September '08: Origin Records Jazz Summit and more! My quartet along with special guest guitarist Kyle Asche (a fellow Origin/OA2 records artist) will be kicking off the Origin Records Jazz Summit at Andy's Jazz Club for on September 24th. I'll also be appearing with Origin recording artist and guitarist Corey Christiansen on September 27th to close the summit festivities. Both of these shows will be a lot of fun, and you're guaranteed to hear some great music! My quartet will also be giving a concert in Barrington IL on September 12th. I've also started a new steady trio gig on Fridays at Sage Grille in Highwood, IL, so come on out. More details about all my gigs are available on the Shows page. Hope to see you!
more Scott Burns Quartet shows added! I'm happy to announce that I'll be appearing at Pops for Champagne on Wednesdays in March from 9-12pm. I'll have some great musicians with me: Ron Perrillo or Chris Sargent on piano, Jake Vinsel on bass, and George Fludas on drums. The quartet will also be giving a concert on March 9th in Deerfield, IL at 4pm. I'm also looking forward to playing Wednesdays in April with my good friend Kyle Asche and his organ quartet, which includes Kyle on guitar, Pete Benson on organ, and George Fludas on drums. More details about all my gigs are available on the Shows page. Come on out to hear some live jazz!
Winter News Now that the holidays have passed, I have more time to practice, whew! The end of 2007 was busy, and I'm looking forward to new opportunities in 2008. Check the Shows page for updates, new dates are added often. Here are some highlights: in April, I'll be performing with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra with special guest Ahmad Jamal and his trio. My Quartet will appear in concert in March in Deerfield, IL, as well as various other venues in the coming months. I hope you all have a great 2008!
Fall News I'm happy to be playing some nice gigs with great musicians in the coming months. I'll be playing with guitarist Jeff Parker and his organ quartet on Mondays in September and October at Andy's Jazz Club. On Tuesdays, I'll be with my organ trio at Pete Miller's in Wheeling, IL. My quartet will be playing a weekend at Pop's for Champagne in late November, and again at Andy's in late December. I'm also appearing frequently with Brazilian vocalist/guitarist Paulinho Garcia at various venues in the coming months. Visit the Shows for all of the details. Hope to see some of you out! On the educational side, I'm enjoying a couple of new opportunities. I'm teaching out of a great studio in Evanston, IL, operated by fellow saxophonist/educator/recording artist Greg Fishman, who recently moved to Arizona. I've also been invited to workshop with the students of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz program in Chicago, and at Northwestern University. It's great to work with these students as they learn and play jazz. Hope to see you soon, thanks for visiting my site!
Summer News It's been a busy summer so far! Currently, I'm happy to have a few weekly gigs in Chicagoland. On Mondays, I've been playing with guitarist Kyle Asche's quartet at Andy's Jazz Club. On Tuesdays, I've been playing with my organ trio, which includes Pete Benson on organ, and Brian Ritter on drums. I've had a few gigs with NYC drummer Pete Zimmer in Chicago and Milwaukee, which have been a blast. In August, I have a few festival dates in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Champaign, IL. For a complete calendar, check the Shows page for details. I've also been busy teaching future stars of jazz at Northwestern University's High School Music Institute, which I get a charge out of. The students come form all across North America. It's always great to see younger musicians digging on jazz music, we need more like them! More shows are in the works, so please check back for updates. Until then, enjoy the music from my CD on the Music page. You can also visit me at Myspace, because everybody's doing it, right? You can purchase the CD directly from me on this site and on Myspace. Thanks for visiting my site, I hope to see you out at one of my gigs sometime soon! -Scott
January/February '07 News: Travel Time! I have several weekend engagements with my quartet in Chicago and Ohio in January and February. I'm pleased to be appearing in Cincinnati at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club as a special guest with Phil DeGreg's house trio, as well as giving a clinic at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Then it's back to Chicago for a weekend at Pete Miller's in Evanston. Joining me will be a stellar rhythm section: Ron Perrillo on piano, Dennis Carroll on bass, and Dana Hall on drums. The following weekend I'm off to my hometown, Dayton Ohio, for a weekend performance at The Jazz Room, featuring my good friend and Cincinnati-based pianist, Steve Schmidt. Other noteables gigs include a duo performance with internationally acclaimed Brazilian vocalist and guitarist Paulinho Garcia at Sotto Jazz Club in February. Visit the Shows page for all of the details about upcoming performances. Passages continues to receive radio airplay across the nation. Thank you to all you jazz hosts and programmers out there! As always, you can purchase a copy on the Music page, it's securely handled by Paypal. Passages is also available at major retailers including: Chicago's Jazz Record Mart, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Yahoo Music, etc. You can also download the music from iTunes, Real Music, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster, and others. Thanks for visiting my site, I hope you enjoy the music at one of my shows and/or the CD. Until next time.... -Scott
Fall '07 News Thanks to all of you that made it out to the Passages CD release gigs. They were all successful and we had lots of fun playing together! More performances of the Scott Burns quartet, as well as other gigs I’m playing are upcoming, check the Shows page for details. Passages is available for purchase on this website, via Paypal. It's safe and secure, and you don't have to sign up for an account. Visit the Music page to check it out! The CD is also available at Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, origin-records.com, and all major retailers online. More shows in Chicago and elsewhere are in the works, so please check back for updates. Thanks for visiting! -Scott |
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