Jazz Articles about Jurgen Burdorf

Jurgen Burdorf: Picking Up Steam

by Friedrich Kunzmann
May 12, 2018

Picking up Steam is Dutch guitarist Jurgen Burdorf's third album in as many years. Like its predecessors, it finds Burdorf's punchy guitar at the center of a quartet--putting on show his diversified skillset which ranges from Americana to blues, jazz and funk, making for a juicy set of fusion tunes. Seeing how all the musicians involved play at the top of their game and create a tightly grooving structure, the compositions rightfully rest less on the demanding, but ...