The
BURT / MacDONALD QUARTET
BIOGRAPHY:
Jazz act formed by ex-solo George
Burt (guitar) & Raymond MacDonald (saxophone) in the 1990's, along with George
Lyle (bass) & Allan Pendreigh (drums). The four piece were augmented by Nicola
MacDonald (vocals / melodica / whistle). Raymond MacDonald had previously helped
out in Glaswegian acts Mount Vernon Arts Lab & Future Pilot AKA, as well as
being a member of The Hung Drawn Quartet. Lyall ws a member of the Green Room
Trio, and Pendreigh had played with the likes of Art Themen. The act delivered
two albums in 1998 and 2000, and also helped out Lol Coxhill on a couple of early
2000's albums. Burt later formed The Urban Tonkerers.
RELEASES:
"Oh Hello" (CD album, 1998)
"Big Brothers" (CD album,
BMA Records, 2000)
With Lol Coxhill:
"Tsunami" (CD album,
FMR, 2001)
"Coxhill Street" (CD album, FMR, 2002)