George Burton

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George Burton (* around 1980 in Philadelphia ) is an American musician ( piano , Fender Rhodes , composition ) of modern jazz .

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Burton, whose parents are both musicians, received classical violin lessons at the age of four. Next to the violin was the viola . It was not until he was at the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia that the jazz of his peers prompted him to broaden his horizons. He studied organ with Shirley Scott and in Ortlieb's Jazzhaus with jazz pianist Sid Simmons . In 2001 he graduated from Temple University with a degree in music . In 2002, Burton won first place at the Peter Nero Piano Competition , where he appeared as a guest soloist with the Philly Pops .

Burton began his career in the Philadelphia music scene where he worked in a variety of musical fields including alternative rock, hip-hop , R&B, straight-ahead jazz and avant-garde. At Club Five Spot he played with the band The Roots , as well as with Shirley Scott, Bootsie Barnes and Sid Simmons. In 2003, he stood beside Gerald Veasley and Diane Monroe in the opera Vanqui of Leslie Burr's solo musician forth. For several years he was the pianist of Odean Popes Saxophone Choir and has been with the Sun Ra Arkestra since 2015 ; he traveled internationally with both groups.

In the New York jazz scene he worked with Meshell Ndegeocello , JD Allen III , Sean Jones and James Carter , in 2018 with Jonathan Michel and at Corey Wallace DUBtet. In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 2005 and 2014; he can be heard on records with Wallace Roney , Donald Duck Bailey , Jack Walrath and Odean Pope.

Burton leads various groups of his own; In the late 2010 years he performed with his quintet, which includes Marquis Hill (trumpet), Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), Pablo Menares (bass) and Jeremy "Bean" Clemons (drums). It wasn't until 2016 that he released his debut album The Truth of What I Am: The Narcissist (Inner Circle), which received very good reviews and was also presented by him at the Newport Jazz Festival .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b entry (All About Jazz)
  2. ↑ a b c George Burton. Smalls, April 1, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 13, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Burton, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia