ART "TURK" BURTON
Genres: Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion • United States

Art "Turk" Burton is a well recognized conga and bongo drum jazz artist who has played with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Ari Brown, Chico Freeman, Muhal Richard Abrams and Joseph Jarman to name a few. He continues to play on the Chicago jazz and creative music circuit. Art received a full scholarship for jazz percussion to attend Governors State University and played in the GSU Jazz Band under Dr. Warrick Carter, where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in African American Studies. A member of the Chicago based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (A.A.C.M.) since 1973, Burton has shared musical experiences with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Waits, Sonny Stitt, Muhal Richard Abrams, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Kenny Barron, Lester Bowie, Lou Donaldson, Ira Sullivan, Jimmy Forrest, Willie Pickens, Randy Weston, Chico Freeman, Amina Claudine Myers, Richard Evans, Kwame Steve Cobb, Charles Stepney, George Freeman, Lester Bowie, read more...