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- Terrance Corley Burrus is an American keyboardist and composer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started touring as a teenager playing with jazz fusion violinist Michał Urbaniak, singer Jean Carne, while still in High school in New York. Not sure of how Urbaniak got his phone number but Terry went to replace his current keyboardist at that time, Barry Eastman (who wrote "You Are My Lady years later for Freddie Jackson) in Urbaniaks band that worked out great for Terry. Terry was brought to Jean Carne through percussionist- producer Norman Hedman who was one of Terry's musical mentors as a child also. Later on through these types of associations, Terry went on to play with trumpeter,Tom Browne, drummer Lenny White and singer Melba Moore. As a recommendation from his friend the late great pianist Kenny Kirkland who was the keyboardist for Sting during the mid eighties, Burrus moved on to play with the great Lena Horne in her award winning show "Lady And Her Music" in 1984. Lena Horne's band was Terry on piano and keys, Ben Brown on Bass, Rodney Jones on guitar, Wilby Fletcher on drums along with music director Linda Twine and an array of orchestras on various concert dates including the London Symphony Orchestra. A year earlier in 1983 Terry released his first solo single called, Love Rockin' for Arista Records a funk, electro, soul piece written and with all vocals and instruments done by Burrus,and high school buddy Omar Hakim did the drumming. This was known as Terry Burrus And Transe produced by Burrus and Marcus Miller, another High school friend at that time. Terry and Marcus Miller along with drummer, Poogie Bell, Bobby Broom, another high school guitar friend and Bernard Wright also another high school companion went on to play for an off Broadway show called "Young Gifted And Broke' at the Billie Holiday Theater In Brooklyn, New York. This show was written by Weldon Irving Jr. in 1977. They were all kids and young adults getting a great experience at that time through the leadership of Weldon Irving. Irving had co-wrote with Nina Simone the famed song "Young Gifted And Black". Return To Forever's drummer,and jazz fusion pioneer Lenny White joined the "Young Gifted And Broke" crew of musicians as a second and replacement drummer for Poogie Bell at times. This was during the Chick Corea Return to Forever post season. As time went on Terry became a highly respected and successful recording session man playing on recordings of Michael Jackson, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Swing Out Sister, Mariah Carey, The Cardigans, Donna Summer, Lisa Stansfield, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, Phyllis Hyman, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Satoshi Tomiie, Todd Terry and more. Burrus being no stranger to synthesizers and electronic sounds is said to own just about every electric keyboard that has came out since the Wurlitzer electric piano. But the Classical side of Burrus studying the artistry of Mozart, Beethoven, Handel and others during his school days growing up in New York has always been intrigued by the great masters of those times. Burrus has said you are always a student in music forever. In his contemporary piano compositions and playing you can hear much of his classical influences. He performs many classical piano recitals around the world as well as in the jazz and pop genres. Terry Burrus has also been the sideman/recorded/ music director on many Jazz Explosion tours as they were known in the 80's and 90's as well as soul and gospel concerts with Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers, Lionel Hampton, Gato Barbieri, George Benson, Angela Bofill, Larry Carlton, Bill Withers, Ramsey Lewis, Crowne Heights Affair, Chaka Khan, Ronnie Laws, The Main Ingredient, Johnny Kemp, Stanley Clarke, Noel Pointer, Bobbi Humphrey, Sherry Winston. From his teenage days as a jazz fusionist to funkster to house and electronica pioneer, make no mistake about this, Terry Burrus is also an ambassador of electronic music.
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