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On September 9 and 12, 2009 I premiered a suite of compositions, my third commission at the museum: Western Extension of the United States: "The Edge" (A March); "Voyages"; "Snake River"; "Astoria Rag"; "Meandrian Waltz" Dave Burrell: piano, composition and arrangement with/ Michael Formanek, bass. The broadcast from WHYY-TV can be found at www.whyy.org/cms/oncanvas/2010/02/11/dave-burrell On January 19 and January 22, 2011, I premiered Part I of a suite of compositions inspired by my extensive research at the museum library of the Civil War: Portraits of Civil War Heroes: "John Brown: Life"; "John Brown: Death"; "Championship Colors"; "Robert E. Lee"; "Ulysses S. Grant" Dave Burrell, piano, composition, arrangement with Odessa Balan, violin. For more information on this work please visit www.Rosenbach.org/learn/events/portraits-civil-war-heroes and www.jazztimes.com/articles/27044-jazz-pianist-dave-burrell-to-perform-portraits-of-civil-war-heroes On January 18 and 21, 2012 I will present Part II of my five part composition of the Civil War:
Dave Burrell, piano, composer and arrangement with Odessa Balan, violin. For more information on this next premiere performance visit www.rosenbach.org/learn/programs Giuseppi Logan showed up at my Vision gig in the summer of 2009 and said he wanted to play with me again. So when Matt Lavelle called and asked if I was interested in doing a quintet studio recording with Giuseppi that fall I agreed. The Giuseppi Logan Quintet was released on Tompkin Square Records (USA) in 2010. Last year Aum Fidelity (USA) released I Plan to Stay a Believer, a compilation of live performances of William Parker's "The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield". I did a duo concert in Berlin in November 2010 with alto saxophonist Silke Eberhard. Jazzwerkstatt Records (Germany) plans to release a CD of this concert performance, Darlingtonia, coinciding with a duo tour including Austria, Belgium and Germany in February 2012. I joined the Roscoe Mitchell Quartet for a performance at Roulette in New York City in Feburary, 2011. Mutable Records (USA) is releasing a CD from this concert that included Henry Grimes on bass and Tani Tabbal on drums. There is some very high energy playing on this recording. In August, 2011 I joined Henry Grimes for yet another recording project, this time in a Manhattan studio with the Argentinian tenor saxophonist Roberto Pettinato and drummer superb Tyshawn Sorey. Purity will be released on Sony Records (Argentina) in 2012. In addition to my 2010 release on Rai Trade Records Dave Burrell Plays His Songs with Leena Conquest with lyrics by Monika Larsson, in 2012 Rai Trade (Italy) will release Dave Burrell's Crucificado from a live performance at the Crosscurrent Jazz Festival at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City in September 2011. Dave Burrell, piano and composition, Steve Swell, trombone and Michael Formanek, bass . There are 5 separate videos from this performance, "Black Robert", "Downfall", "Snake River" ; "Code Name: Cheap Shot", and "Crucificado" circulating from this Crosscurrent Jazz Festival on www.youtube.com. Michael was the bassist on my second High Two (USA) recording Momentum in 2006. I am very much looking forward to the European tour with Steve and Michael next summer. Monika Larsson is completing my extensive discography and sessionology. Some of the recordings from the late 60s are constantly being re-issued, both in Europe and Japan. I am very appreciative and thankful to her for this invaluable effort. Over 130 recordings are included in this compilation, and each and every musician, composition, composer, arranger is accounted for. Monika is using the discography as the back-bone for her book, A Jazz Life that reads like a "who's who" of the avant garde from its early stages on the Lower East Side of New York City to the worldwide resurgence enjoyed by avant garde musicians and their audiences today. Thank you for your continuous feedback. It is greatly appreciated. Updated November 11, 2011 |
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I have been very fortunate to continue as a composer in residence (2005-to present) at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia 
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