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Will Boulware

Will was born 1952 in Bardstown, Kentucky. He started playing the piano at age five. At age 10, Will bought a set of drums and formed his first group Wee Willy & The Winks in which he played drums doing surf music until 13 when he traded in the drums for his first electric keyboard and started to listen to Jimmy Smith and his fathers Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck records. When he was fourteen, he was already in an R&B group performing. He also played the organ in a trio he formed and started performing his own compositions. By 1972, his songs were recorded by B.B. King. In 1973, he went to New York where he mainly worked doing recording sessions in commercial field.

In the 80s, Will lived in California doing some solo piano gigs and working with guitarists such as Scott Henderson, Phil Upchurch and Ron Eschete. By 1990, Will moved back to NYC where he started working with the late Phyllis Hyman and still doing some session work before starting in 1993, a 10-year organ stint with saxophonist Maceo Parker and touring with The Blues Brothers (1998), John Scofield (1999) and Carla Bley (2000). He also performed on Rodney Jones recordings and others.

Southern Exposure Minor Music MM 801033 released 1993 recorded in Metairie, LA/USA and New York City/USA	Maceo Parker, alto sax Roderick Paulin, tenor sax Fred Wesley, trombone Reginald Steward, trombone Kermit Ruffins, trumpet Philip Frazier, tuba Leo Nocentelli, guitar Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ George Porter Jr., bass Herman Ernest III, drums
Sepia Tonality Minor Music MM 801040 released 1994 recorded January 1994 in New York City/USA	Pee Wee Ellis, tenor sax Howard Johnson, tuba Rodney Jones, guitar Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ Grady Tate, drums
Maceo Minor Music MM 801046 released 1994 recorded April 1994 in Hamburg/Germany	Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Fred Wesley, trombone, vocals Pee Wee Ellis, tenor sax, vocals Will Boulware, organ Bruno Speight, guitar Jerry Preston, bass Jamal Thomas, drums
Right Now! Minor Music CD MM 801054	Rodney Jones, guitar George Coleman, tenor sax Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ, piano Benjamin Brown, bass Eric Harland, drums
Funk Overload ESC Records 03657-2 recorded February 1998 in New York/USA	Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Cory Parker, vocals Fred Wesley, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Vincent Henry, tenor sax Bruno Speight, guitar Will Boulware, Hammond organ Jerry Preston, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Steve Conte, guitar
Dial: M-A-C-E-O What Are Records? WARPO3818 recorded September 1999 in New York City/USA and Minneapolis, MN/USA	Maceo Parker, alto sax, flute, percussion, piano, vocals Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Kevin Hupp, drums, percussion Bruno Speight, guitar Will Boulware, keyboards, Hammond organ, strings, synthesizer Vincent Henry, tenor sax Greg Boyer, trombone Bennie Cowan, trumpet Ron Tooley, trumpet 'Sweet' Charles Sherrell, vocals Corey Parker, vocals James Taylor, vocals Ani DiFranco, vocals
Over Crystal Green Eighty-Eight's VRGL 8801 recorded January 2002 in New York City/USA	Will Boulware, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer Bob Berg, tenor sax Michael Brecker, tenor sax Randy Brecker, trumpet Peter Bernstein, guitar Jon Werking, synthesizer Will Lee, bass Steve Gadd, drums
Made By Maceo ESC Records 03680-2 recorded October/November 2002 in Bonn/Germany	Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Greg Boyer, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Vincent Henry, tenor sax Will Boulware, Hammond organ, piano Bruno Speight, guitar Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Corey Parker, vocals Candy Dulfer, alto sax
Live At 34th International Jazzweek Burghausen 2003 BR alpha recorded 2003 live at Wackerhalle in Burghausen/Germany	Maceo Parker, alto sax, vocals Greg Boyer, trombone Ron Tooley, trumpet Corey Parker, vocals Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards Bruno Speight, guitar Rodney Curtis, bass Jamal Thomas, drums Martha High, vocals Charles Sherrell, vocals
Soul Manifesto Live! Savant SCD 2054 recorded live 30/31 May 2003 at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club in New York, NY/USA	Rodney Jones, guitar Teodross Avery, tenor sax Will Boulware, Hammond B-3 organ, Fender Rhodes Lonnie Plaxico, bass Kenwood "Woody" Dennard, drums

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