ROBERT BURKE

• Performer • Composer • Educator • Researcher •

"What makes this disc work so well is the sense of restraint or calm at the centre with well-selected eruptions which never reach an extreme."

- Downtown Music Gallery, NY (2017)

 “This is a groundbreaking collection — complex and adventurous. 4.5★ ”

- J. McBeath, The Australian (2015)

“A stunning jazz album that identifies Melbourne as a significant contributor of talent and inventive and pioneering jazz on the world stage. Beautifully recorded and presented … This record is a collaboration of some of the most influential protagonists on the Melbourne scene and is undoubtedly a masterpiece.”

– Eddie Naran, Jazz on the Street (2015)

“Variations of tempo and mood and a seemingly telepathic ability to complement each other make for stimulating listening.”

- Music Australia Guide (2010)

“…carefully crafted explorations into the melodic beauty, space, timbre and dynamic variations of reeds and piano by players whose long friendship is evident.”

- Roger Mitchell, SHS (2010)

“…an empathetic, melodic and tender album that reflects the saxophonist’s and pianist’s longtime playing partnership.”

- The Daily Planet, ABC Radio National (2010)

“…to die for.”

- Leon Gettler, The Age Green Guide (2010)

"An exciting tour of Melbourne. There are moments where you will get chills down your back. 4.5★ ”

- The Age Green Guide (2005)

"There is a romance in the tracks that comes from an exploration of a stage of jazz which has pleasured many for a long time. While gentle … it is quietly persuasive of all the life, clarity and brilliance to be found in mainstream jazz. Emotional and relaxing.”

- Canberra Times, Canberra (2003)

ROBERT BURKE

• Performer • Composer • Educator • Researcher •

"What makes this disc work so well is the sense of restraint or calm at the centre with well-selected eruptions which never reach an extreme."

- Downtown Music Gallery, NY (2017)

 “This is a groundbreaking collection — complex and adventurous. 4.5★ ”

- J. McBeath, The Australian (2015)

“A stunning jazz album that identifies Melbourne as a significant contributor of talent and inventive and pioneering jazz on the world stage. Beautifully recorded and presented … This record is a collaboration of some of the most influential protagonists on the Melbourne scene and is undoubtedly a masterpiece.”

– Eddie Naran, Jazz on the Street (2015)

“Variations of tempo and mood and a seemingly telepathic ability to complement each other make for stimulating listening.”

- Music Australia Guide (2010)

“…carefully crafted explorations into the melodic beauty, space, timbre and dynamic variations of reeds and piano by players whose long friendship is evident.”

- Roger Mitchell, SHS (2010)

“…an empathetic, melodic and tender album that reflects the saxophonist’s and pianist’s longtime playing partnership.”

- The Daily Planet, ABC Radio National (2010)

“…to die for.”

- Leon Gettler, The Age Green Guide (2010)

"An exciting tour of Melbourne. There are moments where you will get chills down your back. 4.5★ ”

- The Age Green Guide (2005)

"There is a romance in the tracks that comes from an exploration of a stage of jazz which has pleasured many for a long time. While gentle … it is quietly persuasive of all the life, clarity and brilliance to be found in mainstream jazz. Emotional and relaxing.”

- Canberra Times, Canberra (2003)

ROBERT
BURKE


Performer • Composer
Educator • Researcher

"What makes this disc work so well is the sense of restraint or calm at the centre with well-selected eruptions which never reach an extreme."

- Downtown Music Gallery, NY (2017)

 “This is a groundbreaking collection — complex and adventurous. 4.5★ ”

- J. McBeath, The Australian (2015)

“A stunning jazz album that identifies Melbourne as a significant contributor of talent and inventive and pioneering jazz on the world stage. Beautifully recorded and presented … This record is a collaboration of some of the most influential protagonists on the Melbourne scene and is undoubtedly a masterpiece.”

– Eddie Naran, Jazz on the Street (2015)

“Variations of tempo and mood and a seemingly telepathic ability to complement each other make for stimulating listening.”

- Music Australia Guide (2010)

“…carefully crafted explorations into the melodic beauty, space, timbre and dynamic variations of reeds and piano by players whose long friendship is evident.”

- Roger Mitchell, SHS (2010)

“…an empathetic, melodic and tender album that reflects the saxophonist’s and pianist’s longtime playing partnership.”

- The Daily Planet, ABC Radio National (2010)

“…to die for.”

- Leon Gettler, The Age Green Guide (2010)

"An exciting tour of Melbourne. There are moments where you will get chills down your back. 4.5★ ”

- The Age Green Guide (2005)

"There is a romance in the tracks that comes from an exploration of a stage of jazz which has pleasured many for a long time. While gentle … it is quietly persuasive of all the life, clarity and brilliance to be found in mainstream jazz. Emotional and relaxing.”

