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We are pleased to announce the appointment of
Juilliard graduate James Burton as Director of Jazz Studies at Snow
College. Burton will be on campus July 6-11, as part of the faculty
of the Juilliard Jazz Workshop at Snow College.
James Burton III, trombonist, composer, arranger and educator is among a
new wave of musicians hitting the jazz scene with an expressive sound,
steeped in the tradition. James is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Jackie
McLean’s Institute for Jazz Studies, and the Juilliard Jazz Studies
Artist Diploma program. During this time he was a student of
world-renowned trombonists Wycliffe Gordon, Steve Davis and jazz
luminary Jackie McLean. James has also had the opportunity to study with
NEA Jazz Master Curtis Fuller via the Skidmore Jazz Institute and the
Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center. James has
recently completed a master’s degree in jazz studies from the Juilliard
School, studying with trombone icon Steve Turre.
James has performed alongside many great jazz artists, including
Illinois Jacquet, Gerald Wilson, James Moody, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath,
Slide Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Jon Faddis, and Eric Alexander. James has
also performed with the Ray Charles Orchestra, the Duke Ellington
Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, the
Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and the Roy Hargrove Big Band. In
addition to his musical credits, James has appeared in the major motion
picture Bolden, as well as a national television ad campaign for Grey
Goose. James has played many venues and festivals around the world, some
of these include Tanglewood, the Litchfield Jazz festival, the
Berghausen jazz festival (Germany), the Spoleto festival (Italy), the
Tim Festival (Rio de Janeiro), the JVC jazz festival (NYC), the Lionel
Hampton Festival, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher
Hall, Aaron Davis Hall, the Blue Note, Birdland, Iridium, Jazz Standard,
Smoke, Dizzy’s Club, Rose Theater, Smalls, Scullers, Regatta Bar, B.B.
King’s Club and the Sporting Club of Monte Carlo, Monaco.
James has also participated in many educational outreach programs
including two NEA Jazz in the Schools tours in conjunction with Jazz at
Lincoln Center, as well as residencies at Georgia Academy for the Blind
and the University of Costa Rica. James has also taught at Jackie
McLean’s Artist Collective and served in an adjunct capacity at the
Hartt School of Music’s jazz program since 2002. James is currently a
Morse Fellow, and a Gluck Fellow at the Juilliard School, providing
musical instruction for 2nd grade students in Harlem, as well as
providing jazz performances for nursing homes and pediatric care
facilities in NYC.
Dean of Fine Arts, Vance Larsen adds, "Burton first attended college on
a football scholarship and reports he can still bench press over 300
lbs. and is also rumored to be the 'best basketball player of any active
jazz musician in Manhattan."
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