Hunter Burgamy Music

The Garden of Joy

Established by Colescott Rubin and Hunter Burgamy in the summer of 2018 as a collective of friends from across the globe enamored of the thing we call swing! They spent that summer honing their sound playing for strolling tourists in the Boston Common, performing for Boston Comic Con, Club Passim, and the South Weymouth Summer Series.

In Summer of 2019 the band visited New Orleans in anticipation of the 19th annual Satchmo SummerFest, where they kicked off the main stage on Louis Armstrong’s 118th birthday! Throughout the week, they performed across the city at venues such as The Spotted Cat, Buffa’s and live on air at WWOZ, as well as collaborating with long-standing mentors and friends such as Charmaine Neville, Mara Kaye, Cobby Brzeski, Carl Sonny Leyland, Paul Sanchez, Ricky Riccardi, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Steve Pistorius.

Through the Covid-19 pandemic, Hunter Burgamy took use of the GoJ name as his personal New Orleans-based project. With a local band, and occasional guest features from members of the Boston band, they performed at French Quarter Fest in spring of 2022, and that summer, recorded their debut album, courtesy of Bigtone Records, entitled Bouncin’ Around.

Piron’s Garden of Joy

The Garden of Joy name derives from the early 20th century New Orleans bandleader, publisher, and violinist Armand J. Piron. In 1927, Piron re-opened the rooftop venue of the Pythian Temple in the Central Business District of New Orleans, the Garden of Joy. As the Pythian was the most majestic and revered black-owned socio-cultural hub, with Piron at the helm the Garden of Joy quickly became an important musical and social center, with regular dances and social events featuring the greatest musicians of its time, Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet amongst them!

“The "Garden Of Joy" is a spirited collective of young musicians dedicated to swing and classic jazz. I'm happy to say that, thanks to Terri Lyne Carrington, they were my band at last year's Beantown Jazz Festival in Boston. We had a blast working together! I'm so happy they get to share their passion at the 2019 Satchmo Summerfest in honor of Louis Armstrong!” - Catherine Russell

“The future of traditional jazz is in good hands, as epitomized by the young-timers making up the Garden of Joy (and I'm not just saying that because they brought me buttermilk drops) And boy, did I have fun jamming with them at the Spotted Cat.” - Ricky Riccardi