Bobby Burri

Bobby Burri (* 1949 ) is a Swiss double bass player of fusion and creative jazz .

Live and act

Influenced by beat music , R&B and jazz, Burri began playing electric bass in the 1960s before switching to the double bass. From 1970 he studied double bass at the Lucerne Conservatory and at the Swiss Jazz School . From 1972 he was a member of the OM quartet touring all over Europe (with Christy Doran , Urs Leimgruber and Fredy Studer ), of which he belonged until they dissolved in 1982 and with which he released five albums. Then he worked with Leimgruber in a duo, which was expanded to include Don Friedman and Trilok Gurtu and Joël Allouche . In the next few years he played with Pierre Favre , Daniel Bourquin and Léon Francioli , but also with the trio basso (Eckart Schloifer, Othello Liesmann, Wolfgang Güttler ) and Barry Altschul as well as with Albert Mangelsdorff and Manfred Schoof . Then he led a quartet with Tim Berne , Hank Roberts and Leimgruber and went on tour with Christy Doran, Hans Koch and Martin Schütz . He also gave numerous solo concerts, with the support of electronics massively expanding the tonal and rhythmic possibilities of his instrument.

Burri teaches jazz bass at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences .

In 2003 Burri was awarded the Art and Culture Prize of the City of Lucerne .

Discographic notes

• Leimgruber / Friedman / Burri / Allouche Reflexionen Live (Timeless 1986)
• Doran / Studer / Burri / Magnenat Music for two double basses, guitar and drums (ECM, 1990)
• Christoph Rüttimann / Fredy Studer / Bobby Burri / Phil Minton / Stephan Wittwer Cactuscrackling (For 4 Ears, 1992)

Web links

• Web presence with discography