Michael Burton’s music takes him, top to bottom, all across the continent of North America: Montreal, Canada, Bermuda. This week, Burton’s travels bring him home to Jackson to share his “soul jazz” when he plays Hal & Mal’s on July 6. Burton, 26, graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance and a master’s of music degree in jazz studies. At Hal & Mal’s, he will share the stage with other musicians of the same caliber, fusing together elements of jazz, soul, hip-hop, gospel and R&B. Burton is a product and true portrait of Jackson Public School’s Academic and Performing Arts Complex (APAC) music program.
