Bill McBirnie is a jazz and Latin flute specialist based in Toronto, Ontario who has studied with distinguished Canadian flutist and composer, Robert Aitken, and Cuban charanga legend, Richard Equez .
Bill is known for his superior technique on the entire family of flutes (from bass flute to piccolo). He is also recognized as an accomplished improviser, notably in the bebop, swing and Latin idioms as illustrated by his recordings as a sideman with Junior Mance , Irakere and Memo Acevedo . In addition, he has produced two of his own Extreme Flute projects and, most recently, a straight-ahead acoustic jazz recording under his own name featuring The Mark Eisenman Trio entitled, "Nature Boy" (No. 4 in Jazz.FM91's Top 40 line-up for 2003).
Bill has also been chosen Flutist of the Year by the Jazz Report Awards , nominated as Instrumentalist of the Year at the National Jazz Awards and, more recently, declared a winner of the U.S.A. National Flute Association’s triennial Jazz Flute Masterclass Competition.
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