Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE (b. August 8, 1928) is an Australian jazz and swing musician, playing the clarinet, saxophone, and flute. His best-known group is the Don Burrows Quartet: Don Burrows (multiple woodwind), George Golla (guitar), Ed Gaston (bass) and Alan Turnbull (drums). Burrows has played with world-renowned musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, James Morrison, Tony Bennett, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Grappelli, and Cleo Laine. Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, wearing on her left shoulder the Order of Australias Sovereign Badge. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Golla, George (b Chorzów, POLAND, 10. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor, often cited as the finest male American popular song vocalist of the 20th century. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ... James Morrison AM, (born 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, New South Wales) is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ... Sydney Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Sydney Symphony, is a symphony orchestra based in Sydney, Australia. ... Grappelli (right) with Django Reinhardt. ... Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE, (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on October 28, 1927 in Middlesex, England) is a scat and jazz singer and an actor. ...

Biography

Don Burrows was born in Sydney, Australia on August 8th, 1928. He was invited to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1972 and later the Newport Jazz Festival. Poster designed by Keith Haring The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ...

1973 was a watershed year for Burrows in which he received the first gold record won by an Australian jazz musician for his record Just the Beginning; instigated the first jazz studies program in the southern hemisphere at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and was awarded Member of the British Empire (MBE). In 1979 he was appointed as chair of the jazz studies department at the conservatorium. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...

He has performed to normally classical music audiences through tours with Musica Viva and Australian Broadcasting Corporation concert series. Burrows fronted the nationally televised show The Don Burrows Collection for six years. He has an extensive recording career in his own right with his groups, and has performed on many more albums with other artists. Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Musica Viva Australia is the oldest independent performing arts organisation in Australia and the worlds largest entrepreneur of chamber music. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...

In 2005 he toured with a small band including renowned Australian jazz pianist Kevin Hunt [1], Burrows is using his photographic images with his music, in a show called Stop, Look and Listen. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Awards

• Member of the British Empire (MBE), 1973
• Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 1987
• Life member of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, 1988
• Named one of the Australian Living Treasures, 1988
• Sir Bernard Heinze Award, for his service to Australia, 2000
• Honorary Doctorate in Music, Sydney University, 2000
• Honorary Doctorate in Music, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 2001
• Honorary Doctorate in Education, Central Queensland University, 2004
• Queen Elizabeth Jubilee medal

• Special Ambassador of Photography to Children, Photographic Imaging Council of Australia

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Social matters and interests

Burrows lives near Paynesville in the Gippsland Lakes district of Victoria. Paynesville is a tourist resort town in eastern Victoria, Australia about 300 km from Melbourne. ... Gippsland Lakes is a network of lakes, marshes and lagoons in east Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering an area of about 600 km sq, The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington, Lake King and Lake Victoria. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ...

He has had a lifelong hobby of black and white photography, beginning in his 20s as an active participant in the Sans Souci and Caringbah camera clubs in Sydney. He sees the creativity of music and photography having significant similarities. Photography is the process of making pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a sensor or film. ... Sans Souci - In 1853 Thomas Mort [1] gave the name to an already existing house Rocky Point House that he had just bought (which later became the Sans Souci Hotel). ... Caringbah is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, around 27 km south of the CBD. It is adjacent to Miranda and Woolooware. ... Large format camera lens. ...