Euan Burton Quartet at CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival at Christ Church

MADE IN THE UK 2014

Euan Burton is a Composer, Double and Electric Bassist, Producer, Educator and one of the leading musicians to emerge from Scotland in the last decade. Burton grew up in East Kilbride, where he took up Bass Guitar at the age of 10. After being introduced to jazz in his teens, Euan switched to Double Bass and went on to study at Birmingham Conservatoire receiving the Jazz Course Prize while in his second year and graduating with a honours degree in jazz. Burton has performed with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and has also established an international reputation performing with many of New York’s most influential bandleaders including guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg’s Quartet featuring Will Vinson and Mark Ferber and Ari Hoenig’s Trio alongside award winning guitarist Gilad Hekselman. Outside of jazz he has worked in the folk, pop and rock idioms, notably touring and recording with Irish award winning vocalist Camille O’Sullivan. Burton was also named as ’Rising Star’ in the 2012 Scottish Jazz Awards. ...

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MADE IN THE UK 2014

Euan Burton is a Composer, Double and Electric Bassist, Producer, Educator and one of the leading musicians to emerge from Scotland in the last decade. Burton grew up in East Kilbride, where he took up Bass Guitar at the age of 10. After being introduced to jazz in his teens, Euan switched to Double Bass and went on to study at Birmingham Conservatoire receiving the Jazz Course Prize while in his second year and graduating with a honours degree in jazz. Burton has performed with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and has also established an international reputation performing with many of New York’s most influential bandleaders including guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg’s Quartet featuring Will Vinson and Mark Ferber and Ari Hoenig’s Trio alongside award winning guitarist Gilad Hekselman. Outside of jazz he has worked in the folk, pop and rock idioms, notably touring and recording with Irish award winning vocalist Camille O’Sullivan. Burton was also named as ’Rising Star’ in the 2012 Scottish Jazz Awards.

The Euan Burton Quartet features Adam Jackson sax, Tom Gibbs piano and Alyn Cosker drums.

“An unbelievable creative force in Scottish Music” BBC Radio Scotland

Show Times 6:45pm and 8:45pm; Free Entry with Festival Club Pass

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