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Burton Greene

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About the artist

Burton Greene (born June 14, 1937 - died June 28, 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a free jazz pianist born in Chicago, Illinois, though most known for his work in New York City. He has explored a variety of genres, including avant-garde jazz and the Klezmer medium. Greene rose to popularity during the 1960s on New York's free jazz scene, gigging with well-known musicians which included Alan Silva and Marion Brown, among a host of others. With Alan Silva he formed the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble in 1963.

Top songs

  1. Cluster Quartet
  2. Bloom in the Commune
  3. Taking It Out of the Ground
  4. Ballade II
  5. Angels
  6. Heart-Shaped Box
  7. Pennyroyal Tea
  8. Breed
  9. Ballad in B Minor
  10. In The Footsteps Of The Bratslav
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  1. Sylosophy (Digitalville)
  2. Cluster Quartet II
  3. Burton Greene Interview: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene at Slugs' Saloon, Part 1
  4. Tree Theme II
  5. slurp!
  6. A Cozy Winter Veggy Soup
  7. Burton Greene Interview: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene at Slug’s Saloon, Part 2
  8. Calistrophy
  9. Like It Is
  10. Na-Calm (After the Storm)
  11. Nirvana Vibrations
  12. Aquarius suite
  13. Gnat Dance
  14. From "Out of Bartok"
  15. Voice of the Silences
  16. Florida Summer Odyssey, from the South Florida Ody
  17. Two-One-Two Vibrations
  18. Eastern Folk Song
  19. Lebanese Turn-A-Round
  20. Prins Hendrik Garden
  21. Burton Greene Introduction
  22. 12,733 Shopping Malls, from the South Florida Odys
  23. Ascent
  24. Transcendence
  25. Tree Theme
  26. Lyric for Brother John
  27. Astral Projection
  28. Three Theme II
  29. [untitled]
  30. The Mind Set Of That Time (Interview)
  31. The Music Scene (Interview)
  32. Space Dialogue
  33. His Early Band/ His ESP First Recording (interview)
  34. Recap of Session (Inteview)
  35. Music Is Life (Interview)
  36. Albert Ayler At Slug's Saloon (Interview)
  37. Monk's Dream
  38. How He Got Involved with ESP (Interview)
  39. Free Intro - Burkina Faso Swing
  40. Moon Rays
  41. Believe in Love
  42. Aquariana Suite
  43. Little Song
  44. Burton Greene Interview: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene atSlugs' Saloon, Part 1
  45. Something in the Way
  46. From Out Of Bartok
  47. Two-Five-One
  48. Don't Forget The Poet
  49. Out Of Bartok
  50. Burton Greene Interview: Albert Ayler Playing with Burton Greene at Slug's Saloon, Part 2
  51. Nostalgia Variations
  52. Funk Dumplin'
  53. Space Rhythms
  54. Booker's Lament
  55. Angels of Sirius
  56. Carnival of Mother Kali
  57. Heart Shaped Box
  58. side 2
  59. side 1
  60. A1 Mountains.... Expression 1
  61. Two One Two Vibrations
  62. Untitled
  63. Florida Summer Odyssey
  64. Freeboparoony
  65. Little Song Revisited
  66. Primal Lanscape
  67. Climb Up and Float
  68. free form composition 2
  69. Now Music
  70. When You're In Front, Get OFF My Back
  71. Say Yes
  72. Mirjam
  73. Tree
  74. Hush..!
  75. Capricious Voyage to Serenity
  76. South Florida Odyssey Suite: Florida Summer Odyssey
  77. Buddy's Bitonal Blues Ii
  78. Free
  79. Amulet
  80. Lebanese Turn-Around · Eastern Folk Song · Voice of the Silences
  81. Ballad in B Minor · Slurp! · Nirvana Vibrations
  82. Now Music 1
  83. Careful
  84. Variations on Lies I
  85. Freebop The 5th
  86. Apart Together
  87. Brother Yusef
  88. Burty's Bourdoir Bump...Bop
  89. 63rd and Cottage Groove
  90. From 'Out of Bartok'

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