John Burk | |
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| Born | January 6, 1962 Oakland, California |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, record executive |
John Burk (born January 6, 1962) is a record producer and co-founder of the American record label Concord Records. [1] [2] [3] [4]
John Burk was born in Oakland, California, and attended high school at De La Salle. In 1995 Glen Barros and John Burk co-founded Concord Records. [5] [6] [7] Artists who have published records through Concord include Esperanza Spalding, Christian Scott, Ray Charles, Ozomatli, James Taylor, George Benson and Al Jarreau. [8] [9] [10] [11]
The album Genius Loves Company , performed by Ray Charles and produced by Burk, won the Album of the Year and Record of the Year categories at the Grammy Awards in 2005. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] The album also led to Concord's creation of the Hear Music record label. [6] [17] Burk also won the category for Surround Sound Production at the 2005 Grammy Awards. [18] [19]
Burk was president at Concord records when artist Esperanza Spalding recorded her Exposure album during a 77-hour long live-streamed session, citing "pressure from executives at Concord Music Group, her label, to change the choice of songs on an album, or to add a featured guest that will help her reach new audiences". [20]