Liam Burrows

Liam Burrows

Burrows in 2013
Born 22 February 1994
Central Coast of NSW, Australia[1]
Residence New South Wales, Australia
Education Chatswood High School
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Musician
Years active 2008 – Present
Awards See Major awards and nominations

Musical career

Genres
Instruments Vocals, piano, trumpet
Labels Skylark Records
Associated acts
Website www.liamburrows.net

Liam Burrows is an Australian musician and singer. He first came to prominence in 2011 when he reached the Grand Final of the fifth season of Australia's Got Talent in which he was awarded the fifth place in the overall competition in which 19,000 participants had originally entered. His independently released debut album All of Me came out in 2011.

Early life and education

Liam Burrows was born and raised in The Central Coast of New South Wales and comes from a musical family. Burrows' father Steve is ex-Australian Navy. His mother, Gemma is a high school music teacher. He has one younger sister – Ailish. He played classical piano from the age of six, classical and jazz trumpet from the age of nine and sang at school events from the first year of high school. When Burrows was 12, his singing teacher, jazz musician Dorian Mode, introduced him to the Great American Songbook. This ignited Burrow's passion for jazz. As a teen he performed with the Chatswood High School Stage Band at the Montreux Jazz Festival and has cited the school's music program as a major influence.[2]

Career

Burrows has headlined at major jazz festivals around Australia including those at Manly, Noosa, Broadbeach, Adelaide Hills and Norfolk Island and also at major venues including the Crown Casino Melbourne, Jupiters Casino Townsville and Jupiters Casino Broadbeach.

Burrows' appearances on national television in Australia include Channel 7's The Morning Show, Channel Ten's The Circle the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Telethon and the Channel 7 Perth Telethon. He also performed as the opening act for the Pointer Sisters during their national tour of Australia.[3]

In 2011 he recorded his debut album with The Swing City Big Band. All of Me is a selection of classic hit songs including many from the Great American Songbook.

Burrows recently completed a number of recordings of original works including tracks written by multi-award-winning songwriter Graeham Goble of Little River Band fame.

Recognition

At age 14 Burrows won the Open Age Jazz Vocal Division of The Sydney Eisteddfod and was awarded The Central Coast Jazz League Scholarship for Most Promising Young Artist. In 2010 Burrows became the youngest-ever vocalist selected to perform at Generations in Jazz. In the same year he was nominated for an Australian entertainment industry Mo Award for Best new Talent and later in the year was featured at the Newcastle Jazz Festival as an Outstanding Young Talent.

In 2011 Burrows was once again selected by James Morrison to perform at Generations in Jazz. At the age of 17 Burrows competed in the fifth season of Australia's Got Talent. During the show he cited Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra as major role models and influences.[4]

In 2012 Burrows competed in the Unsigned Only Music Competition,[5] a talent search to locate artists who are not yet signed to record labels. Burrows came second in the Vocal Performance category. That same year, he was named Best Jazz Artist at the Australian Music Industry’s Musicoz Awards.[6]

In 2013 Burrows won a Mo Award: The Johnny O'Keefe Award. In the same year he again competed in the International Unsigned Only competition with 10,000 entrants, gaining an Honorable Mention. In that same year he was also a finalist in the Jazz Category of the MusicOz Awards.[7]

In 2014 Burrows again competed in the Unsigned Only Music Competition. He won Second Place in the Vocal Performance category for his rendition of "Skylark" and also received an Honourable Mention for his performance of "Never Fallen In Love So Easily Before."

