Dave Burns
David "Dave" Burns (born March 5, 1924 in Perth Amboy , New Jersey , † April 5, 2009 in Freeport , New York ) was an American jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn ), arranger , composer and music teacher.
Life
Dave Burns began his career in 1942/43 with the Savoy Sultans ; during his military service 1943-45 he led an Air Force band. After his discharge from the army he played in Dizzy Gillespies Big Band until 1949 , then in the Duke Ellington Orchestra until 1952 and with James Moody until 1957 , to be heard on his albums Mood's Moods for Blues or Hi Fi Party . In 1957 he received a composition commission from the NAACP . After three years as a freelance musician, during which he a. a. the Blue Note album AT's Delight 1960 by Art Taylor was involved, he became in 1961 a member of the band of Billy Mitchell and Al Gray , during which time he recorded two albums in the hard bop -Idiom under his own name for Vanguard Records , on which u. a. Kenny Barron , Steve Davis , Otis "Candy" Finch , Bobby Hutcherson , Herbie Morgan , Billy Mitchell, and Harold Mabern performed .
In 1963 he went to Willie Bobo . In 1965/66 he worked as a studio musician for an NBC television show; from 1966 to 1968 he led a group with Bill English that performed at Minton's. From 1968 he also worked as a music teacher in schools as part of the International Art of Jazz program; he also taught at New York University.
Burns has also worked on recordings of Eddie Jefferson , Milt Jackson , Johnny Griffin , George Wallington and Dexter Gordon throughout his career ; he was stylistically strongly influenced by Gillespie and Clifford Brown , as arranger of Gil Fuller , Tadd Dameron and Quincy Jones .
Discographic notes
- Dave Burns (Vanguard, 1962)
- Warming Up (Vanguard, 1964)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Works by and about Dave Burns in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dave Burns at Allmusic (English)
- Album Warming Up on Allmusic (English)
- Album Dave Burns on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ discogs.com , accessed February 21, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burns, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burns, David (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 2009 |
| Place of death | Freeport (New York) |