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Recordings

Light Through Dark – Gilliam, Martynec, McBirnie

Record Details

Artist
Bill Gilliam, Eugene Martynec, Bill MvBirnie
Release
2021
Genre
Improvised New Music
LTD two colour

This EP is a collaboration between pianist Bill Gilliam, flutist Bill McBirnie, and electroacoustic artist Eugene Martynec who are performers / composers with different musical backgrounds of improvised new music, electroacoustic sound creation and jazz. This trio shares a strong, sympathetic commitment to free improvising, as well as a mutual fascination with the mystery of creating spontaneous compositions.

Light Through Dark is a spellbinding journey through shaded land and seascapes, illuminated by joyful and spontaneous sparks of improvisatory interplay.

Please visit our Bandcamp site to listen to this album.

Media Quotes
It’s clear that the Toronto trio of pianist Bill Gilliam, flutist Bill McBirnie and Eugene Martynec on electroacoustics. possesses big ears and big hearts… Collectively the trio’s music is inventive, technically adroit and elegant at the same time. Most of all, we can hear their “mutual fascination with the mystery of creating entirely spontaneous music,” as aptly stated in the liner notes.
Light Through Dark album review by Andrew Timar – The WholeNote, Feb 2022

PERSONNEL/CREDITS:

Bill Gilliam: piano
Eugene Martynec: electroacoustics
Bill McBirnie: flute / alto flute
Engineering/Mixing/Mastering: Gary Honess, Khul Muzik, Toronto, ON
Cover Photo: Lake Erie at Dusk, by Bill Gilliam & Gord Way
Layout/Design: Mike Smith

About Bill

Bill is a Toronto based composer / pianist who creates and improvises new music compositions blending contemporary harmony and jazz idioms with his unique style of piano and prepared piano playing. Bill is from London, England and moved to Toronto after studying jazz and film composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Bill has composed for film, dance and theatre and produced jazz CDs with assistance from the Canada Council and FACTOR. His compositions have been performed by Canadian new music ensembles with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. As a pianist / improviser he has performed with many Canadian artists and his ongoing projects include collaborations and performances with the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra, Glen Hall, David Story, Michael Lynn, Ambrose Pottie, Kayla Milmine, Cheryl O, Penn Kemp and other artists.

Upcoming Concerts

No gigs are currently scheduled.

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