 After the diversity of activities required by service in military bands, his applied musical activities now primarily include concerts and master classes or adjudicating at jazz festivals.Burnett's post military bands career activities also include touring and he almost always performs in some context while visiting other geographical locations such as New York, Denver, Austin, Boston and Europe.Although he has led several groups over the years, his main group Chris Burnett Quartet (CbQ) began in 2001 and remains active.