George Burton

Inner Circle Music 2016

***The Truth Of What I Am* *[is greater than] The Narcissist***

Top Debuts of 2016, NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

Nextbop's Top Ten Jazz Albums of 2016

2016 Rookie of the Year, Nippertown News

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

— NEXTBOP

NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCASE ON

ITUNES / AMAZON / CDBABY

Who's Talking

Featured

2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

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

Nextbop's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016

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

Read more

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."

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."

Read more- (Translation)

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."

Live Review 2/20 at Blues Alley

Read more

Newport Jazz Festival Front Page Feature

“The Long Wait is Over”

Review/ Podcast

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

Album Review/Feature

"Wildly diverse but conceptually cohesive."

Album Review

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

Read more

Album Review

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

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."

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 of 2/21 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola performance