William Stevens Meredith (born 1960 in

Lake Worth, Florida Lake Worth Beach, previously named Lake Worth, is a city in east-central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located about north of Miami. The city's name is derived from the body of water along its eastern border known as the Lake Wort ...

) is an American music and sports writer, journalist, drummer, percussionist and singer. He is best known with his extensive work as music writer in music magazines such as Jazziz which is an international Jazz magazine,

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-based

JazzTimes ''JazzTimes'' was an American print magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1970 by Ira Sabin as the newsletter ''Radio Free Jazz'' to complement his record store. Coverage After a decade ...

, JazzBluesFlorida and Palm Beach Post. Bill Meredith was born in Lake Worth, Florida. He had big interest in both, writing and music. His first official writing assignments were for The Kaleidoscope at now

Dreyfoos School of the Arts Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts (DSOA) is a Public school (government funded), public high school in West Palm Beach, Florida. Formerly named the Palm Beach County School of the Arts (also known as "School of the Arts" or "SOA"), the sc ...

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. After the high school, he attended Palm Beach Community College where he also served as editor-in-chief for The Beachcomber. The

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followed. In the 1980s, completing his prime education, Bill started two careers simultaneously, in journalism and music. In the 1990s, while he was playing with different bands, he wrote for

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allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

and Free Press magazines. Meredith has played drums with the band Acoustic Remedy since 2002 and the group won ''Best Local Band Award'' in The Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. This event is being organized annually by Cityvoter. Meredith started a still-standing association with the international jazz monthly ''Jazziz'' in 2000, working as an assistant editor from 2004 to 2006. He continues to write CD reviews, stories and Q&As for the magazine. In 2001, he was hired for the bi-weekly ''Local Music'' column in the Palm Beach Post. Other publications include, ''Closer'' and the ''West Palm Tribune''. His recording credits include a release by

Andy Stein Andy Stein is an American saxophone and violin player. He is a member of The Guys All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and the movie. He was a founding member of the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Pla ...

, Strings of Consciousness His name was included in the ''Jazzinstitut Darmstadts (Germany) bibliographical information. In 2006, Meredith became a feature story and reviews contributor to Maryland-based jazz magazine

and started writing sports for the Palm Beach Post. Other magazine endeavors included the jazz and blues online monthly JazzBluesFlorida and Palm Beach Arts Paper, an online blog and monthly print publication. Since 2007, Meredith has recorded the CDs Black Finger Forever and Where's My Parade with Black Finger, filmed music videos for the songs "Hold On" and "Sugar." Bill's recent article, an interview with

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the '' Mode ...

, ''Billy Cobham A&Q'' was published in Jazziz, winter 2010 issue. He is a member of the

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in New York. His ex-wife Ginny, a violinist and singer, is the executive director of ''Inspirit'', a

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-based nonprofit that takes musicians to perform for people in restricted environments like pediatric wards, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, shelters and retirement homes.''Inspirit'' A Nonprofit Organization
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Meredith as a sideman (Drummer, percussionist)

* Big Brass Bed – A Few Dylan Songs (Solstice Records) * Jason Colannino – Piece of the Sun (JC Records) * Friction Farm – 34 Degrees, 32 Minutes (Quinn/Stay Records) * Black Finger – Where's My Parade (Ethyl Records) * Andy Stein – Strings of Consciousness (S of G Music Group) (See ref#6) * The Funky Blu Roots – 'Live' (FBR Records)

References

External links

Official Site
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