WILLIAM
(Bill) CASILLI
BILL
CASILLI, (piano)
Bill is a gifted
keyboardist who began playing at the young
age of four and played his first professional job at age 13. Over the
years he
played and conducted for Frankie Avalon, Anna Maria Alberghetti,
Dihanne
Carroll, Nancy Wilson, Gogi Grant, Ann Blythe and Katherine Grayson,
including a
10-year stint with Leslie Uggams. He was also the last pianist to play
Westside
Story on Broadway and conducted the last four months of Leslie Uggams’
Broadway
show Hallelujah Baby. Bill appeared as conductor and pianist on the
following
TV shows: Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Red Skelton, Merv Griffin, Ed
Sullivan
and Mike Douglas. He was also rehearsal pianist for four years with the
Palm
Springs Follies and continues to play for various artists and rehearsal
bands.
