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Gary Burton: The New Quartet

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Label: ECM Recordds
Released: 1973
Time:
 45:49
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Manfred Eicher
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.garyburton.com
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Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly (Chick Corea) - 6:40
[2] Coral (Keith Jarrett) - 4:03
[3] Tying Up Loose Ends (Gordon Beck) - 5:12
[4] Brownout (Gary Burton) - 6:32
[5] Olhos de Gato (Carla Bley) - 5:38
[6] Mallet Man (Gordon Beck) - 7:11
[7] Four Or Less (Mike Gibbs) - 6:10
[8] Nonsequence (Mike Gibbs) - 4:30

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Gary Burton - Vibraphone
Michael Goodrick - Guitar
Abraham Laboriel - Bass
Harry Blazer - Drums

Manfred Eicher - Producer
John Nagy - Engineer
Kurt Rapp - Mixing
Martin Wieland - Mixing

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Recorded at Aengus Studio, Fayville, Massachusetts on March 5 & 6, 1973.



This new quartet marked the beginning of a new era of Gary Burton's recordings. With a sizable and varied discography on two labels already behind him, Burton became one of the key players in the early ECM Records stable. Guitarist Mick Goodrick and the rhythm section of drummer Harry Blazer and bassist Abraham Laboriel provide Burton's vibes with the sprightly support and interplay that others borrowed from and took into the realm of fusion. Burton, happily, did not. This quartet seems well aware of the world of rock and pop, but they draw from it without becoming it.

It also helps that the material is so well tailored to the ensemble. There are a couple tunes each by Gordon Beck and British composer Michael Gibbs. The folkish melody of Carla Bley's "Olhos De Gato" turns out to be a tour-de-force for Burton, as his notes bend with the supple ease of young trees. "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" was written by Chick  Corea with whom Burton recorded the popular and influential duet album, CRYSTAL SILENCE (also released in 1973).

CDUniverse.com



Not only does this CD feature a "new quartet," but it was the beginning of Gary Burton's longtime association with ECM. In general, Burton's ECM dates were more introverted and laidback than his more diverse Atlantics, but they always had their moments of interest. On this set, the vibraphonist, guitarist Mick (then known as Michael) Goodrick, bassist Abraham Laboriel and drummer Harry Blazer perform numbers by Chick Corea ("Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly"), Keith Jarrett ("Coral'),  Gordon Beck, Carla Bley and Mike Gibbs, in addition to Burton's "Brownout." Intriguing if not essential music.

Scott Yanow - All Music Guide
 

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