- Canberra Times, Canberra (2003)

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Rob Burke is an internationally acclaimed performer and composer, Rob has released 12 CD’s under his own name and has composed and performed on a further 300 CD’s.  His sensitive and balanced perspective has allowed Rob to traverse many different styles and this has, in part, been expressed as collaborative performances with international leaders in classical, jazz and experimental music. His embrace of many genres of music and the clear expression of his diversity in his role as an educator, researcher and performer, has given rise to a vibrant dialect that resonates through his students and also his performances. 

Rob has recorded with George Lewis, Dave Douglas, Enrico Rava, Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey, Tony Malaby, Nasheet Waites, George Garzone, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould, Debasis Chackroborty and Paulo Angeli. Rob’s research is mainly focussed on practice-based artistic research, (jazz, improvisation and jazz pedagogy). Publications include co-edited book, Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music (Lexington) and co-written Experimentation in Improvised Jazz: Chasing Ideas (2018 Routledge).

Rob  (Associate Professor) is currently convenor of  Jazz and Popular Studies at Monash University – Melbourne Australia and President of AJIRN (Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network)

His ongoing research focuses on issues relating to how we respond to improvised jazz: artistically, critically and personally. His work includes studying the processes and outcomes of music participation and music listening.

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Rob has released 12 CDs under his own name whilst focussing on understanding and articulating what happens in the moment of improvisation from the perspective of practice-based artistic research.

Rob plays in a context of mostly free improvisation (jazz sensibility), investigating ego, agency, indeterminacy and choice having collaborated/recorded with George Lewis, Dave Douglas, Enrico Rava, Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey, Nasheet Waites, George Garzone, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould, Johannes Weidenmueller, Debasis Chackroborty, Paulo Angeli, Tony Malaby and Richie Barshay.

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Robert Burke is Co-ordinator of Jazz and Popular Studies at Monash University. An improvising musician, Rob has performed and composed on over 300 CDs and has toured extensively throughout Australia, Asia, Europe, and USA over the last 30 years. He has also released 12 CDs under his own name and has focused on creating research, educational and artistic ties with institutions, researchers and musicians in Italy, USA (New York), Japan and Brazil.

Rob has recorded with George Lewis, Dave Douglas, Enrico Rava, Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey, Tony Malaby, Nasheet Waites, George Garzone, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould, Debasis Chackroborty and Paulo Angeli. Rob’s research is mainly focussed on practice-based artistic research, (jazz, improvisation and jazz pedagogy). Publications include co-edited book, Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music (Lexington) and currently co-writing (published later in 2018 Routledge) Experimentation in Jazz: Chasing Ideas.

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Rob has released 12 CDs under his own name whilst focussing on understanding and articulating what happens in the moment of improvisation from the perspective of practice-based artistic research.

Rob plays in a context of mostly free improvisation (jazz sensibility), investigating ego, agency, indeterminacy and choice having collaborated/recorded with George Lewis, Dave Douglas, Enrico Rava, Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, Ben Monder, Tom Rainey, Nasheet Waites, George Garzone, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould, Johannes Weidenmueller, Debasis Chackroborty, Paulo Angeli, Tony Malaby and Richie Barshay.

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Burke – Gould Quartet: LIVE AGAIN (Jazzhead)

The Burke-Gould Quartet with Nick Haywood and Tony Floyd has been a constant in the Australian music scene since the mid 1990s with almost 25 years of playing together as an ensemble nationally and internationally.

This longitudinal approach to music-making has allowed the ensemble a deep understanding of interaction: not just reacting to the moment but making musical choices based on knowing and understanding the character and identity of each player. The musical in the moment choices made are based on trust that has developed over these 25 years. Trust, that allows each musician to play with belief and freedom to create that ephemeral moment that is so important in improvised jazz.

The music on this CD was recorded live over the last 6 years at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club and the Wangaratta Jazz Festival 

 

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HEAD UNDER WATER takes the listener on an immersive journey. Tony Malaby, Robert Burke and Mark Helias bring to each track their own identity, experiences, expertise and egos. The musical decisions made by the ensemble in the moment of recording are central to the improvised interaction and the outcome. Tony Malaby searches for ‘the big idea’, Robert Burke and Mark Helias choose whether to match ideas or develop, introduce something new, play or not to play, to take a conciliatory or an oppositional position… to question. The resulting aural narrative demands that the audience let the music surround and flow over them—to actively listen to the interplay in each track, and engage with the intuitive emotions evoked. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York and mixed in Italy, HEAD UNDER WATER is a daring, instinctive and organic performance by three renowned jazz musicians.
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