Home » Jazz Musicians » James Burton

James Burton

Sign in / sign up and request update access to the James Burton page.


Tags

14
Liner Notes

Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Read "Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" reviewed by John Kelman


It's one thing to have an established `place in the jazz pantheon, another to continue redefining that position, long after others might be content to rest on their laurels. Joe Chambers' work behind the drum kit with artists including Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, and McCoy Tyner has already ensured a prominent place in jazz history. His output as a leader may be small, but he's delivered two outstanding Savant recordings in 2006's The Outlaw ...

4
Album Review

Black Art Jazz Collective: Ascension

Read "Ascension" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The name has obvious political resonance. Indeed, the raison d'être of the Black Art Jazz Collective, the sextet founded by Wayne Escoffery, Jeremy Pelt and Jonathon Blake in 2013, is to celebrate African American excellence on the one hand, and--not unrelated--to raise political consciousness on the other. The BAJC's debut album,Presented By The Side Door Jazz Club (Sunnyside Records, 2016) paid homage to W. E. B. Dubois and Barack Obama, while recalling, too, the history of slavery. Ascension plows a ...

4
Album Review

Black Art Jazz Collective: Ascension

Read "Ascension" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On Ascension, the Black Art Jazz Collective, a like-minded sextet co-founded in 2012 by trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and saxophonist Wayne Escoffery to salute the artistry of their mentors and musical heroes while moving the idiom forward into the twenty-first century, is unbending in its allegiance to the straight-ahead canon espoused by the architects of modern jazz. It's a stance that gives rise to pluses and minuses. On the upside, this is splendid music, rhythmically and melodically pleasing, ...

15
Album Review

Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited

Read "The Movement Revisited" reviewed by Chris May


The spring 2020 release of The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons is the latest chapter in Christian McBride's inspirational salute to the African American civil rights movement and to four of its heroes: Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. Embracing big band jazz, small group jazz, gospel, funk and chorale musics, together with spoken word passages, the suite employs an eighteen-piece band, the ten-piece Voices Of The Flame gospel choir, two lead ...

Read more articles
43

Performance / Tour

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Led by James Burton III, at the Blue Note Jazz Club on April 9th

Source: Lianna Dugan

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, led by James Burton III, will be appearing at the legendary Blue Note jazz club on Monday, April 9, 2012. Sets are at 8 PM and 10:30 PM. The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, featuring some of the most talented emerging jazz artists, will be performing big band repertoire, plus new compositions. The Blue Note is located at 131 West 3rd Street. For tickets, call (212) 475-8592. FEATURING: Jordan Pettay, alto saxophone Andrew Olson, ...

Photos

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Movement Revisited

Mack Avenue Records
2020

buy

Ascension

HighNote Records
2020

buy

Moving Pictures...

Savant Records
2012

buy

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.