Don Burrows
Don Burrows shapes Australian jazz on clarinet, saxophone and a family of flutes, moving from soulful baritone ballads to light, dancing lines that colour film scores, swing and contemporary ensemble work.
His woodwind lines sit at the heart of John Sangster’s jazz epic of Middle-earth, where a warm ballad can open into pure baritone soul and reflective writing leaves space for unforced, singing solos on flute and clarinet. On the Fluteman score he leads with concert and alto flutes, clarinet and fife among a tight circle of jazz players. He slips just as easily into AtmaSphere’s buoyant, rhythmically restless world as guest flautist. With George Golla and kindred players he built the long-running quartet sound many still hear as the centre of Australian jazz club life, and he carried that clear lyricism into chamber programmes for classical audiences.
Don Burrows is featured on the following titles
Fluteman
John Sangster wrote the score for the little-known 1982 Australian film Fluteman. Led by Don Burrows on flute, with eight other jazz players, the music makes wonderful listening quite apart from the picture.
Don Burrows also appears on
Landscapes of Middle Earth
The fourth and final volume in Move’s restored reissue of John Sangster’s jazz-inspired Tolkien cycle. First a late-1970s double LP, Landscapes of Middle Earth reached CD in 2006.
The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3
The third volume of John Sangster's classic jazz epic after J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. First issued by EMI as a double LP more than twenty-five years earlier, this ambitious Australian trilogy reaches CD for the first time here.