Bill Coon is a Canadian jazz and composer. He is a Juno nominated artist and the winner of the 2009 National Jazz Awards, ‘Guitarist of the Year’.^[2][3] He is known for performing artists such as Miles Black and Jodi Proznick (as Triology),^[4] Lonnie Smith,^[5] Brad Turner,^[6] Peter Bernstein, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ian McDougall, P. J. Perry, Sheila Jordan, Phil Dwyer, Peter Washington,^[7] and Oliver Gannon.^[8][2] His compositions and arrangements have been commissioned by large ensembles such as the CBC Radio Orchestra, John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra, and the Dal Richards Orchestra.^[7] He graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies in 1988, and a Masters of Education from Simon Fraser University in 2012.^[9]

A recipient of multiple Canada Council for the Arts awards, he has studied with Jim Hall, Neil Chotem,^[1] and Louis Stewart.^[2]

He is a faculty member at Capilano University,^[9] as well as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.^[7]

Coon is married to band leader and former trombonist Jill Townsend.^[10]

Discography

• "Speakeasy" (2003) - Bill Coon Trio^[11]
• "Two Much Guitar" (2006) - Bill Coon / Oliver Gannon^[12]
• "With Benefits" (2013) - Cory Weeds / Bill Coon Quartet^[13]
• "Triology" (2014) - Triology (with Jodi Proznick and Miles Black)
• "Two Much More!" (2015) - Oliver Gannon / Bill Coon^[14]
• "Legacy, The Music Of Ross Taggart" (2015) - Jill Townsend Big Band^[15]
• "StringSongs" - Laura Crema / Bill Coon^[16]

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