Chris Burn
Chris Burn (born March 13, 1955 in Epping (Essex) , England) is a British composer and pianist of jazz and improvisation music .
Life
Burn, the son of a teacher couple, first played the trumpet in a marching band and studied composition at the University of Surrey . He then worked in London as a jazz teacher, musician and composer. He first wrote music for large-format ensembles before focusing on smaller groups. With the saxophonist John Butcher , who was already a member of his big band in 1980, he played for the next few decades both in a duo (on Fonetiks , 1984) and in larger ensembles ( Embers Live , 1988/89) up to octets ( Cultural Baggage , 1990 ) and to the undezett together. There were also solo appearances, for example at the Victoriaville Festival in 1996. He incorporated drums, cymbals, bells and other sounding objects into the prepared piano ; the Guardian has therefore called him "a kind of piano-playing Han Bennink ". He also made music with Paul Lovens and Radu Malfatti . He also dealt intensively as a scientist and interpreter with the composer Stanley Cowell .
He is also an organizer u. a. since 1989 at the SPMN Festival in Donmar Warehouse .
Prizes and awards
Burns Jazz Ensemble received the BBC Big Band Award in 1980. In 1993 he received the Paul Hamlyn Award for his compositional work.
Discographic notes
- The Place 1991 (1991, with Evan Parker , John Butcher, Jim Denley, Phil Durrant , John Russell , Marcio Mattos , Matt Hutchinson, Stevie Wishart )
- Navigation (1997)
- Horizontals White (2001)
- Chris Burn / Philip Thomas / Simon H. Fell : The Middle Distance (Another Timbre 2010)
Lexical entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burn, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer and pianist of jazz and improvisation music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Epping (Essex) , England |