Jazz Articles about Bill Prince

Bill Prince: Happy Thoughts

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2001

Some people, it seems, will do almost anything to avoid hiring a band. (Sorry, Bill; couldn’t resist the cheap shot.) The truth is, Bill Prince is no one–man band — but if it weren’t for Rick Kirkland he would be! Kirkland plays drums on Prince’s spectacular new “big–band” album, Happy Thoughts, and Prince plays everything else. That’s right — trumpets, trombones, reeds, even piano and bass! How does he do it? That was the first question that sprang to mind ...