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John Burnett Swing Orchestra: West of State Street/East of Harlem
by Ken Dryden
England native John Burnett has been a part of the Chicago jazz scene for some time. He presently hosts a weekday jazz radio program on WDCB and is also the conductor of his own Swing Orchestra (formed in 1999) which focuses on big band music of the '40s. Recorded live early last year ...
John Burnett Swing Orchestra: West of the State Street, East of Harlem
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gioiosa ed ammiccante, la musica di questo CD scorre fluida e piacevole senza però lasciare tracce originali. La informa un disteso e compiaciuto mainstream, avente per modello le grandi orchestre swing bianche e nere degli anni '40. Con perizia tecnica e fedeltà assoluta al modello, l'ensemble guidato da John Burnette si muove calligraficamente nella vasta letteratura ...
John Burnett Swing Orchestra: West Of State Street / East Of Harlem
by Nic Jones
Accolades from the likes of Buddy De Franco and Louie Bellson might lend this band additional legitimacy as keeper of the flame, but its sheer love for the music, as manifested in countless ways here, is more than sufficient in itself. In times like these it takes love as much as anything else to put music ...
West of State Street/East of Harlem
By John Burnett
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Flight Of The Foo Birds; Groovin
John Burnett Swing Orchestra: West of State Street/East of Harlem
by Jerry D'Souza
The John Burnett Orchestra specializes in forties style big band swing. That is a comfortable zone to be in with the calibre of musicians that Burnett has in his band. They conceptualize the music of the period perfectly, playing with both warmth and verve. What makes it all the more appealing is the deep emotion and ...
Swingin' in the Windy City
By John Burnett
Label: Chicago Lakeside Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Corner Pocket; Deed I Do#; Sing, Sing, Sing*; Stardust; Our Love Is Here to Stay#; My Foolish Heart; Out of Nowhere*; I've Got the World on a String; Shiny Stockings; East of the Sun (and West of the Moon); Moten Swing; Hot Java Jump; The Blues*
John Burnett and His Orchestra: Swingin' in the Windy City
by Jack Bowers
John Burnett, a transplanted Englishman who is best known to Chicagoans as the morning host at WDCB–FM, a Jazz–oriented outlet of the College of DuPage, has had a life–long love affair with big bands, especially those that flourished during America’s golden age of big–band music, also known as the Swing Era. He’d always dreamed of leading ...
John Burnett & His Orch. Featuring Buddy DeFranco: Swingin' in the Windy City
by Dave Nathan
P>John Burnett has a day job as a jazz broadcaster for FM station WDCB in Chicago. In 1999 he put together a very fine orchestra made up of top notch Chicago musicians. Many of them have had considerable big band experience with Glenn Miller's, Barrett Deems and others. Several members also play in another Windy City-based ...
