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BTMDC is the host of numerous concert series and single projects produced by Burnett Thompson. These include Castleton in Performance, Piano at the White House, Piano Jazz at the Arts Club, Jazz on Jackson Place, and Hill Center Concert Series. More info may be viewed at www.pianojazz.com. Burnett Thompson is a pianist, composer, educator, and concert producer. He spends his time in New York City, Washington, DC, Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen, China. His interests are eclectic, and the concerts reflect the broad reach of his influences and contacts. Read more about him at www.pianojazz.com/history.htm
Burnett Thompson & bassist Alex Blake Inflection 1650 at Mezzrow, 2nd set
Pianist Burnett Thompson, Bassist Alex Blake, kick off their next project, Inflection 1650. Music of African, European, and indigenous populations in the North America of 1650. Mezzrow Jazz Club, NYC, Dec 11, 2023
"music for the head and the heart" The Washington Post
"incredible virtuosity and inventive musicality” The Los Angeles Times
04:55 Dagna Mamadou Diabate, composer (Burkina Faso)
13:40 Lullaby (Cheyenne Melody)
20:10 Katzenpfote (German)
30:00 Mamadou Batiki (West African folk tune)
40:28 Illinois Song (Native American)
47:40 Antiche Soave e Danze (Italian 17th century)
53:30 Gambling Song (Native American)
Join pianist Burnett Thompson and bassist Alex Blake for their annual performance at the iconic Mezzrow Jazz Club in NYC. The duo launched "Inflection: 1650", revisiting music heard in the colonies of the 17th century. Tunes from Native Americans, Africans and Europeans alike will be juxtaposed for this date. The duo's audiences have come to expect unique and compelling interpretations of music from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. A work in progress,"Inflection: 1650", will culminate in a CD and wider performances over the next year.
Burnett is forever indebted to the avant-garde, jazz, baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras, as well as Chinese traditional music for ideas, style and energy. Burnett performs regularly in venues in Lisbon, Prague, London, Berlin, NYC, Beijing, Shanghai and Kunming. He has produced series at Castleton in Performance, Piano Jazz DC, Jazz on Jackson Place, the Hill Center Concert Series, and Foggy Bottom Chamber Ensemble, perennially programming a broad swath of cultural influences.
Alex is a performer with an extraordinary playing style, a technique distinctly his own, and a unique, compelling sound. Alex Blake’s stature is measured by the plenitude of masters who have called upon him: Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner,Stan Getz, Harry Belafonte, and the Manhattan Transfer. Alex is a long-time member of the late NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms.
"music for the head and the heart" The Washington Post
"incredible virtuosity and inventive musicality” The Los Angeles Times
04:55 Dagna Mamadou Diabate, composer (Burkina Faso)
13:40 Lullaby (Cheyenne Melody)
20:10 Katzenpfote (German)
30:00 Mamadou Batiki (West African folk tune)
40:28 Illinois Song (Native American)
47:40 Antiche Soave e Danze (Italian 17th century)
53:30 Gambling Song (Native American)
Join pianist Burnett Thompson and bassist Alex Blake for their annual performance at the iconic Mezzrow Jazz Club in NYC. The duo launched "Inflection: 1650", revisiting music heard in the colonies of the 17th century. Tunes from Native Americans, Africans and Europeans alike will be juxtaposed for this date. The duo's audiences have come to expect unique and compelling interpretations of music from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. A work in progress,"Inflection: 1650", will culminate in a CD and wider performances over the next year.
Burnett is forever indebted to the avant-garde, jazz, baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras, as well as Chinese traditional music for ideas, style and energy. Burnett performs regularly in venues in Lisbon, Prague, London, Berlin, NYC, Beijing, Shanghai and Kunming. He has produced series at Castleton in Performance, Piano Jazz DC, Jazz on Jackson Place, the Hill Center Concert Series, and Foggy Bottom Chamber Ensemble, perennially programming a broad swath of cultural influences.
Alex is a performer with an extraordinary playing style, a technique distinctly his own, and a unique, compelling sound. Alex Blake’s stature is measured by the plenitude of masters who have called upon him: Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner,Stan Getz, Harry Belafonte, and the Manhattan Transfer. Alex is a long-time member of the late NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms.
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Interview Number 96 in the Series From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz-Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie-who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet. This is the story of three revoluti...
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Interview #93 in the series. Saxophonist Leigh Pilzer talks about the upcoming 2024 Washington Women in Jazz Festival. Washington, DC native Leigh Pilzer is a baritone saxophone specialist, composer, arranger, and educator. Her performance resume includes appearances with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, the National Symph...
ArtsUpNext--John McGinn re: John Adams
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ArtsUpNext presents composer/pianist John McGinn, reminiscing on his lifelong professional and educational relationship with composer John Adams. Here in conversation with Burnett Thompson. Celebrated for his operas (including Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic and the recent Antony and Cleopatra), symphonic and choral works (the Pulitzer-winning On the Transmigration of Souls), concertantes (the Gr...
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Burnett Thompson & bassist Alex Blake: Inflection 1650 at Mezzrow NYC, 1st Set
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Pianist Burnett Thompson, Bassist Alex Blake, kick off their next project, Inflection 1650. Music of African, European, and indigenous populations in the North America of 1650. Mezzrow Jazz Club, NYC, Dec 11, 2023 "music for the head and the heart" The Washington Post "incredible virtuosity and inventive musicality” The Los Angeles Times 3:55 The Month of May (German) 10:50 Illinois Song (Nativ...
