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Euan Burton is an award-winning Composer, Bassist, Producer and one of the leading musicians to emerge from Scotland in the last decade. Signed to Whirlwind Recordings, he has released two internationally acclaimed albums with them: “Occurrences” (2012) and “Too Much Love” (2014). As a bassist, his warm tones and poignant improvisations give nod to the Charlie Haden school while retaining his own voice throughout. He's incredibly in demand as a sideman across many genres in his native Scotland and has appeared on dozens of albums to date, with performances with many modern jazz greats including Ari Hoenig, Gilad Hekselman, Will Vinson and Jonathan Kreisberg. Moreover, he's played with folk legends Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, pop group Texas and can be heard on the Disney Pixar film Brave. Burton grew up in East Kilbride, Scotland where he took up Bass Guitar at the age of 10. After being introduced to Jazz in his teens Euan switched to Double Bass and went on to study at Birmingham Conservatoire receiving the Jazz Course Prize while in his second year and graduating with a Bmus Jazz (Hons). After leaving Birmingham Burton returned to Scotland where he has become one of the countries forefront musicians as both a sideman and leader. Performing constantly with the UK’s foremost musicians he’s played with an endless list of acclaimed musicians such as Julian Arguelles, Martin Kershaw, Kit Downes and Tom Gibbs, whose 2012 Whirlwind Recordings album he also produced and performed on. Burton has also established an international reputation performing with many of the top jazz musicians from around the world. He is noted for his touring work in the groups of some of New York’s most influential band leaders including Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg’s Quartet featuring Will Vinson and Mark Ferber and modern drumming icon Ari Hoenig’s Trio alongside award winning guitarist Gilad Hekselman. Outside of Jazz he also plays in many other genres, most notedly in the Scottish folk music scene, touring and recording with Salt House, Fiona Hunter Band and Mike Vass amongst many others. Burton performs across the U.K. and Ireland at the major Jazz festivals and venues and also tours internationally having recently played in Denmark, Norway Belgium, Holland, Portugal, France, Estonia, Italy, Germany, America, Canada and the South Pacific. With his quartet in he took part in 2014’s ‘Made in the UK’ showcase at Rochester International Jazz Festival as part of a tour that included appearances in Vancouver, Victoria and New York City.

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Euan Burton: Occurrences

Read "Occurrences" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Bassist/composer Euan Burton takes a prosaic approach to naming the tunes on Occurrences, but that's where such matter-of-factness ends. Burton's music--characterized by a calm, meditative, atmosphere for the most part--is melodically strong and engaging as it moves through this suite of seven tunes.Burton, from East Kilbride in Scotland, is equally at home on bass guitar and double bass. He's worked with New York saxophonist Will Vinson and Irish guitarist Mark McKnight in their own bands, played bass for ...

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Scottish Bassist And Composer Euan Burton Releases "Too Much Love" The Deluxe Edition With Two Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks

Scottish Bassist And Composer Euan Burton Releases "Too Much Love" The Deluxe Edition With Two Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks

Source: Emma Perry Publicity

Whirlwind Recordings announces the release of the Too Much Love – Deluxe Edition album from Euan Burton & Occurrences. Too Much Love was released in November of 2014 to critical acclaim and the new Deluxe Edition contains an additional two bonus tracks that were previously unreleased. It’s available as a digital album only on the Whirlwind site, but customers who purchase CDs will get an immediate download of the full Deluxe Edition digital album. For customers who prefer to purchase ...

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Whirlwind Recordings Releases Two Albums In May From Euan Burton And George Crowley + New Website!

Whirlwind Recordings Releases Two Albums In May From Euan Burton And George Crowley + New Website!

Source: Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings Ltd, a musician-owned and operated label established by bassist Michael Janisch in 2010 and already being heralded in the international press as one of the premier creative jazz labels releasing artists from the US, UK and Mainland Europe, is proud to announce the worldwide release of the following two albums in May 2012: George Crowley's Debut Album Paper Universe Release Date: May 7th 2012: Featuring London, UK based saxophonist-on-the-rise George Crowley alongside Mercury Award nominated Kit Downes on ...

"An unbelievable creative force in Scottish music" —BBC RADIO SCOTLAND

"...with Scottish bassist Euan Burton providing the backbone, every piece has a sure sense of shape while maintaining an air of spontaneity" —THE HERALD

“arguably the finest Scottish bassist to emerge in the past decade.” —THE IRISH TIMES

"Burton's solos combined a potent melodic core with a velvety softness of touch" —THE SCOTSMAN

“Kreisbergs quartet comprised young Scottish bassist Euan Burton, doing a fine supportive job with discretion and sureness of touch” —THE HERALD

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Too Much Love -...

Whirlwind Recordings
2014

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Occurrences

Whirlwind Recordings
2012

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Forgotten Things

Wee Jazz Records
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