked up everything he could from the wide variety of the players he worked with, including jazz standards, jazz fusion, reggae, Southern rock, blues, alternative rock and Latin styles.

In 1981, wanting to learn as much as possible about the music he loved, Bill moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. By 1983, Bill had graduated from Berklee, Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music Degree.

Despite a multi-year break from performing in the late 1990s - early 2000s, music still circulated strongly in Bill’s blood. The corporate world provided a living, but music remained his heartbeat. When Bill returned to the scene in 2005, his new band was hot enough to open for the legendary James Cotton, James Montgomery’s Blues Band, Paula Cole and others.

2009 will bring the release of another hot, new CD. Entitled Bounce, this new disc will celebrate Bill’s full “bounce back to his first love, music.”

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