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| Born in Chicago on June 14, 1937, this pianist/composer has produced over 35 recordings in jazz, electronic, and folk music. He has collaborated with a host of other musicians, including Albert Ayler, Clarence Becton, Han Bennink, Sean Bergin, Anthony Braxton, Willem Breuker, Roy Campbell, Tobias Delius, Martin van Duynhoven, Lou Grassi, Akki Hak, Tom Jones, Theo Loevendie, Keshavan Maslak, Michael Moore, Wilber Morris, Sunny Murray, Perry Robinson, Roswell Rudd, Paul Stocker, Tjitze Vogel, Raoul van der Weide and Frank Wright. Greene studied classical music with the Fine Arts Building's Isadore Buchalter and jazz theory and harmony with Dick Marx, and continued learning in the "School of the Streets" from local luminaries like Billy Green and Ira Sullivan. He moved to New York in 1962, and the next year formed arguably the first spontaneous composition group -- The Free Form Improvisation Ensemble -- with bassist Alan Silva. He joined Bill Dixon and Cecil Taylor's Jazz composers Guild in 1964, and also played with a number of other artists, including Rashied Ali, Albert Ayler, Gato Barbieri, Byard Lancaster, Sam Rivers, Patty Waters, and others before moving to Europe in 1969, to Paris and later to Amsterdam. During the 1980s, he started working with Eastern music. His most recent project here has been with Perry Robinson in the klezmer-jazz group Klezmokum, which delves into Greene's eastern European Jewish roots, blending Jewish/Semitic music with improvised music and jazz. The group, which has appeared at a number of European festivals, including Mitte Europa ('98), Amiens Jazz Festival ('99), the International Jewish Music Festival ('98) and Op de Vuupijl ('98), also released their third CD -- ReJew-venation. An earlier recording was entitled Jew-azzic Park. During 1999, Green released Throptics (CIMP, 1999) with Lous Grassi and Wilber Morris. Other recent releases include the solo piano CD, Shades of Greene (Cadence, '98), and Free Form Improvisation Ensemble, a 1964 session finally released in 1999 on Cadence. He lists the following as among his favorite records: 1. Burton Greene Quartet 1966 ESP 1025 2. Burton Greene Trio on Tour 1967 ESP 1074 3. Presenting Burton Greene 1968 Columbia 9784 4. Aquariana 1969 BYG 529.308 5. Mountains 1971 Button-Nose 01 6. Trees 1973 Button-Nose 02 7. New Age Jazz Chorale: "Light" 1976 Button-Nose 03 8. Variations on a Coffee Machine 1977 Kharma PK 6 9. It's All One 1978 Horo HDP 27-28 10. European Heritage 1978 Circle RK 16 11. The Past Is Also In the Future 1978 All Life AL 003 12. The Ongoing Strings 1980 Hat Hut 15 13. East West Trio / Brugge Concert 1980 Button-Nose 04 14. B. Greene Quartet / Lady Bug Dance 1980 Cat LP 42 15. East West Trio / Vienna Concert 1982 Button-Nose 05 16. Zephyr (solo piano, harpsichord) 1983 Button-Nose 06 17. B. Greene Quartet / One World Music 1984 Cat LP 49 18. B. Greene Quartet / Valencia Chocolate 1986 Cat LP 57 19. Klezmokum 1992 BV Haast 9202 20. Klezmokum / Jew-azzic Park 1995 BV Haast 9506 21. Lou Grassi / PoGressions 1996 Cadence CJR 1062 22. Patty Waters Sings 1965 ESP 1025 For more information, visit their website: http://www.burtongreene.com
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