Abraham Burton, Sax


Date of Birth : March 17, 1971
Place of Birth : Manhattan, NYC
Favorite Sax Player : Hard to answer (he says)

His Official Website:
http://www.abrahamburton.com/

WWW-sites related to Abraham Burton
http://netcetera.nl/jazzmarathon/96/burton.html

Photographs of Abraham at JVC Jazz Festival, 2002

At Mingus Big Band


Discography
No. Jacket Album Title and Label Recorded Personnel Tune
01 Closest To The Sun,
Abraham Burton Quartet
enja ENJ-80742
March 11 & 12, 1994
at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn
Abraham Burton (as)
Marc Cary (p)
Billy Johnson (b)
Eric McPherson (ds)
<1> Minor March (McLean) 7:52
<2> Laura (Mercer/Raksin) 4:59
<3> E=mc (McPherson) 3:50
<4> Romancing You (Burton) 6:07
<5> So Gracefully (Cary) 12:57
<6> Corrida De Toros (Burton) 8:48
<7> Left Alone (Waldron) 5:52
<8> Closest To The Sun (Burton) 7:13
<9> So Gracefully (Cary) 7:19
02 Damn!,
Jimmy Smith
UNI/MERCURY/POLYGRAM
January 24, 1995 Roy Hargrove (tp)
Nicholas Payton (tp)

Abraham Burton (as)
Ron Blake (ts)
Mark Turner (ts)
Tim Warfield (ts)
Mark Whitfield (g)
Jimmy Smith (org)
Christian McBride (b)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (ds)
Art Taylor (ds)
<1> Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Brown) 7:30
<2> Sister Sadie (Silver) 6:57
<3> Woody 'N' You (Gillespie) 6:50
<4> The One Before This (Ammons) 6:53
<5> Watermelon Man (Hancock) 8:43
<6> This Here (Timmons) 7:30
<7> Scrapple From The Apple (Parker) 5:25
<8> Hi-Fly (Weston) 6:35
<9> A La Mode (Fuller) 6:25
03 Magician,
Abraham Burton Quartet
enja ENJ-90372
May 17, 1995 Abraham Burton (as)
Marc Cary (p)
Billy Johnson (b)
Eric McPherson (ds)
<1> I Can't Get Started
<2> Little Melonae
<3> An Addition To The Family
<4> It's To You
<5> Mari's Soul
<6> Gnossienne #1
<7> The Magician
04 Aiee! The Phantom
Horace Tapscott
ARABESQUE
June 1995 Marcus Belgrave (tp)
Abraham Burton (as)
Horace Tapscott (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Andrew Cyrille (ds)
<1> To The Great House (Tapscott) 7:52
<2> The Goat And Ram Jam (Sharps) 8:54
<3> Aiee! The Phantom (Tapscott) 10:31
<4> Drunken Mary/Mary On Sunday (Tapscott) 9:30
<5> Inspiration Of Silence (Straughter) 6:42
<6> Mothership (Tapscott) 15:52
05 Jackies Blues Bag-Tribute To J,
Essence All Stars
March 18, 1997 Abraham Burton (as)
Donald Harrison (as)
Vincent Herring (as)
Craig Handy (ts)
Javon Jackson (ts)
Joe Lovano (ts)
Branford Marsalis (ss & ts)
LaMont Johnson (p)
Justin Robinson (as)
Rodney Whitaker (b)
Idris Muhammad (ds)
<1> Bluesnik (McLean) 8:37
<2> Blue Fable (McLean) 8:48
<3> Dr. Jackle (McLean) 5:06
<4> Blues Inn (McLean) 6:17
<5> Dr. Mac Jackie (Johnson) 2:23
<6> Midtown Blues (McLean) 8:44
<7> A Ballad For Doll (McLean) 3:15
06 Off The Coat
Terumasa Hino Group
TECW-28537
February 4 - 6, 1997
NYC
Terumasa Hino (tp)
Dave Liebman (ss)
Oliver Lake (as)
Abraham Burton (as)
Masabumi Kikuchi (p)
Carton Homes (p)
Jay Anderson (b)
Motohiko Hino (ds)
Michael Carvin (ds) Andrew Syrille (ds)