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Kabalevsky opus 27 #3: Slow Practice Play Along
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J.S. Bach Prelude in Bb WTC I, Burnett Thompson, pianist
Full of good ideas and some great expressive playing. I would love him to go back and do more with Rita Payes. Their "Blame it on My Youth" was definitive.
Excellente interprétation. Merci. Olivier
Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece.🎉
So wonderful to hear her superb playing.
Phenomenal bassist especially his work with Billy Cobham during the mid 70's.
Amazing story of his musical career. Enormous talent, hard work and good luck.
He likes his dis chords scattered here and there.
what a luminescent personality and world community force!
world class player!!!!!!! absolutely .....
Enjoyed your version of Five Hundred Miles High. I also like his Crystal Silence and Windows.
Nice hymn. How Great Thou Art. A Swedish folk melody.
Great program, Burnett! Yeah that was the melody of “I Can’t Get Started” by Vernon Duke or his real name Vladimir Dukelsky. Thanks for your wonderful presentation.
A genius of our time!
Great player, beautiful instrument.
Magnificent!
Happy Holidays!
Noel asked about the song at 53:00. That is "The Christmas Song", often known by the first line of text, "Chestnuts Roasting o'er an Opern Fire
Beautiful medley of Holiday favorites! Really enjoyed the variety of styles, tempos!
Thanks a lot for checking in. It is a distinct pleasure running through this repertoire.
I should like to have him as teacher
1:05:22 anyone else catch that Tatum quote? From Elegy ua-cam.com/video/aNAJlqn0nO4/v-deo.html (at 2:00 in on that recording) I could tell from the first time I listened to Sullivan that Art was a huge inspiration for him, you can really hear it in his style moreso than any other pianist I can think of.
Some art, some Fred hersch, some Jason moran. And a whole lot of Sullivan originality
Outstanding, Burnett!
Nice Monk, Burnett! (and the rest too) Cheers, EddyG
Hi Burnett, nice playing
when do we see you?
Hey Moreno, hope to see you before long...
You are my favorite pianist, Mr. Hobgood. When you worked with Kurt Elling, I was blown away by the sensitive, beautiful, musical choices you would make..so tasteful, delicious. I bought his music to get the joy of hearing you accompanying him. Flawless. Thank you for your magnificent artistry.👏🏽👏🏽❤️
Thank for your slow version... Im learning to play it. It's so difficult 😢😢😢
Really enjoyed to watch your slow practice! Your articulation and hands positionings are truly pedagogical. I could easily imitate how you play and resolved some problems of tension that I have. Also I could see that your pivoting of the wrists were proposal to move though white keys and black keys passages. And I can see that you play with the weight of yours arms, the articulation isn t only by the fingers. Thank very much for the class, Mr. Thompson!
Bravo! Very nice! Thanks for sharing your talent.
Great job
Bravo!
Wunderbar! 👏👏👏🌹Danke.
I'm just lovin his playing - and that unique blend of stride styles he brings to the table.
Short history of my buddy Viktor! Good to hear you on the radio my friend! :)
This is absolutely tear- jerkingly fabulous. I had never heard of Willis Conover. And now I am one of his biggest fans. Thank you so much for the excellent editing involved in this video.
The Duke Ellington interview is from September 5, 1973, per ua-cam.com/video/udjs3oxl_00/v-deo.html In April 29, 1974, Ellington was in a New York City hospital, four weeks from death.
Thank you so much for this thoroughly enjoyable interview. 👏👏👏🙏
Linda, very pleased that you could attend the interview. I will keep you posted on the upcoming dates.
@@btmdc Thank you so much, I really appreciate that.
Thank you!
^May be he knows Thelonious, Aki, and Martial.
Your videos are amazing. I really like it. I am a new subscriber to your channel. Can I talk with you btmdc?
This is stunning. @btmdc, did you compose the piano accompaniment? Is it available anywhere?
Hi Benji, I would have to dig into my library, since it's been awhile. I believe this was an arrangement composed for my colleague Ma Xiao Hui 马晓晖。I recommend listening to her at ua-cam.com/video/D3eoxdAja6s/v-deo.html an arrangement written for her of a Beijing opera melody.
09:32 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 16:40 What Is This Thing Called Love 21:19 Con Alma 26:50 O Grande Amor 34:03 Nice Work If You Can Get It 37:51 Snakes and Ladders (SF) 44:19 Embraceable You 52:41 Through The Fire (David Foster/Chaka Khan) 59:13 Sweeney Todd 01:01:22 My Favorite Things
there is also O Grande Amor 26:50
@@sergiodigennaro Thanks!
Many thanks, Alec
And also “Nice Work If You Can Get It” 34:03
@@eliodiraimondo2559thanks
Loved walking on the sunny side on this rainy day in Florida.
Very charming and festive as always, Burnett - and hey, special kudos to the young soloist in Linus and Lucy. Thanks and Happy Holidays!
One of the primary objectives,that is FREEDOM FROM AND IN TIME,is certainly accomplished here.Study and Relish yall,study and relish........
So beautiful. Where or when was so gorgeous omg
Hello...
What a sweet serenade, even if it's an Ad for an event I can't attend!😭😂
Hi Bob, tks for the note. You can grab a Livestream ticket at www.pianojazz.com for $7. The audio is superb.
So movingly beautiful.
Please turn up volume on speaking mic
Hi Laurie, due to the limititations of the OBS broadcast software, we are unable to have a separate mic for the speaker. It is essential to listen with headphones or high quality speakers in order to hear the speaking voice.
Can this drummer even understand jazz before bebop???