{"id":2219222,"date":"2026-01-01T21:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219222"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:25:09","slug":"drummer-greg-burrows-celebrates-ed-bonoffs-music-on-new-album-lets-not-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drummer-greg-burrows-celebrates-ed-bonoffs-music-on-new-album-lets-not-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Drummer Greg Burrows Celebrates Ed Bonoff&#8217;s Music On New Album &#8216;Let&#8217;s Not Wait&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatericalper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gre-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Photo Credit: Christopher Drukker&#10;\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Christopher Drukker<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p>GreBu Records has released drummer Greg Burrows\u2019 new album \u2018Let\u2019s Not Wait: The Music of Ed Bonoff\u2019 out now, marking only the second album ever entirely dedicated to the music and arrangements of legendary New York composer, arranger and drummer Ed Bonoff, following trombonist Eddie Bert\u2019s 1997 release \u2018The Human Factor.\u2019 A long-time friend and collaborator of Bonoff\u2019s, Burrows assembled a powerhouse band of New York\u2019s finest working jazz musicians including Tim Armacost on tenor and soprano saxophones, Gary Smulyan on baritone sax, John Fumasoli on trombone, Hiroshi Yamazaki on piano, Rich Zurkowski on bass, and special guest guitarist Al Orlo, recorded in the spring of 2024 capturing the vibrant energy of the group in full creative flow. The album showcases Bonoff\u2019s expressive writing and timeless swing through a diverse set of pieces from the uplifting opener \u201cPiazza Navona\u201d to the bold and romantic title track \u201cLet\u2019s Not Wait,\u201d plus highlights including \u201cShout \u2018Em, Aunt Tillie,\u201d a hot New Orleans-style take on a Duke Ellington classic, the lyrical \u201cIt Just Gets Better,\u201d and \u201cLe Corbeau de Chavignol\u201d inspired by a mischievous caf\u00e9 crow in France, with the closing tune \u201cMitosis\u201d featuring an explosive series of drum trades. The album celebrates the friendship, artistry and enduring creativity of both Greg Burrows and Ed Bonoff, two musicians whose shared passion for jazz has flourished over four decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Let's Not Wait: The Music of Ed Bonoff\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3fqXdyY2o7axbMLewJdbDC?si=RhdEA9YsQQmS9HHeITrXeg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thatericalper.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Christopher Drukker GreBu Records has released drummer Greg Burrows\u2019 new album \u2018Let\u2019s Not Wait: The Music of Ed Bonoff\u2019 out now, marking only the second album ever entirely dedicated to the music and arrangements of legendary New York composer, arranger and drummer Ed Bonoff, following trombonist Eddie Bert\u2019s 1997 release \u2018The Human Factor.\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2219223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[429208,316639,429209,429210,429211,429212,429213,429214,429215,429216,429217],"class_list":["post-2219222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-al-orlo","tag-duke-ellington","tag-ed-bonoff","tag-eddie-bert","tag-gary-smulyan","tag-grebu-records","tag-greg-burrows","tag-hiroshi-yamazaki","tag-john-fumasoli","tag-rich-zurkowski","tag-tim-armacost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Drummer-Greg-Burrows-Celebrates-Ed-Bonoffs-Music-On-New-Album.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219224,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219222\/revisions\/2219224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}