Jazz Hot Spot on Main St. Unionville
August 21, 1– 2:30 pm at Jakes on Main
JUNO nominee Bill McBirnie is a jazz and Latin flute specialist who has studied with renowned American flutist Samuel Baron, Canadian flutist and composer Robert Aitken and Cuban charanga legend Richard Egues. Bill’s extraordinary skill led him to serve as Resident Jazz Flute Specialist at Sir James Galway’s official website. Known as an exceptional improviser, notably in the bebop, swing and Latin idioms, Bill has recorded with the likes of Junior Mance, Irakere, Memo Acevedo and Emilie-Claire Barlow, as well as being a charter member of Bernie Senensky’s Moe Koffman Tribute Band. extremeflute.com