Bill Douglas (born November 7, 1944) is a Canadian musician, composer, pianist, and bassoonist whose works received influence from classical music, jazz, African, Brazilian[clarification needed] and Indian music, 1970s funk and many other genres.

As a jazz pianist, he has toured and recorded with vibraphonist Gary Burton and bassist Eddie Gómez.

At age eight, he started to write songs influenced by early rock musicians such as Little Richard, The Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley.

He received an "Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto" diploma in classical piano at age seventeen.

During this time, he became very interested in 20th-century classical music, and started composing pieces influenced by Anton Webern, Elliott Carter, and Igor Stravinsky, as well as such contemporary jazz artists as Paul Bley and Gary Peacock.

After Yale, he received a Canada Council award to study composition in London, England for a year.

He also recorded, in 1976, three RCA albums of classical chamber music with pianist Peter Serkin and Tashi.

In 1998, RCA released an album entitled Open Sky: Richard Stoltzman plays the Music of Bill Douglas.

^1 Tashi consists of violinist Ida Kavafian, cellist Fred Sherry, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianist Peter Serkin.