Lisa has also been inducted into the Tucson Music Hall of Fame and appeared on the Grammy-nominated CD, “Ladies Man” with Pinetop Perkins.ĭiane and Lisa have co-produced several CDs on their label, Owl’s Nest Productions, including Diane’s “I Never Knew”, Lisa’s “Trio”, “Bring Your Own Boa” for Lisa Otey and the Desert Divas, and Diane & Lisa’s duo CDs, “You Got What I Want”, “Wild Women” and their Christmas hit, “Meet Me Under the Mistletoe”.ĭiane grew up in rural Wisconsin, one of 7 children in a blue-collar community that centered around the paper mill and dairy farms near Appleton. Performances include the Thredbo Blues Festival in Australia Box Factory for the Arts, Michigan Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Blues in Bisbee and Tucson Folk Festivals, Arizona Le Bilboquet and Caveau de la Huchette jazz clubs in Paris Yoshi’s in California Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado in Sonora, Mexico Wild Rose Moon in Indiana Silver City Blues Fest in New Mexico and the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.ĭiane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey have been inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. They take their act to festivals, clubs and theatres around the world and are known for creating an atmosphere of intimacy with their humor and joyful interactions with the audience. International touring artists Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey are a dynamic duo, a perfect blend of hot jazz, sultry blues and boogie-woogie.

He just recently graduated from Western Michigan University with his masters’ degree in music.

While still working as an in-demand sideman, Bill has also begun leading his own trio throughout the Midwest. Since then he has become highly in-demand both as a sideman and bandleader performing in venues and festivals such as The Jazz Showcase, Andy’s Jazz Club, The Green Mill, Winter’s Jazz Club, Merriman’s Playhouse, Chicago Theater, Blue Note Beijing, JC Club, Old Town School of Folk Music, Hard Rock Café, House of Blues, Grant Park, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival and more. After graduating he quickly became part of Chicago’s Jazz and Salsa scenes, while also working as a chorale director, educator and clinician – conducting numerous jazz/improvisation master classes in Chicago, China, Korea, Myanmar and Singapore. In 2009 Bill began his jazz piano studies on scholarship at Columbia CollegeĬhicago. Bill Cessna is a Chicago based pianist paying homage to the great tradition of jazz piano- playing iconic repertoire, as well as presenting original material in the same idiom, with a mission to present memorable musical experiences for listeners of all ages and nationalities.

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