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As part of the Italian Jazz Days festival, co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute and JALC, Greg will play at Dizzy's Jazz Club in Lincoln Center in NYC with George Garzone, Rosario Giuliani and many others, the week of Oct. 12-18

"The Logic of Chance" an in depth philosophical and musical look at the music of Paul Bley, will be published by the Canadian Publisher Vehicule Press. This book was translated from the original text in Italian to English by Greg Burk. 

Many Worlds Burk's new quartet recording will be released by 482 Music Jan 26th of 2010. It features Henry Cook, Ron Seguin and Michel Lambert. 

Performance at the MIBnight Jazz Festival in Bremen, Oct 30, for the CD release of Jonathan Robinson's Spatial Stasis recording for the Berlin based ITM label. 

The Lunar Quartet feat. John Tchicai new CD, Look to the Neutrino is out on Music Center Records. It features Marc Abrams, Enzo Carpentieri and Greg Burk.

Greg's Quartet, including Gaetano Partipilo, Jonathan Robinson and John B. Arnold performs at the Musicamdo Jazz Festival in Recanati Italy. This group, including Fabbio Recchia on live electronics has recently completed a new recording.

Greg Burk Trio with Jonathan Robinson and Gerald Cleaver tours Europe in early '09.  Performances include Terni Grand Tour Jazz Festival, the Casa del Jazz in Rome and the AMR in Geneva.

Duo tou in Portugal with trumpet great Hugo Alves.

Greg appears with Frank Lacy/Henry Cook Quintet 
Pianist/composer/educator Greg Burk has studied and performed with some of the world's most respected jazz musicians. His increasingly personal sound, forged by a penchant for both memorable melodies and probing improvisation, has been documented on a number of recent recordings, including Checking In, Carpe Momentum and Berlin Bright on Italy's legendary Soul Note label and Nothing, Knowing, The Way In and his most recent recording, Ivy Trio, on 482 Music. A former student of Yusef Lateef, Paul Bley and George Russell, he has given workshops around the world, and currently teaches at New York University in Florence. In addition to leading a variety of groups, Greg has recorded and performed with jazz luminaries such as Steve Swallow, John Tchicai, Bob Moses, Frank Lacy, Kenny Wheeler, Roberto Gatto, George Garzone among others.