Recordings

Ears to the Earth.  John Johnson, Greg Burgess, Steve Mitchell, Andy Seal.  Johnson, Native American wooden flutes, Burgess, piano, Mitchell, drums, Seal, bass.  Original improvised compositions dubbed “earth jazz.”  Recorded by Skip Kline of Songcrafters.  Available at CDbaby.com.

I Am Not Alone!  Greg Burgess.  Solo piano and vocals.  Top pick for best blues CD of 1999 by Joe Miklos of Billtown Blue Notes:  “Greg has selected a mess of tunes that are varied in style covering piano blues, standards, ballads, boogie woogie, originals, and jazz.  Everything fits in like pieces of an intricate puzzle.  This CD is cheerful, warm and happy and Burgess is swinging like mad and obviously enjoying himself.”  Recorded by George Graham of WVIA-FM and originally produced for the Homegrown Music Series.  Please check later for availability.  But for now you can hear Burgess’s C Boogie and Itsy Bitsy Spider Blues at Download.com.  

Brother Blues and Me.  Greg Burgess with Steve Mitchell and Andy Seal.  Burgess, piano and vocal, Mitchell and Seal, drums and bass.  Features fourteen compositions by Greg Burgess, which were drawn upon for performance at the 2003 Billtown Blues Festival.  Recorded by Andy Seal.  Available at CDbaby.com.

Blues for Your Stocking.  Burgess, Mitchell & Seal.  Burgess, piano and vocal, Mitchell and Seal, drums, bass, background vocals.  Christmas selections, including two songs by Burgess.  With special guest vibraphonist Terry Rogers.  Recorded by Andy Seal.  Please check later for availability.

Pull the Shade on the Morning.  Burgess, Mitchell & Seal. Burgess, piano and vocal, Mitchell and Seal, drums, bass, background vocals.  Jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Vince Guaraldi, and three compositions by Burgess.  Recorded by George Graham of WVIA-FM and aired on “All That Jazz.”  Read Burgess’s prose-poem liner notes.  Currently available by sending check or money order to Greg Burgess (payable to him).  $15.00 each CD, plus $4.05 for shipping up to 3 CD’s.

Tunes from the Family Parlor.  Beverley Conrad, Greg Burgess.  Conrad, fiddle, Burgess, piano.  Old time tunes like they were once played in the home.  Also includes the song “Gabriel’s Cabin,” written by Bev and Greg’s daughter, Joslyn Burgess.  Recorded variously by Tim Breon of R & J Recording and George Graham of WVIA-FM.  Available at fiddlerwoman.com and CDbaby.com.

 

 

1. Treat Street (Guaraldi) 2. Don’t Be That Way (Goodman) 3. Nostalgia in Times Square (Mingus) 4. Day Lily (Burgess) 5.  I Mean You (Monk) 6. Dream A Little Dream of Me 7. Triste (Jobim) 8. My Own Cold Beer (Burgess) 9. When Your Smile Warms Me Like the Sun (Burgess) 10. Caravan (Ellington)

1. Billy and Elton 2. The Weasel’s in the Coop 3. Big Brown Panther 4. C Boogie 5. Brother Blues No. 2 6. That Would Be Nice 7. All Day, All Night Long 8. High Water Boogie 9. Gee Gee Gee 10. I’m Listening 11. The End of the Blues 12. Brother Blues No. 1 13. Rid Those Jiitters 14. I Got the Blues Deep Inside Me