Not to be confused with Bill Carruthers.Bill Carrothers (born 1964 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a jazz pianist and composer based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
He has cited Clifford Brown, Shirley Horn, and Oscar Peterson as influences on his development as a musician.
Carrothers performs without shoes to better feel the piano pedals, and sits in a chair rather than on a traditional piano bench in order to achieve his preferred seating height.