This month marks the centennial birthday year of my mother Violet Lorraine Jackson Burnett (1924-2012).
That’s mom standing on the right in the Polaroid of us on our porch in the series of pictures that were taken by Terri’s parents at our home in Missouri in the spring of 1989.
Mom is 68 years old in this photo but looked at least twenty years younger relative to other people the same age of her generation.
We were still an active duty military family when she came to live with us after her retirement from a very successful 25-year career as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor.
Featured artists on this album are Roger Wilder on piano; Gerald Spaits on bass; Morgan Rogers on drums with special musical guests Terri Anderson Burnett and Freda Proctor on flutes; WM Thornton on tenor saxophone; Greg Carroll on vibraphone; Will Matthews on guitar. LINER NOTES are finished for the album we’re recording in December at BRC Audio Productions in Kansas City. We’ll add the individual track duration times during postproduction. Avalon Video Services from Lawrence is also documenting this project.
RECORDING DAY 1
ALWAYS
INFINITY
LATER
CbQ PERSONNEL
C. Burnett, alto saxophone; R. Wilder, piano; G. Spaits, bass; M. Rogers, drums
ENGINEER AND PRODUCER
William Crain, BRC Audio Productions
VIDEOGRAPHER AND DOCUMENTARIAN
Gordon Brown, Avalon Video Services
RECORDING DAY 2
FINALLY
MAYBE
CbQ PERSONNEL+:
C. Burnett, alto saxophone; R. Wilder, piano; G. Spaits, bass; M. Rogers, drums with Terri Anderson Burnett and Freda Proctor, flutes; Greg Carroll, vibraphone
ENGINEER AND PRODUCER
William Crain, BRC Audio Productions
VIDEOGRAPHER AND DOCUMENTARIAN
Gordon Brown, Avalon Video Services
YESTERYEARS
CbQ PERSONNEL+:
C. Burnett, alto saxophone; R. Wilder, piano; G. Spaits, bass; M. Rogers, drums with Willie Meyers Thornton, tenor saxophone; Will Matthews, guitar
ENGINEER AND PRODUCER
William Crain, BRC Audio Productions
VIDEOGRAPHER AND DOCUMENTARIAN
Gordon Brown, Avalon Video Services
ALBUM: “ORIGINALS” (ARC-3442) by Christopher Burnett (BMI)
The music will be released on the Artists Recording Collective + ARC Recording Label and available worldwide. I’m very excited about this work and all six pieces of music that make up “ORIGINALS.” Looking forward to sharing this music with you!
MUSIC DEMOS + SHEET MUSIC
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MOCKUP AUDIO of Track 1 “FINALLY”
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VIDEO CLIP of Track 2 “ALWAYS”
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MOCKUP AUDIO of Track 3 “MAYBE”
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VIDEO CLIP of Track 4 “INFINITY”
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MOCKUP AUDIO of Track 5 “LATER”
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MOCKUP AUDIO of Track 6 “YESTERYEARS”
REHEARSAL GALLERY
SHE’S MY FAMILY. TOGETHER, WE ARE HOME. (BURNETTFAMILYUS.ORG)
PHOTO GALLERY: Piano and Drums rehearsing with the Flutes
We have everything for our new album “ORIGINALS” (ARC-3442) set up in advance for distribution and the release date is set for our 45th anniversary, 03/23/2024
REFERENCES + MEDIA QUOTE
“Saxophonist, educator, and military band veteran Christopher L. Burnett is known for his warm and lyrical jazz sound. Following a 20-plus year military career, during which he taught and performed, Burnett embarked on fruitful university teaching, as well as a performance career. He continued to perform in his native Kansas, releasing albums like 2013’s Time Stamps, 2014’s Firebird, and 2021’s The Standards Vol. 1.”
— Matt Collar / AllMusic, TIVO (ALLMUSIC.COM)
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES FOR YOUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
(ARTICLE) Musings In Cb: “WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKS IN PROGRESS”
PHOTO by Corinna Gray Photography (2023)
Christopher and Terri (Anderson) Burnett established their branch of The Burnett Family in March of 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark. They are professional musicians, educators, and entrepreneurs based in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
Yes, I’m a country boy from Paola, Kansas but my country boy game is now admittedly pretty weak.
I left Paola to strike out on my own almost 50 years ago and have subsequently lived in a wide variety of large cities and small towns in the United States and also some countries in Europe over those decades.
I have lost my country boy edge.
You would think that I could still tell the difference between squirrel scat and that from a rat or mouse.
I thought we had a rat or field mouse visiting us at night. Even had our exterminator company leave a humane trap to catch and relocate whichever.
Not so. Mystery solved.
I just caught the culprit (a cute bushy tailed squirrel) on his noontime pooping rounds today.
I am having to clean up after this dude a couple times a week.
Thanks to my sister Dr. Mary Jane Burnett for a solution: “Purchase some Repel All and sprinkle it where the poop was and you won’t have that problem. I buy mine from Home Depot.”
She further suggested: “I mix the granules with my grass seed when I overseed to keep the birds from eating them.”
Besides being smarter than me, my sister has maintained her connection to such things from our childhood.
Our neighbor’s uncle Marwood Lindsey used to take all of us as kids out hiking in the woods and along the nearby Bull Creek. We learned about nature on all levels from him. It was cool.
(ARTICLE) Musings In Cb: “SQUIRREL 1 – ME 0”
PHOTO by Corinna Gray Photography (2023)
Christopher and Terri (Anderson) Burnett established their branch of The Burnett Family in March of 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark. They are professional musicians, educators, and entrepreneurs based in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
