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Burton Greene: Calistrophy
by Elliott Simon
The latest offering from pianist Burton Greene, Calistrophy, is a curious blend of klezmer, blues, swing, free form, Latin, Balkan and plain old straight ahead jazz. Greene, a founding member of the '60s cutting edge Free Form Improvisation Ensemble, was, with his group Klezmokum, also among the first to reacquaint contemporary jazz with klezmer. Joining Greene ...
Burton Greene w/ Mark Dresser: Peace Beyond Conflict
by Derek Taylor
Burton Greene ranks as one of the seasoned survivors in creative improvised music. Like a handful of his ESP peers he’s still at it after all these years, plugging away at his craft and creating chameleonic music along the way. A relatively recent development in winding artistic path is his fertile association with CIMP. Throptics, his ...
Burton Greene Trio: Throptics
by Derek Taylor
A key ingredient in creative improvised music is willingness on the part of the musician to embrace experimentation. Improvisation by nature demands that the improviser be receptive to new and spontaneous creation. Burton Greene has exemplified this fundamental facet of the improvisers’ credo throughout his nearly four decades in jazz. At times his experiments have resulted ...
