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| Bill McBirnie: New CD ’Paco Paco’  After contributing as a sideman to a wide range of recordings (including works by Junior Mance, Memo Acevedo, Irakere, Cache as well as his own earlier Extreme Flute projects), flutist Bill McBirnie swings and sparkles once again in a straight-ahead acoustic jazz setting. His new CD "Paco Paco" casts Bill alongside one of Canada's foremost jazz pianists, Bernie Senensky, as well as a consummate rhythm section which is rounded out by the impeccable Neil Swainson on bass and a steadfast John Sumner on drums.The album consists of a solid combination of standard jazz repertoire (including the cunning and crafty title track which was written by Bernie Senensky) yielding a balanced mix of duo and quartet outings, all of which are executed with a relaxed and "blowing session" like ease. The result is a CD with genuine "drop-the-needle-anywhere" charm. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |