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Recording

Daren Burns Releases First Solo Album "Fear Is Not The Natural State Of Civilized People” On Urban Nerds Records, Features Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith.

Source: Daren Burns
July 10, 2012

Bassist, composer and educator Daren Burns (John “Drumbo” French of Captain Beefheart) has released Fear is not the Natural State of Civilized People, on Urban Nerds Records, a label Burns founded in 2009. Burns’ first solo album of original instrumental material, this intense and expressive 4-part suite realizes a creative path that began in 2006. The recording highlights Burns' unique visual composition style and displays his use of structured improvisation. Burns uses this technique to maintain compositional control while allowing ...

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Recording

Urban Nerds Pre-Release Sale: "Fear Is Not The Natural State Of Civilized People" by Daren Burns

Source: Daren Burns
February 24, 2012

Pre-order the new Urban Nerds release, Fear Is Not The Natural State Of Civilized People CD for $12, download it now and when the CD is officially released on 3-15-12, we'll send you a copy. Recording features four new compositions by bassist Daren Burns, the mastery of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, guitarist Scott Collins, pianist Sarah Phillips, and drummer Craig Bunch. About Daren Burns Daren Howard Burns, fretted and fretless electric bassist, composer, and improviser has been playing music for ...

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Event

Daren Burns' Onibaba to play Tophest 2011, a benefit to help LA Musician Chris Spilsbury, March 25th

Source: Daren Burns
March 12, 2011

Daren Burns ensemble, Onibaba is slated to play Tophest 2011, a benefit to help LA musician Christopher Spilsbury raise funds to pay his medical expenses for a car accident he was involved in last December 2010. Also appearing that night will be Los Angeles jazz musicians, Otmaro Ruiz and Joe LaBarbera and DJ Christoforo LaBarbera. Onibaba is Daren Burns, Frank Macchia, George McMullen, Scott Collins, Craig Bunch, and video artis Kio Griffith. March 25th 2011 8PM Taix restaurant ...

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Performance / Tour

Here No Evol @ Beacon Arts in Inglewood, CA

Source: Daren Burns
February 27, 2011

Thursday, March 24 · 8:00pm-11:00pm Daren Burns, bassist, composer, and improviser, has been playing and composing music for over twenty years and has played with many notables such as, Wadada Leo Smith, John 'Drumbo' French, Mike Keneally, and Famoudou Don Moye. Much of his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how to make new systems for developing improvisation in new ways. In the last few years he has also become interested in Indian rhyth...mic and melodic systems. ...

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Performance / Tour

Daren Burns's Onibaba @ Blue Whale (Los Angeles) on March 23rd

Source: Daren Burns
February 26, 2011

Daren Burns's Onibaba will be playing Blue Whale jazz club on March 23rd. ONIBABA exists between composition and improvisation and is described as being somewhere between the light and the dark, the ethereal and the earthly —Creative Music. The band was recently placed on the LA County Arts Commission's band roster for the 2011-14 term. DAREN BURNS—Fretless Bass/Compositions VINNY GOLIA—Woodwinds GEORGE MCMULLEN—Trombone SCOTT COLLINS—Guitar CRAIG BUNCH—Drums KIO GRIFFITH—Live Video “And ...

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