Jeff Burden Photos

April 25th, 2010 by #2 in Chicago, Chicago Studio Club, Events, Illinois, Jazz, Live Music, live music photos, Live Music venue, Music, photos, trumpet

Bassist Steven Hashimoto, Trumpeter Jeff Burden and Guitarist Zvonimir Tot.

L to R: Steve Thomas on trumpet, Heath Chappell on drums, Steven Hashimoto on bass, Brian Gephart on sax, Jeff Burden on trumpet and Zvonimir Tot on guitar. The Chicago Studio Club photos were taken at Simon’s Tavern, 5210 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL.

According to SouthofDisorderBand ‘s website: "Jeff is a Cuban immigrant by way of Mexico. As a youngster in the streets of Havana, he discovered he could make more money playing his trumpet on street corners than he could picking the pockets of tourists. As a teen he stowed away inside of a tractor tire and made the treacherous sea journey to Cozumel, where he was quickly employed as a houseboy for one of the island’s finer poodle groomers. Two years later he escaped and hitchhiked to Orlando, where he played trumpet in the Disney World production of Blow It Out Your A**. He had enough when management demanded that he play the trumpet through the backside of his Donald Duck costume.
Abandoning the sun, the humidity and the long arm of the Disney legal department, Jeff moved to the land of ice and snow–Chicago. The adjustment to the drastic change in climate caused Jeff to briefly lose his pucker. Today, you’ll find him anchoring the second line of the South of Disorder band. What’s the second line? The line that didn’t make it to the bar first." Jeff plays with the band regularly.

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