Background

Occupation

 Musician: drums, multi-percussion, keyboards, vocalist, producer

Education

 North Texas State University: recipient of full musical scholarship 1978.

Experience

 Instructor 1994-1996: University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor Drum, percussion 1994 - 2002 Jazz Mobile N.Y.C.

Tours

2005

 Ronnie Burrage & Magnets, Reed College Portland Oregon

2004

 "African Sax Summit", South Africa
"Frank Morgan", U.S.A.
"Magnets", U.S.A.

2001-2003

 "Wallace Roney", Europe, Japan, U.S.A.
Jackie McClean & Rene McClean w/ James Moody & Gary Bartz", South Africa
"Frank Morgan", U.S.A.
"Ronnie Burrage Group", Monterey Mexico, U.S.A.

2000

 "Archie Shepp", Europe
"Stafford James Project", Europe
"Gary Bartz", Birdland NYC

1999

 "Michal Urbaniak" Poland
"Bobby Watson Horizon", Italy, Sweet Basil's, Central Park
"BAND BURRAGE", St. Louis, Kentucky Arts Festival
"Coltrane Legacy Big Band", Magic Triangle Jazz Series, Amherst
Mass., Philadelphia PECO Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center
"John Butler" Peru, w/Essiet Essiet, Dale Barlow
"Sonny Simmons", Penn State, The Knitting Factory

1998

 "BAND BURRAGE" East Coast, Washington DC (Jazz Arts Festival)
Sweet Basil's NYC, Blue's Alley Wash. DC, The Iron Horse Cafe
North Hampton, Mass. The JVC Jazz Festival NYC Izzy Bar, The Knitting Factory
The World Saxophone Quartet, in Paris for the "World Cup Parade", The Banlieues Bleues Festival, Festival Ancona Italy "The Firm" w/ Reggie Workman, Ernie Watts, Mark Whitfield, Ronnie Burrage, The Litchfield Jazz Festival Reggie Workman's "Coltrane Legacy", Jazz Arts Festival Washington, DC
Sonny Fortune, The Flint Jazz Festival, The Kentucky Jazz Arts Festival

1997

 "The Firm" w/ Reggie Workman, Ernie Watts,Mark Whitfield, Ronnie Burrage, New York, United States
Carlos Ward, England, Europe
Buster Williams, Stafford James, Europe
Ed Schuller, Europe

1996

 Ronnie Burrage, Gary Thomas, Dave Kikoski,
Andrzej Cudzich, Poland
Carlos Ward, England, Europe

1995

 Courtney Pine, Europe, England
Stafford James and Ronnie Burrage, Europe
David Murray, Midwest USA

1994

 BAND BURRAGE, Japan
Gary Thomas, Europe
Joe Zawinul, Europe

1993

Ronnie Burrage and Eddie Henderson, Poland, Europe
Bob Berg, East Coast, USA

1992

BAND BURRAGE, Europe
Sonny Fortune, Japan
Blue Brass Connection Europe
Sir Roland Hanna Trio, Portugal
Eddie Gomez and Ronnie Burrage, Moscow

1991

 Courtney Pine, USA and Canada
Monty Waters, Europe
JoAnn Brakeen, USA

1990

 Ronnie Burrage Trio, Japan
Sonny Fortune, Japan
JoAnn Brakeen, Turkey
Jack Walrath, England, Europe
Richard Davis and Clifford Jordan, Japan
Blue Brass Connection, Europe
Wayne Shorter, USA, Canada, Europe

1989

 Robin Eubanks, USA

1988

 Abdullah Ibrahim, Europe
Michael Brecker, Japan, USA
Freddie Hubbard, USA

1987

 Third Kind of Blue, USA, Europe
Ray Anderson, Europe
Jackie McClean, Europe
Jack Walrath, Puerto Rico

1986

 Third Kind of Blue, Europe, England, Yugoslavia
Michael Urbaniak, Poland
Jackie McClean, Europe

1985

 Third Kind of Blue, Europe
Jackie McClean, Europe
Cedar Walton, Europe
Pepper Adams, Europe
Woody Shaw and Joe Farrell, Europe

1984

 Jaco Pastorius, USA
Woody Shaw, India, Africa, Middle East

1983

 Dave Valentine and Jerry Gonzales, Puerto Rico
Sonny Rollins and Pat Metheny, USA, Canada
Chico Freeman, Japan, Europe, Middle East, India, Pakistan

1980-83

 McCoy Tyner, USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Brazil