Guitarist Ben Burdick performs originals, jazz standards, pop tunes and improvisations. A music veteran for over 25 years, Ben has performed and recorded with Grammy‐nominated Rosalie Sorrels, singer/songwriter Rebecca Scott and many other artists in Boise. On dozens of local recordings, Ben’s guitar work can be heard encompassing blues, jazz, country, fusion, finger‐style, bluegrass, rock, and even an occasional diversion into the avant garde.
His own albums, Acoustic Musings, Starting My Day, An Eclectic Acoustic/Electric Christmas and new release, Fretless Jazz Standards, demonstrate his diversity:
“Burdick contradicts the jack‐of‐all‐trades aphorism; he truly is master of all.” - Alan Fark (2004 CD review of Acoustic Musings)
Reviews for Fretless Jazz Standards:
"...Burdick really can play. It only takes listening to him for a few
seconds to tell he's a real jazzer.
Another plus, he's fluent in five.
Yes, he does the Paul Desmond's classic, "Take Five" but,
he also
plays "Summertime," the great Gershwin standard—in five.
I've also had the recent pleasure of seeing him perform live, and in
full swing at his record
release
at Reef, in Boise. He sounds like a
jazzer on disc and proves that he is on stage.
Burdick is skilled
in the
art of understatement, in that he doesn't need an amplifier with
a
volume knob that goes to 11 to show he knows how to shred.
If you're looking for a traditional jazz album with influences from
Charlie
Christian to Pat Metheny, this is one for you.
—Dan McMahon, Boise Weekly
Read the full review of Fretless Jazz Standards
in the Boise Weekly!
Fretless Jazz Standards at www.cdbaby.com or download at iTunes