Major awards and nominations

Year Type Award Result
2014 International Unsigned Only Competition Vocal Performance Category Second Place[8]
2014 International Unsigned Only Competition Vocal Performance Category Honorable Mention[8]
2013 MusicOz Awards Jazz Category Finalist[8]
2013 International Unsigned Only Competition Vocal Performance Category Honorable Mention[8]
2013 Mo Awards Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award Winner
2012 MusicOz Awards Best Jazz Artist – Jazz Category Winner[8]
2012 International Unsigned Only Competition Vocal Performance Category Second place
2011 Australia's Got Talent Grand Finalist 5th place[8]
2010 Generations in Jazz Vocalist Finalist[8]
2010 Mo Awards Best New Talent Winner[8]
2008 Sydney Eisteddfod Best Jazz Vocalist Winner[8]

Charitable affiliations

Burrows is a Youth Ambassador for the following organisations:

Discography

Title Album Details
You Shook Me
All of Me

All of Me

All of Me

All of Me
Studio album by Liam Burrows
Released 15 October 2011
Recorded September 2011 at
James Morrison Studios, Warriewood, NSW Australia
Genre Jazz, Easy Listening, Adult Contemporary, Swing, Big Band, Broadway
Length 20 Tracks – 69:00
Label Skylark Records
Producer Jack Strom, Liam Burrows, John Morrison

All of Me is the debut album by the Australian singer and musician Liam Burrows, released in October 2011. It comprises a collection of Jazz and Easy Listening standards including many from The Great American Songbook. Songs include those written by Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Nat King Cole, Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.

The album features a variety of song types including ballads, up-tempo numbers and swing arrangements. It also includes some scatting by Burrows.

Some Australian arrangers penned charts for the album – Ed Wilson, Andrew Robertson and Evan Lohning.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Arranger Length
1. "All of Me"  Gerald Marks, Seymour SimonsEd Wilson 3:15
2. "Around the World"  Harold Adamson, Victor Young  1:52
3. "Pennies from Heaven"  Arthur Johnson, Johnny Burke  3:25
4. "Come Fly with Me"  Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen  3:26
5. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"  Louis Alter, Edgar DeLangeEd Wilson 4:09
6. "Straighten Up and Fly Right"  Nat King Cole, Irving Mills  3:19
7. "Give Me the Simple Life"  Harry Ruby, Rube BloomAndrew Robertson 3:06
8. "Fly Me to the Moon"  Bart Howard  2:14
9. "Moonlight in Vermont"  Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn  4:56
10. "Theme from New York, New York"  Fred Ebb, John Kander  3:23
11. "The Tender Trap"  Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen  2:45
12. "I Could Write a Book"  Richard Rogers, Lorenz HartEvan Lohning 4:00
13. "Skylark"  Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny MercerAndrew Robertson 4:18
14. "I've Got You Under My Skin"  Cole Porter  3:34
15. "The Lady is a Tramp"  Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart  2:37
16. "Girl Talk"  Neal Hefti, Bobby TroupEvan Lohning 5:08
17. "Luck Be a Lady"  Frank Loesser  3:28
18. "A Foggy Day in London Town"  George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin  3:12
19. "I Get a Kick Out of You"  Porter  3:16
20. "Night and Day"  Porter  3:36

Musicians

The Liam Burrows Quartet
  • Tim Fisher – Piano
  • Karl Dunnicliff – Double Bass
  • John Morrison – Drums
  • Jake Barden – Alto and Tenor Saxophones
The Swing City Band
  • John Morrison – Drums
  • Tim Fisher – Piano
  • Karl Dunnicliff – Double Bass
  • Grahame Conlon – Guitar
  • Trevor Griffin – Lead Alto Saxophone
  • Jake Barden – Alto and Tenor Saxophones
  • Stephan Schafer – Tenor Saxophone
  • Ray Ferin – Lead Trombone
  • Mark Barnsley – Trombone
  • David Henry – Trombone
  • Justin Kearin – Bass Trombone
  • Darryl Carthew – Lead Trumpet
  • Pete Di Losa – Trumpet
  • Angus Gomm – Trumpet
  • John Pennings – Trumpet

Production

Producers
  • Jack Strom – Executive Producer
  • Liam Burrows – Producer
  • John Morrison – Producer / Musical Director
Recording
  • Todd Deeley – Recording Engineer
  • Richard Belkner / Free Energy Device – Mixing Engineer
  • Jack The Bear / Deluxe Mastering – Mastering
Design
  • Jack Strom – Album Concept and Photography
  • Shehab Tariq – Graphic Design

References

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