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Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett: Como en Vietnam (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 16, 08

The date tells it: this mythic record was taped in a single studio session! Those were the days, for sure, where musi...

Gary Burton: September Song (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Gary Burton, 33 years after joining the George Shearing Quintet at age 20, returns to the scene of the chimes. "Septe...

Gary Burton Quartet: Blue Comedy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Because of all the diverse music Gary Burton has recorded for almost 50 years, and since the vibraphone is not exactl...

Gary Burton & Stéphane Grappelli: Blue in Green (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 17, 08

One of the greatest joys of jazz is unexpected collaboration. In no other genre do artists of varied ages, cultures a...

Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton: Milonga is Coming (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 26, 07

Gary Burton had worked in Stan Getz's band in the 1960s, and saw firsthand how Getz's advocacy of bossa nova and will...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL TANGO

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Stéphane Grappelli & Gary Burton: Falling Grace (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

This was a match made in heaven. The young Gary Burton was touring Europe and the then 64-year-old Stéphane Grappelli...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI

 Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...

Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Waltz for Debby (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 22, 08

If you have not yet heard The New Crystal Silence, or have not attended one of their recent duet concerts, you might ...

Gary Burton: Country Roads (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

This all-star session is one giant rhythm section, and while "supergroups" often lead to a blowing session without mu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Gary Burton: Falling Grace (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 27, 09

The recent reconvening of Burton’s groundbreaking Quartet for an extended tour and a resulting live album was a welco...

Gary Burton (with Astor Piazzolla): Mi Refugio (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 02, 09

Burton's Astor Piazzolla Reunion CD brought together some of the musicians of the late Piazzolla's Nuevo Tango Quinte...

Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Four In One (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Charlie Rouse said that when Thelonious Monk first hired him in 1959, the leader taught him all Monk's tunes by playi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Ralph Towner & Gary Burton: Icarus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 19, 07

Both of these musicians had fully assimilated the modern jazz tradition before joining forces for their Matchbook ses...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ECM - THE FIRST DECADE

The ECM record label, founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, continues to expand our musical horizons after almost four d...

Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Señor Mouse (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

We live in an age of remakes, in music no less than in movies and fashion. But why should master musicians Corea and ...

Gary Burton & Pat Metheny: Sea Journey (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 31, 09

"Sea Journey" has long been one of my favorite Chick Corea composition—built on a stormy minor key vamp set off again...

Stan Getz: Only Trust Your Heart (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

A leading Lester Young-influenced tenor saxophonist during the 1950s, Stan Getz’s career had begun to falter before h...

Stan Getz: When The World Was Young (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 21, 09

As Stan Getz must have known – since his only live recording of this tune was made in Paris – the original song, titl...

Stan Getz: Here's That Rainy Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This album was a sequel to the first Getz/Gilberto record, which received nine Grammy nominations as well as great co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz (featuring Astrud Gilberto): It Might As Well Be Spring (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 04, 08

This Rodgers & Hammerstein gem from the 1945 film State Fair has long made the rounds as a jazz standard and receives...

Gary Burton & Pat Metheny Perform at Berklee posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 23, 09

Roanna Forman, who covers the Boston jazz scene for jazz.com, recently reported in this column on performances by St...

In Conversation With Gary Burton posted in Features and Interviews November 07, 08

By Patrick Spurling Recorded live at a concert in Zurich, Switzerland, Gary Burton and Chick Corea's 1979 album ...

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