Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber

BURNT SUGAR, THE ARKESTRA CHAMBER is the creation of writer/guitarist/producer Greg Tate. Formed in 1999, Burnt Sugar was conceived as a contemporary version of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew band, exploring the connective tissue binding jazz, rock, funk, twentieth century composition, and African music in a lyrical, seductive, exploratory, improvisational manner. Employing Conduction, an interpretative system for improvisers developed by Lawrence Butch Morris, Tate guides the band through improvisations on each of its song forms.

Formed in 1999, Burnt Sugar was conceived as a contemporary version of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew band, exploring the connective tissue binding jazz, rock, funk, twentieth century composition, and African music in a lyrical, seductive, exploratory, improvisational manner.

Employing Conduction, an interpretative system for improvisers developed by Lawrence Butch Morris, Tate guides the band through improvisations on each of its song forms. As a result, each performance is an original mutation in tune with the collective personality of the audience as well as the individual character and talents of the players.

Each of the players are masters of their instruments, many of whom are name artists on the contemporary scene?notably the Egyptian turntablist DJ Mutamassik; trumpeter Lewis ?Flip' Barnes of William Parker's lauded O'Neal's Porch Group; bassist Jared Nickerson who has toured and
recorded with The The, Freedy Johnston and Gary Lucas; and pianist Vijay Iyer, recently named ?one of today's most important pianists? by The New Yorker.

In addition to founding and conducting Burnt Sugar, Greg Tate is writer whose work has appeared in publications including The Village Voice, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Vibe and is the author of the books; Flyboy In The Buttermilk (Simon and Shuster), Everything But The Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture (Broadway/Random House) and Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience (Acapella).

Burnt Sugar performs regularly at the usual hotbed venues in New York, including; Joe's Pub, Tonic, Symphony Space, The Blue Note, Makor, The Knitting Factory, Galapagos, CBGBs, BAM Caf?, Aaron Davis Hall, Lotus and The Cutting Room.

Their travels have taken them to venues and festivals such as The Royal Festival Hall in London, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Concert of Colors in Detroit, The Empty Bottle In Chicago, The University of Pennsylvania, Central Park Summerstage in NYC and Banlieues Bleues in Paris.