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Jon Burr

Jon Burr has toured with Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Stephane Grappelli, Tony Bennett, The Manhattan Jazz Quintet and many others. He’s active as a composer, arranger and producer, active in web design and development, and as a healthy cooking advocate. Now the proprietor of arrangerforhire.com and finaleclasses.com, he's contributed extensively to the Finale, Scoring Notes, and Of Note blogs.

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Album Review

Buddy Rich: Birdland

Read "Birdland" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


There's usually a reason why previously unreleased material was never initially offered for consumer consumption, whether it's due to subpar sound quality, less than adequate material or blasé musicians' outtakes and so on. However, these tracks by the Buddy Rich Killer Force band were recorded at various venues through the years when saxophonist Alan Gauvin--who also penned the album notes --was in the band and recorded these performances for posterity and not initially intended to be sold. Gauvin doesn't recall ...

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Album Review

Jon Burr Band: Just Can't Wait

Read "Just Can't Wait" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Bassist Jon Burr has spent many years supporting other artists. He brings a lot of that experience into Just Can't Wait, a 14-song collection that reflects the artist's obsession with love. Burr has toured and recorded with musicians such as Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Horace Silver and Stéphane Grappelli. Vocalists who have shared the stage or studio with him include Lainie Kazan, Rita Moreno and Eartha Kitt. The CD is paired with Live at Birdland, a DVD featuring ...

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Live Review

Jon Burr Band at Birdland, NYC

Read "Jon Burr Band at Birdland, NYC" reviewed by Greg Henry Waters


Jon BurrBirdlandNew York, New YorkDecember 9, 2007 2 p.m.A few of us were outside the front doors waiting for them to open and I was thinking about this concert and what it was going to be like. The intelligence and experience one needs to create music is a developing process through a musician's entire life. I have known Jon Burr for over twenty years, and the experiences he has had as a musician have contributed ...

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Performance / Tour

The Jon Burr Band "Special Event Invitation - Live at Birdland DVD Taping

The Jon Burr Band "Special Event Invitation - Live at Birdland DVD Taping

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

YOU ARE INVITED This coming Sunday, December 9th, 12 NOON sharp Doors open at 11:30 AM One show ONLY LIVE AT BIRDLAND DVD TAPING THE JON BURR BAND All Original Program! New Songs! Great Singers and Players! Hilary Kole, Ty Stephens, Yaala Ballin, Tyler Burr, Houston Person, Joel Frahm, Jon Davis, John Hart, Anthony Pinciotti Free refreshments will be available Free admission ...

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The Jon Burr Band Live DVD Recording, Sunday Dec 9th 12 Noon! One Show Only! Free to the Public

The Jon Burr Band Live DVD Recording, Sunday Dec 9th 12 Noon! One Show Only! Free to the Public

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

New York, NY - Oct 26 2007 Bassist Jon Burr (formerly with Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Stephane Grappelli, the Hot Swing Trio) and the Jon Burr Band will be recording a DVD Live at Birdland of songs written by Jon Burr, and previously performed or recorded by Stan Getz, Chet Baker, The Hot Swing Trio, Roland Hanna and others. The project features a stellar collection of talent, including vocalists Laurel Mass (of Manhattan Transfer), Hilary Kole, Ty Stephens ...

“Jon Burr is a fabulous leader, composer and, especially with this recording, arranger.” - Jazz Inside Magazine, Aug 2015

“Hard bop jazz fans need look no further than this new record…Led by a monster bass player..Burr eats hard bop for lunch.” - axs.com, July 2015

"Effortless joy and ease" - NY Times

"Technical master"- LA Times

"...elegant, fluid, and filled with the joy of life" - West Australian

“This music makes me feel even more how fortunate we are to be alive.” - Michael Steinman, JazzLives blog

- See more at: http://jonburr.com/#sthash.HiUMotuf.dpuf

Primary Instrument

Bass, acoustic

Location

Boston

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Working with bass players based on the concepts in Jon's "The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass" along with Jazz Theory and technique for Bass.

Clinic/Workshop Information

Working with bass players based on the concepts in Jon's "The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass," and with student big bands performing Jon's arrangements for Big Band.

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

In the Morning Light

Self Produced
2021

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7 Shades of Snow

Arabesque
2021

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Lost in You

Self Produced
2020

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Very Good Year

jbQ Media
2015

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Birdland

Lobitos Creek Ranch
2015

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And Was It Just luck?

From: In the Morning Light
By Jon Burr

And Was It Just luck?

From: In the Morning Light
By Jon Burr

Lost in You

From: Lost in You
By Jon Burr

Every Time I Look At You

From: Every Time I Look At You
By Jon Burr

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