Bill O'Connell (born August 22, 1953, in New York City) is a jazz pianist, educator, and bandleader.
He studied piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, but has mostly lived in NYC or Long Island.
He teaches jazz piano at Mason Gross School for the Arts at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University, in New Jersey.
He worked with Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins early on in his career.
As sideman With Dave Valentin Mind Time (GRP, 1987)