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Charles Burnham

The passion and fire of Charlie Burnham's violin has graced the work of many: Cassandra Wilson, James Blood Ulmer, Steven Bernstein, Susie Ibbara, Peter Apfelbaum, Henry Threadgrill, String Trio of New York, Ted Daniel,Medeski, Martin & Wood, and many, many others. But armed with a wholenew book of originals and a stellar new band, Burnham's step into thespotlight has long been coming. Wordly and other-worldly sounds canbe heard from Burnham's musical and personal journeys as his soulfulvoice and violin lead you down some open roads and dark alleys, and bring you to some spots you may not have known even exist. Charles Burnham-violin and vocals; Clark Gayton-trombone; Curtis Fowlkes-trombone; Mark Peterson-bass; Pheeroan akLaff- drums


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Album Review

Jason Kao Hwang: Myths of Origin

Read "Myths of Origin" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang has worked with groups of every size, from duos up to full orchestras. “Myths of Origin" is one of his large-scale pieces, an imposing 42-minute work for an improvising string orchestra and drum set. It runs without interruption, but the recording breaks it down into nine sections. The music starts slowly, rising in a mass of seething bowed strings with a slight trace of Asian melody. It progresses into a dense cloud ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Charles Burnham, Enji, Alessandro Sgobbio, Nicolas Masson & More

Read "Charles Burnham, Enji, Alessandro Sgobbio, Nicolas Masson & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


A tribute to Sly Stone, courtesy of Steven Bernstein, opens a playlist featuring different strokes by different folks.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra feat. Antony Hegarty “Family Affair" MTO Plays Sly (Royal Potato Family) 0:16 Host talks 5:13 Enji “Zuirmegleh" Sonor (Squama) 6:48 Matthieu Saglio, Camille Saglio “Miba" Al Alba (ACT) 10:10 Host talks 14:42 Nicolas Masson Quartet “Subversive Dreamers" Renaissance (ECM) 15:50 ...

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Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness: Sextet

Read "Sextet" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Dopo un primo album in trio (2011) e un secondo in quartetto (2019), Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness, il gruppo fondato da Tony Jones e Charlie Burnham (qui impegnato nei primi due brani anche alla voce) si amplia a sestetto per questo suo nuovo lavoro (inciso alla fine del 2023), evidenziando specificità di organico (e quindi timbriche e nel contempo dinamiche) assolutamente nuove, raddoppiando anzitutto i sassofoni tenore, che non disdegnano cavalcate a due voci di sicuro appeal (anche senza accompagnamento ...

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Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness: Sextet

Read "Sextet" reviewed by Thierry De Clemensat


Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness is a collective of musicians who stand among the most representative of the New York jazz scene in 2025. Initially formed as a quartet, the group was founded by Tony Jones and Charlie Burnham, two of the most captivating artists of the ensemble, who are later joined by Kenny Wollesen, Marika Hughes, Jessica Jones and Rashaan Carter. Given the group's initial configuration, it is evident that their music and compositions are not meant for ...

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Andrea Wolper: Wanderlust

Read "Wanderlust" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Andrea Wolper is an active jazz singer, composer, and educator but this album is her first recording since 2011. On it, she reestablishes herself as a creative vocalist and arranger who can excel in many different styles. She also benefits from the support of excellent musicians such as reed player Jeff Lederer and violinist Charles Burnham. Wolper performs several of her own compositions as well as tunes by others such as Abbey Lincoln and Carole King. Among her ...

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Andrea Wolper: Wanderlust

Read "Wanderlust" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Itinerant creatives manifest in both literal and figurative terms. Yes, they most clearly present in true formal fashion, traveling from place to place, sharing their art wherever they may roam. But their venturesome virtues extend to the interior, too. In fact, what's often of the greatest importance and interest is the roving surrounding and propelling their work--exploration of narrow paths, walks through obscured alleys and hideaways, and time spent in secret sanctums that offer peace and space to think in ...

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WeFreeStrings: Love In The Form Of Sacred Outrage

Read "Love In The Form Of Sacred Outrage" reviewed by Mark Corroto


History does repeat itself, violist Melanie Dyer draws from the same well of inspiration as Max Roach's We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Candid, 1961). Maybe better put, history reveals Martin Luther King's arc of the moral universe has only bent a few degrees in the past sixty years. With Love In The Form Of Sacred Outrage, the ensemble WeFreeStrings follows up their debut Fulfillment (self released, 2018). Dyer, a classically trained violist, found inspiration in the music ...

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Recording

Odyssey the Band featuring James "Blood" Ulmer, Charles Burnham, and Warren Benbow Releases "Back in Time" on Pi Recordings

Odyssey the Band featuring James "Blood" Ulmer, Charles Burnham, and Warren Benbow Releases "Back in Time" on Pi Recordings

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The role of the guitar in jazz has not mirrored its role in other modern musics. Few have risen to prominence on the instrument or grown out of the supporting role it has typically played in jazz. Of those who have, one of the most notable is James “Blood" Ulmer. From his first days as Ornette Coleman's Harmolodic guitarist in Prime Time, “Blood's" path to guitar innovator was a rather fast one. In the ten year period between '73, when ...

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Violinist Charles Burnham reunites with "Blood" Ulmer on new CD.

Violinist Charles Burnham reunites with "Blood" Ulmer on new CD.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Sextet

Reva
2025

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Myths of Origin

Self Produced
2025

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Wanderlust

Moonflower Music
2024

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Kaleidoscope

Brass Tonic
2021

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The Other Side

Self Produced
2014

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I Shall Not Want

From: Sextet
By Charles Burnham

Light Out of Darkness

From: Wanderlust
By Charles Burnham

Aspiration

From: Kaleidoscope
By Charles Burnham

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