<1> Prologue - (Gifu) Gift
<2> Nautilus
<3> Gate
<4> Kotobuki
<5> Echo
<6> Big Foot
<7> Equinox
<8> Epilogue - (Gifu) Gift

07 Speak Up,
Yosuke Inoue Sextet
Baybridge TECW28593
1997 Abraham Burton (as)
Sam Newsome (ss)
Joel Frahm (ts)
George Colligan (p)
Yosuke Inoue (b)
Matt Wilson (ds)
<01> Taste Of Honey
<02> Speak Up
<03> Blue In Green
<04> Mox Nix
<05> I Remember Clifford
<06> Brass Madness
<07> Lick Your Chops
<08> Ballad For M
<09> Takeda No Komoriuta
<10> Just A Gigolo
08 Drifting Inward,
Abraham Burton - Yosuke Inoue Quartet plus One
M&I MYCJ-30042
February 22 & 23, 1998
NYC
Abraham Burton (as & ts)
James Carter (ts) on <4>,<5>,<9>
James Hurt (p)
Yosuke Inoue (b)
Eric McPherson (ds)
<01> Pithecanthropus Erectus
<02> Rio
<03> Salsamba
<04> Just The Two Of Us
<05> Softly As In A Morining Sunrise
<06> Drifting Inward
<07> On A Clear Day
<08> Song For My Teacher
<09> Just Friends
<10> Dad
09 Cause & Effect,
Abraham Burton -
Eric McPherson Quartet
enja ENJ-93772
July 21, 1998
at Bleecker Street Studio, NYC
Abraham Burton (ts)
James Hurt (p)
Yosuke Inoue (b)
Eric McPherson (ds)
<1> Nebulai (Hurt) 9:29
<2> Dad (Burton) 6:10
<3> Cause And Effect (McPherson) 15:45
<4> Forbidden Fruit (Burton) 7:51
<5> Punta Lullaby (Burton) 9:51
<6> The Last Laugh (Hurt) 11:14
10 Quitenssential Lou,
Louis Hayes Quintet
TCB 99652
March 25 & 26, 1999
East Side Sound, NYC
Abraham Burton (ts)
Riley Mullins (tp)
Dave Hazeltine (p)
Santi DeBriano (b)
Louis Hayes (ds)
<01>Progress Report (James Williams) 3:56
<02> Clarence's Place (F. Hubbard) 6:18
<03> Mystified (Joe Zawinul) 4:43
<04> Tenderly (Walter Gross) 9:31
<05> Decision (S. Rollins) 6:53
<06> Lions Den (K. Drew) 4:42
<07> Alter Ego (James Williams) 5:19
<08> That's The Thing (Riley Mullins) 6:10
<09> Cur Quiet Place (DeBriano) 5:19
<10> Interlude (J.J. Johnson) 5:34
11 Spirit Child,
Lenora Zenzalai-Helm
J CURVE

