2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

The Truth Of What I Am > The Narcissist recognized as a “Top Debut”

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Nextbop's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016

The Truth Of What I Am > The Narcissist recognized as a “Top Ten Jazz Albums 2016”

“Burton’s debut…..is an absolute joy to experience. Burton is at his most exciting when he is pushing the boundaries of the already limitless genre of jazz.”

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Album Review

"A fantastic statement of modern jazz."

Album Review

"[Burton's] vision, a smart melodic postbop with strong elements of R&B and hip-hop ... The Truth [Of What I Am] bursts with promise."

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Live Concert Review

"This critic has rarely, in 11 years and hundreds of concerts, seen a musician who fed off the energy of the room as voraciously as Burton. On Tuesday night at Blues Alley, he brought his band members in on the feast....The quintet made magic."

Review 2.20.18 at Blues Alley

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Album Review

"Burton speaks the language of Logan Richardson and Ambrose Akinmusire - modern harmonic choices and rhythms with a strong influence of hip hop and R&B, the melody always at the center of the conversation."

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Newport Jazz Festival Front Page Feature

“The Long Wait is Over”

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Review/ Podcast- Newport Jazz Festival Preview

“The pianist finds truth in a world of phoniness.”

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Album Review/Feature

"Wildly diverse but conceptually cohesive."

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"Strong writing and deep pulses make this a winner."

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“George Burton represents what many of jazz’s most exciting figures hoped the genre would become: precarious, dynamic, revolutionary...unable to be contained. ”

"Burton's album is an absolute joy to experience ... one of the most exciting debuts I have heard in years."

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Live Concert Review

"With piano finesse, rollick, impressionism, power and risk taking, George Burton made his rousing Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola debut on Wednesday, February 21....taking delicious melodies for long rides."

Review 2.21.18 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

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Album Review

"[A] strong and often surprising debut ... There is a prevailing hard bop intensity as well as an inward lyricism in Burton's writing."

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Rochester City Newspaper

"Pianist George Burton's debut album instantly puts him on the jazz map."

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Album Review/ Podcast

George Burton talks his debut album on WBGO's "The Checkout"

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Podcast: Newport Jazz Festival Performance

A Conversation with George Burton Before His Newport Jazz Festival Debut

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BEST OF 2016: J Hunter’s Top Jazz Albums

"The depth and soul in The Truth makes your head hurt, because your jaw keeps dropping to the floor on every tune."

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“Formidable….” —NPR

“Inventive…..” —Cadence Magazine

Podcast:

“Burton’s Quintet hits the stage at Scullers Jazz Club”

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