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Sounds like Bill Evans!

The following review appears in Jazz Times. It’s not bad when a reviewer thinks your record sounds like Bill Evans…:)
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04/06/13

Kenny Drew Jr./Jon Burr/ Marty Morell
Coral Sea
Random Act Records

By David Whiteis

The spirit of Bill

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Big Band News

Big Band NewsJanuary turned out to be a busy month around here, with a couple of significant developments.

First – on January 8th, the Jon Burr Big Band presented its debut concert at the Baha’i Center in NY (with special thanks to …

Is the Federal deficit really a problem?

Something leaps out from this chart. Remember the 50’s? The US’s emergence as the preeminent economic powerhouse of the world…and the greatest expansion of the standard of living in human history…

Look at the chart below. What happened to the …

On the Radio

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On Division in America

Red-Blue MapThe United States has cascaded into polarization and dysfunction. Media has become fragmented into political camps with the abandonment of the fairness doctrine, and primary dichotomies have reappeared, more strongly than ever:

Right vs. Left

Conservative vs. liberal

Science vs. …

The New Hannah Mayne Bass on its First Gig Ever

Daryl Johns onstage with his new Mayne bass, playing with Larry Coryell at the Blue Note jazz club in New York…opposite the great Stanley Clarke, no less!

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Snow in October! Global warming is a hoax! – Or maybe not.

Unprecedented October Snowstorm, say the news reports. True. Watching snow melt to reveal fully leafed-out or turning trees is a stunning visual non sequitur. I’ve never seen it before.

The climate has been really weird, and got suddenly weirder the …

Meditation is Not Religion

I’ve often heard it said in AA “Religion is for people afraid of going to Hell, but spirituality is for people who’ve been there.” Spirituality in this context refers to the practical elements of mental habit and practice …

Letting Go – Practical Meditation for Everyday People

Don’t know how to begin meditating? Letting Go – Practical Meditation for Everyday People can help you get started.

This post has become the basis for an eBook!
Practical Meditation for Everyday People

Life getting you down?Letting Go Cover

Stressed to the …

Review of “The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass” in Bass World Magazine

Review in Bass World Magazine, the publication of The International Society of Bassists.

[This review appeared in the August issue, Vol 35, #1, pp 54-55]

The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass

– Jon Burr

jbQ Media

$14.99

32 pages

Jon …

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