This one is a must jazz fusion album from 70's. Like them, Burton has assembled a few such Olympian groups of his own: his first quartet, which pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock in 1967; his quintet with Pat Metheny in the 1970s; and now this band, which achieves a rare synergy.As he recounts in the upcoming autobiography, Burton was already a steadily working musician in rural Indiana in his high school years, before heading for Nashville, recording the very first jazz-and-country album (with guitarist Hank Garland), and scoring a major-label record contract—all before entering the Berklee College of Music at the age of 17, in 1960. On “Sunday’s Uncle,” we find Lage playing what Burton calls “one of his own devilishly challenging melody themes with apparent ease, in counterpoint to my own part—which is considerably less difficult I’m happy to say”—before easing into a particularly memorably solo. Lage further develops as a front-line collaborator on this new album, able to match the virtuosity of Burton himself.A popular phrase in years past was “Life Begins at 60,” but Gary Burton—as he has done so often throughout his career—is rewriting the book on retirement.What’s more, Burton—a famously reticent composer, who has always relied primarily on others’ compositions for his repertoire—contributed two new songs of his own.
The album was released on April 13, 2004 ( 2004-04-13 ) via Concord Jazz label. Later he became interested in jazz, from 1962 to 1965 he performed in the … Albümleri.
In “The Lookout,” he cleverly recasts “Careful,” written by the influential guitarist Jim Hall (and one that Burton has recorded, with Hall himself, in the past). “If anything, we have evolved as an ensemble—which is the dream of every band leader.”Thanks for helping to support Mack Avenue Artists!A popular phrase in years past was “Life Begins at 60,” but Gary Burton—as he has done so often throughout his career—is rewriting the book on retirement. on Discogs. Featuring the prodigal guitar genius Julian Lage as well as two veterans, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Antonio Sanchez, Guided Tour provides a road map to one of the most dynamic bands on the scene today.“It’s the difference between playing with some excellent musicians, and finding a group chemistry that goes beyond that—a coming together of ‘sympatico’ creative minds,” says Burton. But from the first recording of this band, everything just clicked perfectly.”Apart from their own playing, many of jazz’s greatest figures—Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis—are also known for the handful of indisputably great bands they led throughout their careers. And “Helena” exploits the guitar’s Iberian heritage while updating that tradition with complex rhythms and jazz harmonies.His stature as the former Executive Vice President at the famed Berklee College of Music caps a three-decade life in jazz education, which coincided with his already busy career as a performer and recording artist.
[3] [4] June 9, 2017 • The vibraphonist announced his retirement at 74 with little warning.
Throughout his career, Burton has “paid it forward,” introducing other precocious young artists to the jazz world—Larry Coryell, Pat Metheny, Donny McCaslin, Makoto Ozone—and Lage, who made his first recording with Burton in 2004 at the age of 15, has continued as the next recruit to that echelon. I listened to Abe Laboriel (bass) before and this is his best performance from what I have heard. Vibrafon çalmayı kendi kendine öğrenmiş olan Burton, Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Richard Galliano ve Polo Orti ile birlikte birçok projeye imza atmıştır.