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Gary Burton: Next Generation
by John Kelman
Mentoring is a significant part of the jazz tradition--established artists have long provided a musical context where young musicians can evolve and assimilate the experience and knowledge of their mentors. Miles Davis did it throughout his career, bringing a number of significant musicians to the fore, including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and John McLaughlin.In ...
Generations
By Gary Burton
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: First Impression; Early; Gorgeous; Wheatland; Take Another Look; Syndrome; Test of Time; The Title Will Follow; Ladies in Mercedes; H
Gary Burton: Generations
by John Kelman
With virtually flawless execution and a remarkable sense of adventure, Gary Burton has changed the face of the vibraphone. Introduced in the '60s to a larger audience thanks to guitarist Hank Garland, he has returned the favour by bringing attention to a number of fine young guitarists, including Larry Coryell, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Pat Metheny. On ...
Virtuosi
By Gary Burton
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Le Tombeau de Couperin I - Prelude (Ravel); Excursions I, Opus 20 (Barber); Prelude VII, Opus 32 (Rachmaninoff); Milonga (Cardoso); Preludes II (Gershwin); Sonata K20 (Scarlatti); Impromptu (Confrey); Piano Concerto in F - Movement III (Gershwin); Lakme Medley (Delibes); Capriccio II, Opus 76 (Brahms); Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Ozone).
Gary Burton/Makoto Ozone: Virtuosi
by Craig Jolley
Vibraphonist Gary Burton does not come from a conservatory background but with his wide range of musical interests it is not surprising he would finally choose to put his stamp on some compositions from the European classical tradition. Actually, on one of his first records he arranged and composed twelve “semi-classical” pieces for the George Shearing ...
Paris Encounter
By Gary Burton
Label: Label M
Released: 2001
Track listing: Daphne; Blue In Green; Falling Grace; Here's That Rainy Day; Coquette; Sweet Rain; The Night Has A Thousand Eyes; Arpege; Elderdown (Total Time: 33:57).
Gary Burton and Stephane Grappelli: Paris Encounter
by C. Michael Bailey
The old guard meets the new. Here is the phenomenon Gary Burton, before he became an institution. In 1969, Gary Burton was blazing jazz trails that could not exactly be described as traditional. He teams up with Le Hot Club of France Stephane Grappelli, conservative stalwart in the European tradition, for a little stroll around the ...
Gary Burton & St: Paris Encounter
by AAJ Staff
Legend has it--and Gary Burton has confirmed it--that by the late 1960's, Stéphane Grappelli was tiring of being treated like a relic of the Quintette du Hot Club de Paris. He was purported to become staid and unadventurous, even as he continued to grow and seek new challenges. Those challenges, however, didn't present themselves, and Grappelli ...
