Jazz Articles about Leslie Burrs

Leslie Burrs: Impressions of Another You

by Paul Olson
January 12, 2005

Pennsylvania-based flautist Leslie Burrs' new CD, Impressions of Another You , is a duet session with pianist Kenny Barron; it's Burrs' first release since 2002's Blue Harlem, Black Knight. It certainly does give an impression of another Burrs--a much better one--than did the just-reissued 2002 record, an overcooked studio confection where his playing was often surrounded and overwhelmed by calculated arrangements that flirted with--and often crossed the line into--new age and lite jazz. Impressions of Another You couldn't ...