''Guided Tour'' is a studio album by American jazz vibraphonist

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. The album was recorded in New York City together with guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley and drummer

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, and released on via Mack Avenue Records. The record consists of 10 tracks, paying tribute to the legacies of

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, Jim Hall, and Astor Piazzolla. Eight of the compositions were by band-members. This was Burton’s final studio album before his 2017 retirement.

Reception

Charley Raiff of '' Elmore Magazine'' wrote "Gary Burton, the pioneer of the four-mallet vibraphone technique, again exhibits his unfaltering vision of what playing that instrument should be in his newest release... ''Guided Tour'' serves as a magnificent follow-up to 2011’s '' Common Ground'', and the pairing of Burton’s vibraphone and Lage’s guitar works better than ever. Despite his age, Burton seems to be just warming up." Thom Jurek of

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stated "On its sophomore offering for Mack Avenue Records, the New Gary Burton Quartet reveals the musical maturity that naturally occurs when a disparate but extremely gifted group of players locks in as a band... While Guided Tour proves that this band has hit its stride and fires exquisitely on all cylinders, it also reveals, that at age 70, Burton's fire for pushing his creative edge as a bandleader, and as a soloist, still burns brightly." Dave Gelly of ''

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'' noted "It's one thing to be a virtuoso player, which he is, but quite another to create a whole sonic world with just four musicians. That's what Burton has been doing consistently for more than 45 years and, as this second album by his newest quartet proves, the sounds just go on getting richer. Every one of these 10 pieces is filled with tonal light and shade, harmonic sparkle and rhythmic subtlety."

Track listing

Personnel

Band * Gary Burton – vibraphone * Scott Colley – bass *

– drums * Julian Lage – guitar Production * Mark Wilder – mastering * Gretchen C. Valade – executive producer * Pete Karam – recording, mixing

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2013 albums Gary Burton albums Mack Avenue Records albums