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John Burgess
The Show begins at 7:30 and the seating is limited in this intimate comfortable setting.
Tickets
$12 GSJS members & students
$15 non-members
Tickets are available at Bop City and the Thursday evening Jazz Club at the Elks.
The Georgia Straight Jazz Society is proud to host
John Burgess
Tenor and Soprano saxes, Flute and Bass Clarinet
Sunday March 2, 2008
Elk's Hall, Courtenay
With guitarist Bill Coon and bassist Ken Lister.
Born Edinburgh, Scotland in 1967, John moved to London 1987. He has played and recorded with Alan Skidmore, Harry Becket, Jim Mullen, Barry Guy, Maggie Nichols, Jerry Underwood, Elton Dean, Gunter Sommer, Walter Prati, Stan Sultzman, Chris Biscoe, Liam Noble, Tony Marsh, Mark Sanders, Fred Frith, Claude Deppa, Ed Jones, Isobel Campell and Dave Cliff. He has also worked with US musicians Warren Vache, Jean Toussaint, Valerie Pomanorev and George Lewis.
John has toured in Spain, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, north Africa and the Middle East. In 1989 John's trio won the NFMS Special Concert Artist Award. John studied 1994 at Berklee School of Music, Boston, mass where his tutor was George Garzone and also privately with Jerry Bergonzi (Boston), Joe Henderson (San Francisco) and Don Lamphere (Seattle).
Since returning to the UK Burgess has played several Jazz Festivals on the west coast of the US and Canada.
He has recorded over 50 times as a side man and has 7 albums as a leader:
The Beautiful Never - Hollywood 1997The Urge To Burge - Scotland 1999
What It Means To Remember - London 2000
Pacific Standard Time - Vancouver 2004
Live in Giessen - Giessen, Germany 2006
You Are What You Hear - Scotland 2007
Live at the Aquarium Club - Dresden, Germany 2007
Other recent recordings include "Three Piers" with the Tobermory Sax Quartet, "Rich In Knuckles" with the Raymond MacDonald Group, "Falkirk" with Barry Guy and GIO and with the debut CD by Ceilidh Minogue. Tours in 2008 include England, Germany, Canada and Sweden as well as appearances at the "Loch Shiel Chamber Music Festival" playing a new work specially written by the great Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Hofseth, a concert in NYC with George Lewis and GIO and a month of gigs in Australia with the wonderful Irish singer "Camille".
Guitarist Bill Coon "...is one of Canada’s most highly respected and sought after musicians. He has been performing professionally for over twenty-five years and has worked with numerous jazz artists including Jimmy Heath, Louis Stewart, Chuck Israels, Eddie Daniels, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Campbell Ryga, Brad Turner, PJ Perry, Fred Stride, Denzal Sinclaire, Karin Plato and Dee Daniels. His quartet performed at the Orpheum, opening for Dave Brubeck during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival." from http://billcoon.com
[Pat Coleman replaced Bill Coon in the concert due to date conflicts - Ed.]
Bassist Ken Lister "has been playing jazz bass professionally since 1984. He is currently based in the Vancouver and Vancouver Island area, where he performs and teaches. Ken has extensively toured, both within Canada and internationally; including Australia, the British Isles, Cuba and South America. Ken is a member of the Hugh Fraser Quintet and VEJI (the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation). As a member of the Hugh Fraser Quintet, Ken won a Juno Award for the Best Mainstream Jazz Album of 1997. " from http://www.kenlister.com