Burton Greene
Burton Greene figured prominently in New York's free jazz movement of the '60s, performing with such major figures as Marion Brown, Sam Rivers, Gato Barbieri, and Alan Silva. As a child, Greene studied classical music at the Fine Arts Academy in Chicago; from 1956-1958 he studied jazz with Dick Marx. Greene moved to New York in the early '60s, as the city's free jazz movement was gathering momentum. There, he formed the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble with Silva in 1963 -- reputedly one of the first groups devoted to playing a wholly improvised music. In 1964, he joined the Jazz Composer's Guild. During the mid-'60s, he recorded for the ESP-Disk label as a leader, before moving to the Netherlands in 1969. Greene became something of a journeyman, performing all over Europe while maintaining a residence on a houseboat in Amsterdam. He recorded intermittently in the '70s and '80s. Greene became one of the few free jazz musicians to experiment with synthesizers. He's played solo and led various bands of unusual instrumentation; a recent project is a klezmer group called Klez-Jazz, which features clarinetist Perry Robinson. During the '90s, Greene recorded more frequently in the U.S., notably for the Cadence Jazz and C.I.M.P. labels. Greene's autobiography is entitled Memoirs of a Musical "Pesty Mystic" -- or -- From the Ashcan to the Ashram and Back Again, published by Cadence Jazz Books.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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College Tour, Vol. 1: The Complete Nothing Is . (1966)
Jazz - Released by ESP-Disk on 1 jan. 2010
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Presenting Burton Greene
Jazz - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 21 mrt. 1969
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Live at Grasland
Jazz - Released by Drimala Records on 4 mei 2004
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Burton Greene Quartet
Jazz - Released by ESP-Disk on 28 aug. 2015
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Célesphere
Jazz - Released by Futura Marge - Atypeek Music on 29 mei 2020
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Space is Still the Place
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Atypeek Music - Improvising Beings on 8 jul. 2015
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Two Voices In The Desert
Jazz - Released by Tzadik on 2 jun. 2009
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Compendium (Solos, Duos, Trios)
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Atypeek Music - Improvising Beings on 5 mei 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Burton Greene Quartet
Pop/Rock - Released by ESP Disk' on 28 aug. 2015
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Groder & Greene
Jazz - Released by Latham Records on 15 jan. 2009
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Space Dialogue
Burton Greene, Guillaume Gargaud
Jazz - Released by Chant Records on 9 sep. 2019
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Magic Intensity
Burton Greene, Guillaume Gargaud
Jazz - Released by Chant Records on 23 sep. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo