When Bill Tannebring was gigging around Boston in the 70's, he had every intention of making his career as a jazz musician. And why shouldn't he? He was proficient as a pianist and vibraphonist (he'd been playing piano since he was 5 years old). The city and it's musical Mecca, the Berklee School made Boston one of the most exiting jazz environments in the country attracting talented musical artists from all over the world. Performing regularly with drummer Peter Donald, bassist Mirislav Vitous, guitarist John Abercrombie and others, Bill experienced many musical highs. For years, he was one of the house pianists at Paul's Mall one of three great venues in Kenmore Square that included the Jazz Workshop and the Inner Circle. It wasn't unusual to find Bill and his trio in the Mall, while John Coltrane or Mongo Santamaria performed at The Jazz Workshop and Keith Jarrett played solo piano in The Inner Circle. And because Boston was the home of other great pianists at that time including Dave McKenna, Chick Corea, Alan Broadbent, Hal Galper and Jan Hammer, it's no wonder that Bill was able to develop the style that is uniquely his.

But Bill discovered that he had other talents as a television producer and broadcaster and soon became the moving force behind the country's first ever-weekly jazz television program. JAZZ on WGBH was hosted by the great trumpeter and band leader Herb Pomeroy. For three seasons, Bill, as the program's producer, attracted some of the worlds greatest jazz musicians including Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderly, Sonny Rollins, Gary Burton, Hampton Hawes, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Mann, Wynton Kelly, who appeared live every Wednesday night. The visual style, unique feel and musical excellence of that series have never been duplicated. He also produced the first ever television broadcast of the Newport Jazz Festival.

Soon, Bill found himself more involved as a television and film producer, and while he found it tricky balancing two careers, he managed to find time for both. He spent three years in New York City producing a television series with Lloyd Bridges but still found time to join a band led by Lou Levy, backing singer Peggy Lee that toured the east coast, and work jazz gigs around the city.

He relocated to Dallas Texas as Executive Producer of KERA TV where he created musical television programs of all genres. Yet he found time to perform regularly with saxophonists James Clay and Marshall Ivory at the famed Recovery Room. He spent an exciting year playing piano and vibes in a quintet led by David "Fathead Newman". He also performed regularly at Dallas' Fairmont Hotel, The Mandalay Hotel and the Westin Galleria.

Bill currently resides in Southern California where he keeps busy as a television producer/writer, teacher. But it's his music that drives him… and his lifetime love affair with jazz. He performs regularly with his trio and works in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Palm Springs.