I found this playlist of recent videos on YouTube – a lot of footage, most I didn’t know about!…
Jon Burr’s Blog
Play on the pads or tips of the fingers in the left hand?
Play on the pads or tips of the fingers in the left hand?
Should string players – or any instrumentalist, for that matter – play on the pads or the tips of the fingers in the left hand? Should trumpeters …
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…:)
04/06/13
Kenny Drew Jr./Jon Burr/ Marty Morell
Coral Sea
Random Act Records
The spirit of Bill
Big Band News
January 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
The 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 …