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Bassist Herman Burney has played with some of the most legendary musicians past and present. He's traveled all over the world as a bassist with with Nnenna Freelon, Marcus Roberts, Freddy Cole, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Fortune, Harry Pickens, Eric Alexander, Wycliffe Gordon, Rene Marie, Monty Alexander, Etta Jones, Oscar Brown, Red Holloway, Natalie Cole, Cedar Walton, and Eric Reed, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Terrell Stafford, Frank Wess, Carl Allen, and Etta Jones, and many others.
He's played at jazz venues including the Blue Note, the Village Vanguard, Yoshi’s, Sweet Basil, Iridium, Smoke, Birdland, the Jazz Showcase, the Jazz Bistro, Jazz Alley, the Jazz Bakery, Vartan’s Jazz, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, the Stanley Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center, the Dakota, and countless others. Internationally, Herman has toured South America, Australia, Europe, Canada, and the Far East. Some festivals include the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the Cherry Hill Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, the JVC Festival, the East Coast Jazz Festival, the Melbourne Arts Festival, the San Javier (Spain) Jazz Festival, the Atlanta Jazz Festival, and the Clearwater Jazz Holiday Festival where Herman’s image was featured on both the 2001 Festival poster and T-shirt.
In Episode 4, we talk about how Herman came to music, the bass, and the ever-present inspiration of George Duvivier. We also get the scoop on what's behind his infamous social media response of "uh oh."
We play his beautiful composition "Drizzle," as well as my composition I wrote for him called...you guessed it..."Uh Oh!"
EPISODE INDEX
Intro [0:00]
Song 1 - "Drizzle" (comp Herman Burney) [1:39]
Conversation - Herman's upbringing [5:05]
Conversation - Herman's discovery of music [6:22]
Conversation - The Importance of George Duvivier [10:00]
Conversation - The inspiration for "Drizzle" [13:34]
Conversation - The story behind "Uh Oh" [15:09]
Song 2 - "Uh Oh" (comp Tim Whalen) [18:52]
Outro [24:00]
