Bill Stapleton

Bill Stapleton

William John "Bill" Stapleton (May 4, 1945, Blue Island, Illinois - July 14, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger.

Stapleton attended North Texas State University (1963-67, 1971), where he played in the school's big band. He played with Woody Herman in 1972-74 as a trumpeter and flugelhornist, including on his albums "The Raven Speaks" and "Giant Steps". He also arranged five of the pieces on "Giant Steps". He then wroked with Neal Hefti (1974), Bill Holman (1974-75), and Alan Broadbent (1979). In 1981 he made an appearance with Herman at the Concord Jazz Festival. He died as a result of alcoholism in 1984.

References

*Scott Yanow, "Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet". Backbeat Books, 2001, p. 351. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6Ny0Xu-O9PkC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=%22bill+stapleton%22+jazz&source=web&ots=hXe3DtqBJy&sig=svMPgJejJR36IfuTRkHkUXHBtjw&hl=en Google Books mirror]
*"Bill Stapleton", "Grove Jazz" online.


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