Bill Wurtzel & Guests perform live jazz for the holidays. The concert is free.

Bill Wurtzel began playing guitar at age 9, and was a radio and TV country music performer by age 12. He attended art school and had a career as an award-winning advertising creative director. He continued to play professionally and switched to music full time in 1989. Bill has played worldwide with many jazz legends, including the Count Basie Countsmen, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff, the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, singers Gloria Lynne and Terri Thornton, as well as Paul Simon. Bill is a director of the Jazz Foundation of America. He also improvises with food and has authored Funny Food and Funny Food Made Easy. 2019 marks Bill’s tenth year performing at the American Folk Art Museum.

Info: publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org
Read the Q&A with Bill Wurtzel in The New York Times.