April 6, 1999
System Two Studios,
Brooklyn, NYC

Abraham Burton (ts)
Mark Gross (ss)
Antonio Hart (as)
Dave Liebman (ss)
Branford Marsalis (ts)
Jiro Yoshida (g)
Cecilia Smith (vib)
Orrin Evans (p)
Ron Carter (b)
Nasheet Waits (ds)
<01> Keep Takin' Me Higher (Helm/Saunders) 6:43
<02> My Favorite Things (Hammerstein) 6:12
<03> Summer Soft (Wonder) 6:04
<04> The Life That You Live May Not Be Your Own (Helm) 5:26
<05> More Than You Know (Esilcu/R/Y) 6:18
<06> Bomerang (Helm) 3:52
<07> Twisted Gray/Ross 3:32
<08> Single Petal Of A Rose (Ellington) 4:52
<09> Round Midnight (Hanighen/M/W) 7:54
<10> Spirit Child (Helm/Shorter) 6:27
<11> Ode To A Soulmate (Helm/Shorter) 5:57
<12> Summertime (Gershwin/Heyward) 7:28
12 The Candy Man,
Louis Hayes Quintet
TCB 20972
November 21 & 22, 1999
East Side Sound, NYC
Abraham Burton (ts)
Riley Mullins (tp)
Dave Hazeltine (p)
Santi DeBriano (b)
Louis Hayes (ds)
<01> Pentagon (Hazeltine) 6:24
<02> Pyramid (H. Silver) 5:46
<03> The Candy Man (A. Newley/L. Bricusse) 6:05
<04> Thespian (F. Redd) 5:52
<05> Ill Wind (H. Arlen) 5:55
<06> Round and About (Mullins) 5:03
<07> Raggedy Ann (L. Morgan) 6:21
<08> The Miracle (DeBriano) 7:38
<09> Second's Best (L. Morgan) 6:39
<10> Safari (H. Silver) 6:10
13 Dark Grooves
- Mystical Rhythms
,
James Hurt & His Friends
Blue Note 49510425
1999
Avatar Studio, NYC
Abraham Burton (as)
Russell Gunn (tp)
Antonio Hart (ss)
Sherman Irby (as)
Greg Tardy (ts)
Robin Eubanks (tb)
James Hurt (p)
Eric Reeves (b)
Francois Moutin (b)
Eric McPherson (ds)
Nasheet Waits (ds)
Ari Hoenig (ds)
<01> Neptune (Hurt) 4:13
<02> The Tree Of Life (Hurt) 5:55
<03> Waterfall (Dorough) 4:52
<04> Mars (Hurt) 4:32
<05> Jupiter (Hurt) 5:09
<06> Eleven Dreams (Hurt) 4:30
<07> Venus (Hurt) 4:17
<08> Dark Nines (Dorough/Landesman) 5:10
<09> Faith (Hurt) 4:02
<10> Pyramids (5:14)
<11> Orion's View (Hurt) 3:55
<12> Sun Day (Hurt) 6:08
14 Artistic License,
Santi Debriano Sextet
Savant SCD 2037
2001
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Abraham Burton (ts)
Miri Ben-Ari (vln)
Helio Alves (p)
Santi Debriano (ds-steel)
Will Calhoun (ds)
Willie Martinez (perc)
<01> Holiday 6:44
<02> Tenor Pan Woogie 5:52
<03> Liberty Road 10:14
<04> Little Free Spirit Be 5:23
<05> Trance Dance 10:40
<06> Brava 7:54
<07> Little Church 3:38
<08> Harmonious 5:58
<09> Leaving 6:48
15 PEACE,
Yosuke Inoue Group
M&I MYCJ-30132
November 27 & 28, 2001
The Studio, NYC
Abraham Burton (ts)
Ron Affif (g)
Luis Perdomo (p)
Yosuke Inoue (b)
Willie Martinez (perc)
<01> Puple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) 4:13
<02> Alone Together (Diez/Schwartz) 8:23
<03> All Blues (Miles Davis) 7:03
<04> Memory Of (Yosuke) 5:35
<05> Chicken (Alfred Ellis) 7:41
<06> Donna Lee (Parker) 5:07
<07> Toko (Yosuke) 6:33
<08> My One And Only Love (Guy Wood) 7:50
<09> So What (Miles Davis) 6:08
<10> Air On The G String (J.S. Bach) 3:13
16 A LIVE SUPREME,
Takeo Moriyama Quintet
SYRINX@CLSW-TM1001
September 20, 2003
Kani, Japan
Abraham Burton (ts)
George Garzone (ts,s)
Nobumasa Tanaka (p)
Yosuke Inoue (b)
Takeo Moriyama (ds)
<01> A Love Supreme 44:49
<02> I Want To Talk About You 9:18
<03> Impressions 15:36