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Burgess, Mitchell & Seal |
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Jazz, Blues, Swing, Latin, Bop, R&B |
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In the world of music, you can add one plus one plus one and get one that’s better….Greg Burgess on piano and vocals, Steve Mitchell on drums and Andy Seal on bass bring together three lifetimes of playing, listening and learning to form one hot band. Experts can’t agree on what that thing is that makes a band “cook’ but whatever “it” is, they have it. Whether you prefer the cool of jazz, the soul of blues or the back beat of rock and roll, you will find it done to your liking at a BMS gig. —Annie Clark, The One |
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BMS at the Town Perk, Bloomsburg, PA |
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Greg Burgess can knock your socks off when he’s got that Mojo working...Steve Mitchell...the backseat driver, the man who sets the rhythm and keeps it there...Andy Seal...master at setting the groove….When all these ‘ones’ come together, the sound is definitely their own. An amalgam of quicksilver jazz and down and dirty blues. Not a slick fusion but a loose fit that leaves room to take the music where it wants to go. Room for a longer note or a shorter pause that keeps the sound fresh from gig to gig. It’s what keeps fans coming back for more —Annie Clark, The One |
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Burgess, Mitchell & Seal perform a wide variety of music, the hits of Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole, the jazz of Duke, Count, Bird, Dizzy, Monk, Miles and Trane, the blues of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, the rock and roll of Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino, and Burgess’s own tunes. The three musicians like to play weddings, festivals, and special events and are big favorites with restaurant and nightclub audiences. Since 2001, they have hosted the Sunday Jazz Workshop at the Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport, PA, and in 2003 performed as headliners at the Billtown Blues Festival in Hughesville, PA. The trio has appeared in concerts with the Bloomsburg University Symphony Orchestra, at special events at Susquehanna and Bucknell Universities and Keuka College, and has done educational performances for the Brown Library of Williamsport. |
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BMS at the Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport, PA |
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To Contact Us: Greg Burgess 42 Music Row Lane Selinsgrove, PA 17870
570-374-2647
Or Steve Mitchell 570-372-1914 |
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Thank you, Fans! |
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Jazz Workshop at the Bullfrog Brewery, Sundays 12 to 4 pm. Started by Seth Olinsky, Steve Mitchell, and Chalie Holmes in 2000, the Jazz Workshop has been hosted by Steve Mitchell and Greg Burgess since 2001, with Andy Seal joining and replacing bassist Matt Hogan in 2002. The workshop is an opportunity for any musician to sit in and try out chops on a jazz, blues, or pop standard, and for fans it’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. We thank the following musicians for lending their support over the years. (If we’ve missed or misnamed anyone, or you can tell us some last names we don’t have, please let us know): Mike Hudson, Lou Feist, Mark Polis, John Sullivan, Charles Sewell, Joel Vincent, Mike Clark (formerly of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters) and Jerry Z, Rich Cummings, Rod Bower, Ben Zimmerer, Tyler Housholder, Jeff Campenelli, Jonathan Edwards, Mike Monroig, Dave Eisenhower, Bill Stewart, Birch, Sage, Indigo and all the other kids Steve lets beat on his drums, Chalie Holmes, Kenny Wittman, Tim Breon, James Burgess, Scott Myers, Chris Whelan, Matt Radspinner, Bill Stetz, Matt Stopper, Justin Lutz, Sean Farley, Doug Sherry, J.P. Peterson, Jamie Notarthomas, Seth Olinsky, Ambrose Campana, Quentin Feitner, Alex Callenberger, Scott Bachman, Paul Farnham, Ric Delnero, Richard Rupert, Abe and his friends from NYC, Terry Rogers, Steve Adams, Clark Casale, Charles Kefover, Ryan, Brian, Ed, Marvin, Melissa Kuriga, Beverley Conrad, Andy Barnhart, Charlie Moore, Chris Trasatti, Doug McMinn, Dicky Adams, Sascha Feinstein, Bob Cowel, Ryan Curchoe, Matt Weiskopf, Flora Eyster, Terry Wild, Daniel Boone, Maesyn Strite, John Johnson, Ann Kerstetter, Annie Clark, Brenda Hudson, Sue Grace, Nina Mandel, Emily Hulslander, Frank Fidele, Sarah Grace. |
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Also, go downriver sometime and check out the Harrisburg Hilton jazz jams on Thursday nights hosted by Steve Rudolph. Greg tries to get down and sit in as often as he can. |
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Photo by Marlin Wagner |
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Photo by Jacob Kepler |