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

"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 in the fall of 2009 

Duo tour in Portugal with trumpet great Hugo Alves

Performance at the Jazzwerkstatt Jazz Festival in Berlin for the CD release of Jonathan Robinson's Spatial Stasis recording for the Berlin based Jazzwerkstatt label.

The Lunar Quartet feat. John Tchicai performed in Padova, Ferrara and had a special performance digital painter Michele Sambin at the Teatro Maddalena in Padova. 

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.