Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell ( Herman Davis Burell , born September 10, 1940 in Middletown , Ohio ) is an American jazz pianist.
Burrell grew up in Hawaii , where he played in a rock and roll band. From 1958 to 1960 he studied at the University of Hawaii , then until 1965 at the Berklee School of Music , where he played with Tony Williams and Sam Rivers .
After completing his studies, he founded the Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team in New York with saxophonist Byard Lancaster , bassist Sirone and drummer Bobby Kapp . He also worked with Marion Brown and Pharoah Sanders (1966). In 1968 he was one of the founders of the 360 Degree Music Experience with Grachan Moncur III and Beaver Harris , which he did not start with until 1977. With these two musicians he was also involved in Archie Shepps album The Way Ahead in 1968 . In 1969 he took part in the Pan-African Festival in Algiers and stayed longer in Paris, where he played and recorded with Archie Shepp, Alan Silva , Sunny Murray , Lester Bowie , Jeanne Lee and Philly Joe Jones , among others .
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Burrell worked regularly as a sideman for Shepp. In the late 1970s he composed the jazz opera Windward Passages . In the 1980s and 1990s he worked mostly in various line-ups with David Murray ; Among other things, recordings of pieces from his opera were made with his wife Monika Larsson as a singer.
Discography
- High with Sunny Murray, Sirone, 1965
- High Won-High Two with Sirone, Bobby Kapp, Sunny Murray, Pharoah Sanders, 1968
- La Vie de Boheme with Eleanor Burrell , Ric Colbeck , Claude Delcloo , Beb Guérin , Grachan Moncur III, Kenneth Terroade , 1969
- Echo with Arthur Jones , Grachan Moncur III, Sunny Murray, Archie Shepp, Alan Silva, Clifford Thornton , 1969
- Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk with Takashi Mizuhashi , 1978
- Lush Life with Takashi Mizuhashi, 1978
- Windward Passages [1979] [live] solo album, 1979
- 'Round Midnight , 1979
- Daybreak with Kenny Burrell , David Murray, 1989
- In concert [live] with David Murray, 1991
- The Jelly Roll Joy's solo album, 1991
- Windward Passages [1993] with Monika Larsson, David Murray, 1993
- Brother to Brother with David Murray, 1993
- Recital with Tyrone Brown , 2001
- Expansion [live] with Andrew Cyrille , William Parker , 2004
- Margy Pargy 2005
- After Love with Bertrand Gauthier , Michel Gladieux , Ron Miller , Roscoe Mitchell , Don Moye , Alan Silva, 2005
- Consequences [live] with Billy Martin , 2006
- Momentum with Guillermo E. Brown , Michael Formanek , 2006
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SURNAME | Burrell, Dave |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burrell, Herman Davis (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Middletown , Ohio |