Flute News - January 2018 - Bill McBirnie
Hi, Folks:
Here are a few items (each of which is set out in a little more detail just below my signature).
(1) "RAVEL PIANO CONCERTO FOR TWO" - WITH PATTI LOACH
(2) "TRISTE" - FLUTE SOLO TRANSCRIPTION
(3) "MEAN TO ME" - BY LESTER YOUNG
(4) SOME FORTHCOMING GIGS
As always, thanks very much…both for reading and for listening!…
Sincerely,
Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Phone: (416) 652-1541
Web Site: www.extremeflute.com
CDs & MP3s: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." (Yogi Berra)
(1) "RAVEL PIANO CONCERTO FOR TWO" - WITH PATTI LOACH
I don't play classical music much anymore. However, that is not because I don't like it!
I was recently called upon to take part in an interesting classical/jazz cross-over project that will materialize sometime in 2018 (...which I will leave "unspecified" for the time being!...)
However, I have actually done this sort of thing in the past, and here is an example.
It is the second movement from Ravel’s piano concerto in G, performed by Patti Loach (on piano) and me (… n "symphony orchestra"!…)
At around the 2:50 mark, I start to pick-and-play various string and woodwind lines from the score in an effort to single handedly…complete the effect!… :-)
(2) "TRISTE" - FLUTE SOLO TRANSCRIPTION
For those who might be interested, here is a complete transcription of a solo that I played on the tune "Triste" on a jobbing gig with the Fernando Tavares Quartet (which also included Lajos Botos on bass and Enrique Loyola on drums).
This transcription was done by Leonard van Biljouw of the Netherlands (…and I have no idea how he managed to do it…because I know I could never have done it myself!…) :-)
Anyway, the YOUTUBE clip is here:
And the transcription is here:
(3) "MEAN TO ME" - BY LESTER YOUNG
…The REAL Pres!… :-)
(4) SOME FORTHCOMING GIGS
If you need - or want - any flute, alto flute and/or piccolo work (or perhaps some flute/improvisation coaching), then just drop me a line at extremeflute@look.ca
And please note that the following gig listing is in DESCENDING order.
You can always find a current/updated listing at the following link:
Fri., May 25, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.
Mezzetta Restaurant
681 St. Clair Ave. W. (at Christie)
Toronto, Ontario
Part of the inaugural "Mezzetta Mini-Jazz Festival"
With BERNIE SENENSKY (...and an ALL-Brazilian program!...)
Fri., Feb. 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Hirut Restaurant
2050 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
With the DON NADURIAK E= Band!
Tues., Jan. 23, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
Valleyview Residence
541 Finch Ave. W.
Toronto, Ontario
With the GEORGE MARTON Trio
Thurs., Jan. 18, 201 at 2:00 p.m.
Sunnybrook Hospital - Warrior's Hall
2075 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
With the GEORGE MARTON Trio
Fri., Jan. 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Ripley’s Aquarium (right next to the Rogers Centre and the CN Tower)
288 Bremner Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario
With MIKE LALONDE, DYLAN BELL & BEN RILEY
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