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Winter 2008/09

2008 in Review: 5 Cd’s, Lots of Festivals, Fun Gigs

'08 was a banner year for recording projects finally getting released and fun gigs!

Recordings

Ryan Burns Trio: Live at the LAB with Jeff Johnson and Tad Britton was recorded at Seattle Drum School, and documents a musical relationship of a few years of occasionally sitting in for Jon Alberts at Thai Ku restaurant in Ballard w/ Jeff and Tad. In '08, Ryan Burns Trio played at Anacortes Jazz Festival, and had CD Release Parties in Seattle and Olympia. The CD is available on CDBaby:

Harrybu McCage w/ Matt Cameron and Geoff Harper spent the end of '07 in the studio at Jason McGerr's "Two Sticks" and got to come out and play quite a bit in '08, with gigs at The Showbox, High Dive and ElCorazon in Seattle, and at the Bonaroo festival in Tennessee. The CD is available on Pearl Jam's Website: https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?categoryId=6&sku=6198

17th Chapter: Around the Bend and Then Some was officially released in April, with a CD Release Party at Tractor Tavern in Ballard. Also on the bill was the always fun "Maldives," with whom we played with again at the 1st Annual Doe Bay Music Festival on Orcas Island in the Summer. www.17thchaptermusic.com for more info

Matt Jorgensen+451: Another Morning was released in February, and the band performed at Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Boise, Portland Jazz Festival, and was one of only two jazz acts to play Seattle's own Bumbershoot. The CD is available here: http://www.origin-records.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82500

Thomas Marriott: Crazy - The Music of Willie Nelson was officially released in March. This band also performed at Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Boise, The Seasons in Yakima, as well as several local venue's. The CD is available here: http://www.origin-records.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82495

Other Highlights;

’08 also proved to be memorable for being reunited with Black Vinyl All-Stars, who hadn’t performed together in a few years. The group plays Classic Rock Covers of mostly The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. It’s also an opportunity for me to play some guitar! I also have slowly been introducing the guitar back into my repertoire in the Jazz world, such as with Geoff Harper and Jose Martinez at Geoff Harper’s Last Monday’s. Speaking of guitarists, another fun reuniting of sorts was getting to play at Dan Heck’s CD Release Party at Tula’s late August. Dan lives in Florida, was the original guitarist for Bebop and Destruction, and I used to play with him a lot in the late 90’s. His wife Rebecca sings, and I also backed her up the following night at Tula’s. Katherine Moore Situation performing at The Skylark was another highlight. Two more Festivals of note that wrapped up the year are Earshot Festival w/ Mark Taylor, and Ballard Jazz Festival with Hadley Caliman. Both were very well received, and I was happy to be invited to play with such great musicians! That’s about it for my 2008 wrap-up.

Happy Holidays, and best wishes for 2009 and beyond!
-Ryan

From 2007: Still available!

TREE-O: Ryan Burns, Jose Martinez, and Geoff Cooke (Odd Bird Records)

Click here to read: " All About Jazz "Tree-O" CD Review"

Music Samples:

The Ryan Burns MySpace Page features all original compositions.

Gigs For upcoming gigs, please check the "Performances" page.

Hope to see you at a show!