Guillermo McGill, one of the great and legendary drummers of the Spanish territory, performs for the first time in Jimmy Glass. Composer and producer, He has accompanied jazz greats such as Dave Liebman, Barry Harris, Brad Mehldau, Chuck Israels, Aunt Montgomery, John Abercrombie, Wynton Marsalis, Tim Ries, Marc Johnson, George Mraz, Wallace Roney, Jerry Gonzalez or Perico Sambeat, as well as flamenco masters such as Enrique Morente, Carlos Benavent, Jorge Pardo, Child Josele, among many others.
He is a founding member of the Chano Domínguez trio along with Javier Colina, with whom he participated in the film Calle 54, directed by Fernando Trueba, like on the later tour. In 2010 recorded his fifth CD with Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie y George Mraz. He has released six albums as a leader and has more than seventy recordings as a sideman..
McGill has toured the world working on such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, Teatro Marinsky, Queen Elisabeth Hall, Royal Theater, National Auditorium, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and has performed at festivals such as Montreaux, Newport, Northsea, Paris, Vitoria, Saint Sebastian, Madrid, Sevilla, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Bogotá, San Salvador de Bahia, Copenhagen, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Savannah and a very long etcetera.
Parakeet Sambeat, saxo alto / soprano
Alberto Palau, piano
Joan Codina, double bass
Guillermo McGill, battery
