Burnett Thompson at JZ last night
I got to check out part of jazz pianist Burnett Thompson’s show last night at JZ Club, a trio night of fun standards that he played with EJ Parker and Chris Trczinski. He also invited Coco Zhao to join the group for a couple of tunes from Coco’s album that the two of them had played together when Coco was in Washington D.C. last summer. It was a nice couple of sets, and it was good to hear him again since the last time he was here.
I missed the beginning jazz piano workshop he gave over at the JZ School last Saturday, but he’ll give one more next weekend that I’ll try and hit–and you should too if you missed this last one too. It’s free and I heard good things about it from some of the people who did attend. Apparently in his master classes he uses drum equipment to get everyone involved continuously throughout the workshop, whether it’s on piano or drums or other stuff. Sounds like lots of fun.
Next weekend’s free master class takes place on Sunday, January 27 from 2:00-3:30pm.
Similar to last time he was here, he’ll also be collaborating again in a performance with erhu soloist Ma Xiaohui and clarinetist Kiera Thompson on Jan 26, 2008 2:00 p.m. at the Oriental Arts Center in Pudong.