Too many to name, but here's a select few: R. Carlos Nakai; Douglas Spotted Eagle; Gary Stroutsos; Joseph Fire Crow; Kevin Locke; Mary Youngblood; Robert Mirabal; Bill Miller; Robbie Robertson...
Steve Roach; Michael Stearns; Terry Riley
Jan Garbarek; John Coltrane; Pat Metheny; Brad Mehldau; Michael Brecker; Jim Pepper; John Scofield; Kenny Wheeler; Tomasz Stanko; Ralph Towner; Nils Petter Molvaer; anything on ECM; Dave Douglas; Thad Jones; Bill Frisell; Bob Berg; Chris Potter; Maria Schneider...
J.S. Bach; Beethoven; Arvo Part; Sibelius; Debussy; Vaughn-Williams; Holst; John Adams; Wagner; Arnold Bax
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Bill draws influence from many musical worlds, including classical, jazz, and commercial. An award winning composer/arranger and performer, and originally trained on saxophone and woodwinds, his music has been featured in jazz festivals and the concert stage both here and abroad. A lifelong fascination with indigenous music and an interest to connect with his own distant heritage ultimately led him to the Native American flute. Influenced by masters like R. Carlos Nakai, Robert Tree Cody, and Doc Tate, he began incorporating the traditions of the flute into the harmonic and rhythmic structures of jazz and contemporary classical music.
"A friend once told me 'we don’t choose music; music chooses us.' I believe this is especially true of the paths that musicians often find themselves traveling. One direction set upon can lead to many others one may never have suspected existing.
Finding myself in a canyon in Southern Utah holding a Native American flute at first appeared to be a destination so unrelated to the original musical path I had started down, it had to truly have been a dream. And yet, now looking back with the benefit of hindsight, it seemed very logical and not at all unlikely."
Hope all is well with you man. haven't heard from you in a while. hope it still warm out there in AZ. if i don't hear from you i guess i'll run into you at zion. try and take a listen to some of the new material i posted to if you get a chance. take care and blessed be.
hey man. hope the trip back home went well. i wasn't able to make it to yosemite becuase of financial reasons. hope you dug our stuff man and hope we can get out there to sedona to do some awesome shows. keep in touch my friend.
Just enjoyed hearing Quiet Plateau on Soundscapes and realized I had heard it before and liked it while I sat in another room in the house. Oncve again, it cuaght my attention and this time I looked at the TV and saw it was you.
Hey how was Oklahoma I really wanted to be there. are you going to Musicial Echoes. As far as I know there is no cure for Xiao Madness Xiao Warriors for ever Joe
We would like to thank you for accepting us. We look forward to seeing you in the near future, please stay in touch with us and blessed be. Kappy & Dennis
I sure enjoyed talking with you this weekend. I am glad you like the case and the stand. I actually sold completely out of them and need to get some more made. I will have to wait till the new shop is set up so you got one of the last ones out for a while. I am enjoying your music and hope to see you again at some future flute event.
