November 2010

Greg Burk and Vicente Lebron
Unduality
Accurate Records

By Bill Milkowski

Pianist Greg Burk (a native of Lansing, Mich., now living in Rome) turns in 13 irreverent interpretations of Bach’s “Invention #1,” including a prepared-piano rendition along with Afro-Cuban, avant-garde, Moog, vocal and various other mutant versions. He is joined by percussionist Lebron (bandmates in Boston’s Either/Orchestra) for some spirited interludes between these Bach exercises, like the clave-fueled percussion jams “Rubastica,” “Guateke,” “Little Taste” and “Tropical Turbulence.”