Burnt Sugar (band)

Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar at Bryant Park in 2011
Burnt Sugar at Bryant Park in 2011
Background information
Also known asBurnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
OriginUnited States
GenresFree improvisation
Years active1999–present
Past membersGreg Tate

Burnt Sugar, also known as Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, is an American improvisational band. The band's music combines the influences of funk, jazz, rock, reggae, soul, hip hop, heavy metal, and 20th-century classical music.[1] It has been described by one critic as a "funk-rock-electronic-samba-soul-jazz-fusion-whatever ensemble".[2] One critic wrote that Burnt Sugar's music "is not the easiest thing to describe",[3] while another critic wrote that "Burnt Sugar sounds like a big cloud".[4]

  1. ^ Freeman, Phil (2005). Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 208. ISBN 0-87930-828-1.
  2. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (September 15, 2004). "Electric Dreams". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Hunter Jr., Al (December 11, 2003). "Burnt Sugar Plays a Range of Styles" (PDF). The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Mudede, Charles (September 16, 2004). "Candy Flipped". The Stranger. Retrieved April 1, 2009.