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Bill Mason

Bill (*1948 in Columbus, Ohio) had first learnt music in church. Starting out on piano he switched to organ in his late teens. Mason had come to Bob Porter's attention when as part of the Rusty Bryant group he recorded at Prestige on two sessions in 1971 ("Fire Eater" and "Wild Fire").

Bill proves himself a formidable leader with his solo album, the aptly titled jazz-funk outing "Gettin' Off". The album's physicality is astounding; Mason is an extraordinary soulful Hammond organist, conjuring spiraling, spellbinding grooves that seem to grow deeper and more relentless with each successive track. He also proves his talent as a composer with originals like "Mister Jay" and "Let's Stay Together".

Fire Eater Prestige 10014 recorded February 1971 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Bill Mason, organ Leon Spencer, organ Wilbert Longmire, guitar Idris Muhammad, drums
Wild fire Prestige 10037 recorded October 1971 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA	Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Ernest Reed , guitar Jimmy Ponder, guitar Bill Mason, organ Buddy Caldwell, congas Idris Muhammad, drums
Gettin' Off Eastbound Records EB 9000 recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA released 1972	Bill Mason, organ Hubert Laws, flute, tenor sax Gary Chandler, trumpet Wilbert Longmire, guitar Gordon Edwards, bass Ron Coleman, congas Idris Muhammad, drums
Inner Man Artful Balance Records ABD 7000 recorded in Hollywood, CA, Granada Hills, CA and Austin, TX/USA released 1990	Phil Driscoll, organ, piano, synthesizer, trumpet, vocals Bill Mason, organ, piano, synthesizer Rev. Dave Boruff, horn Dick Hyde, horn Tom Saviano, horn Stephen VanNess, horn Dennis Floridia, guitar Eric Gale, guitar Paul Nabb, guitar Ricky Keller, bass Sergio Pastora, percussion Buster Phillips, drums
Legends Of Acid Jazz Rusty Bryant, Vol. 2 Prestige PRCD-24211-2 compilation	Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Wilbert Longmire, guitar Jimmy Ponder, guitar Earnest Reed, guitar Bill Mason, organ Leon Spencer<, organ Idris Muhammad, drums Buddy Caldwell, congas
Shaking With The Money Man CMC International 86223	Eddie Money, sax, vocals Edgar Winter, sax David Woodford, sax Richie Zito, guitar Tom Girvin, guitar Dean Mitchell, guitar Kim Bullard, keyboards Bill Mason, keyboards, Hammond organ Trent Stroh, bass Arthur Burrows, bass, keyboards Mark Harris, bass Kenny Aronoff, drums Michael Beard, drums, percussion Matt Laug, drums John Snider, drums Ronnie Spector, vocals
The Quiet Phil Driscoll Music Group 52184 22222 recorded in Hollywood, CA/USA	Phil Driscoll, trumpet, flugelhorn Michael Thompson, guitar Bill Mason, piano, organ Billy Preston, piano, organ Greg Mathieson, synthesizer Abraham Laboriel, bass Bill Maxwell, drums Alex Acuña, percussion
Go The Distance Ruf Records RUF 1067 recorded February/March 2000 in Memphis, TN/USA	Walter Trout, guitar, vocals Pat Register, sax Bill Mason, keyboards, organ Rick Steff, accordion James Trapp, bass guitar Bernard Pershey, drums Wally Bass, vocals Bertram Brown, vocals Jackie Johnson, vocals James Nelson, vocals
Future's Past Something-Music SM10042	Dave Mason, bass, guitar, vocals Joe Bonamassa, guitar Jonathan McEuen, guitar John Sambataro, guitar Warren Hill, sax Bill Mason, keyboards, organ Mike Finnegan, keyboards, organ Dave Palmer, keyboards, organ Renato Neto, bass, keyboards, organ Tony Patler, bass, keyboards, organ Bob Corritore, harmonica George Hawkins, bass Alex Drizos, bass Gerald Johnson, bass Bill Reynolds, bass Carmine Rojas, bass Alvino Bennett, drums Tal Bergman, drums Ken Eros, drums

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