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Greg Burrows
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Greg Burrows is a drum set and multi-percussion player based in The Bronx, New York City. Performance styles/specialties: Jazz, multi-ethnic ("world music"), funk/soul, samba/bossa nova, calypso, chicha (Peruvian Cumbia), bluegrass/folk, shows, free improvisation ... are these styles related? Yes they are: all musical pulsation and rhythm emanates from the body, heart and soul. Education: Two years in the Conservatory at S.U.N.Y. Purchase College; private lessons with: Joe Morello, Henry Adler, Gary Chester, Bob Moses, Glen Velez, Dave Weckl, Peter Erskine, Ray DesRoches, Montego Joe and Milton Cardona, among others. Greg acknowleges Jo Jones, Jr., son of the late, great "Papa" Jo Jones, as a primary influence/encouraging force in his younger days; Jo held a weekly jam session at the now-defunct Jazz Forum, in which he always let Greg get on top of the long drummer list
