Burton Greene

Burton Greene

pianist

BIRTHDAY June 14, 1937
BIRTH SIGN Gemini
BIRTHPLACE Illinois
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT BURTON GREENE

Free jazz artist who became popular in the 1960s and later experimented with the Klezmer medium and avant-garde jazz.

He and Alan Silva founded the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble in 1963.

He moved to the Netherlands in 1969, becoming a journeyman performer, traversing Europe, and living on a houseboat.

His family recognized his musical prowess and enrolled him as a student of classical music at Chicago's Fine Arts Academy.

He performed with Sam Rivers during his early years.