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Euan Burton Quartet at CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival at Christ Church
Courtesy of Joe Paice | Posted on June 12, 2014
Where
Christ Church
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival
141 East Avenue
Rochester, NY
Map
585.454.3878
When
Sun, June 22, 2014
8:45 pm
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Musicians
About
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. ...