Sam Burckhardt Dan Nimmer Jake Vinsel
Sam Burckhardt, Dan Nimmer, and Jake Vinsel; we finally got together after 19 years, Dan had just played an amazing concert with the Lincoln Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, February 25, 2022
Interview with Sam Burckhardt
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Sam Burckhardt and Sunnyland Slim
Listen to the recording of their first encounter “Live In Europe 1975”
“Burckhardt won me over and caused me to seek out his “A Walk in Time” recording, I was not disappointed” – Brad Walseth, Jazz Chicago
“Sam’s nonet also gets superb support from alto sax Doug Angelaccio and Pianist Pete Benson as the group plays beautifully on Billy Strayhorn’s “A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing,” and Burckhardt’s own title composition” – G.E. Murray, Jazz Institute of Chicago
“One of the original court members of the Mighty Blue Kings, Sam Burckhardt has also been making music since the early seventies, including collaborations with blues and jazz artists Sunnyland Slim, Erwin Helfer, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy Rogers and Yoko Noge.” – Dave Chamberlin, New City, Chicago
