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 CONCERT
JAZZ
LIVE @
Chinnor RFC Club House
Rectory Pavilion
Kingsey Road,
THAME
OXON,
OX9 3JL
 Took Place on
Thursday
24th May 07
Gig - 24 John Burgess
with The Luis D'Agostino
Trio!
With the kind of resonant, full-bodied tone
that makes the Tenor Sax seem like chosen instrument of Zeus - The God of Gods,
John Burgess brings
infinite technique to a thoroughly invigorating set of jazz standards. His
style goes back to Miles Davis, John Coltrane era, but it's mixed with plenty of
other influences, including the under-rated Stanley Turrentine
 Featured:-
John - Tenor Sax,
Luis - Guitar
Raph Mizraki - Basses
Charlie Stratford - Drums
Full Bodied Scot with a
robust and full bodied Tone to Reward the Ear
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John Burgess -
Zeus!............of Saxophone
Former
Berklee College student Scotland's
John Burgess
has toured extensively throughout Europe,
Scandinavia
and the Middle East, performing with many of the UK's finest
jazz players. He has made several recordings as a sideman and in 1989 was the
winner of the prestigious NFMS. Concert Artist Award.
During a lengthy sojourn in
San Francisco, Burgess immersed
himself in the highly competitive Bay Area scene and he has appeared at jazz
clubs all along the West Coast of America.
In addition to
contemporary jazz, Burgess has performed recitals of both
baroque and 19th century French saxophone music and
his tenor saxophone has been featured in several highly regarded
blues
and jump-jive groups.
John also plays with widely renowned Henry Franklin Trio.
The members of the L.A. based group have performed either collectively or
individually with Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Zoot Sims, Dexter Gordon and
Freddie Hubbard.
Burgess has appeared on several notable recent recordings including "COMPARED TO
WHAT" with the Harry Beckett Quintet, "DIAMONDS IN THE NIGHT"
by the highly acclaimed folk duo Andy Shanks & Jim
Russell and "PENDULUM" by London's ground-breaking drum'n'bass/jazz
outfit "Blowpipe".
John is
touring the UK in March & Sept 2007 - Concert Jazz is fortunate to be within the frame.
John
Burgess Video
 In Johns Own Words-
I
lived in London from 1987 till 1994 and worked all kinds of gigs with lots of
great players like Alan Skidmore, Harry Becket, Jim Mullen, Chris Biscoe, Stan
Sultzmann, Claude Deppa, Tony Marsh, Mario Castronari, Ed Jones and Mark
Sanders. Mark and I along with Pete Townsend (no, not THAT Pete Townsend) won
the NFMS Special Concert Artists Award in 1989 which seemed a big deal at the
time. It got us a gig in Sellafield anyway. I left in '94 to study with
George Garzone at Berklee and then moved to San Francisco to study with Joe
Henderson. I played alot of jazz and blues gigs both in Boston and in the Bay
Area and recorded my first CD as a leader in '97 in Hollywood with Henry
Franklin, Willie Jones III and Theo Sanders but it was when when I went north to
Seattle in '98 that I began working steadily. I studied there with Don Lamphere
and played everything from duos to big bands. I came back to the UK in '98 and
began travelling all over playing gigs all over Europe and in North Africa,
Canada, the west coast of the States and the Middle East. I've also been able to
work with Evan Parker, Maggie Nichols, Gunter Baby Sommer and Barry Guy as a
member of GIO (Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra) since coming back. In 2000 I
played a festival in beautiful British Columbia and I've been hooked ever since.
I go ever year and as well as playing a bunch of jazz gigs I 've recorded there
as a leader with the wonderful Canadian guitarist Bill Coon as as a side man
with great BC bassist Scott Watson. I played one of my favourite gigs of the
last 20 years at the Commodore Ballroom in groovy downtown Vancouver in 2005
when I was hired to play 'Kasmir' with The White, a Led Zep tribute band out of
Toronto.
Luis D'Agostino Trio -
Luis is a
Virtuoso Guitar player whose styles span the jazz spectrum from Fusion to Latin
with the purest, subtle and sensitive interpretations. He is
considered one of the best Argentine guitar players of his generation and he
plays a range of solid electric and semi acoustic guitars including Yamaha,
Godin, & his present delight the Hofner Verithin
^Luis D'Agostino Trio with John Burgess
Also featuring - Raph
Mizraki - Basses, Charlie Stratford - Drums
- for full Luis D'Agostino Trio profile
Click Here
Features Numbers Included:-
Travels
In A Sentimental Mood - Ellington
Urge to Burge
I'm Sorry
El Ninho
Friday Night at the Cadillac Club
The John Burgess
Albums:-
 What
it Means to Remember
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Ugly Beauty - So Long
Eric - Warm Valley - We See - Names - Another Reason To Celebrate - Easy To
Remember
NOE & 24th Records 010
Recorded 1999
John Burgess - tenor saxophone
Liam Noble - piano
 The
Urge to Burge is a fun and
accomplished album. "Up to the minute, light-hearted latin interspersed with
tracks of a more sombre elegance....some lovely lyrical interludes and Burgess
holds the whole lot together in an understated manner" Jazz
Wise. With John Burgess (saxes, clarinet, flute), Kevin Mackenzie
(electric and acoustic guitars), Mario Caribe (acoustic bass), John Rae (drums
and cymbas) - Tracklist
- once upon a long ago,
- festina lente,
- delicious,
- the north beach high life,
- hmmm,
- nine lives ,
Pacific Standard
Time - John Burgess Tenor Saxophone, Bill Coon Guitar 2004
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Emily (Mandel)
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7.02 |
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Time Remembered (Evans)
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5.24 |
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Delicio (de la Luiz)
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7.05 |
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Fee Fi Fo Fum (Shorter)
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5.02 |
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Dolphin Dance (Hancock)
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4.56 |
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Polkadots and Moonbeams
(Van Heusen)
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8.02 |
| 7 |
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Bessie's Blues
(Coltrane) |
7.13 |
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Farmer's Trust (Metheny)
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2.22 |
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