SAM BURTIS (OCTOBER 2, 1948 – DECEMBER 29, 2023)

A trombonist, tubist, arranger, bandleader, and contributor to the dynastic legacy of Mingus Music, in a 1993 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Burtis said of Mingus Music:

Collaborations include: Mingus Epitaph, directed by Gunther Schuller, 1989 (recorded and released on Columbia records), 1990, 2007; Mingus Superband, 1989 directed by Jimmy Knepper; Mingus Big Band ’93 - Nostalgia in Times Square (trombone, transcription-arrangements of “Weird Nightmare” and “Mingus Fingers”, soloist on “Invisible Lady”)

A wealth of personal tributes to Burtis can be found here, on an internet trombone forum to which he frequently contributed: https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?t=34158

Sam Burtis plays “Invisible Lady” with Mingus Big Band in 1992