Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...
recorded in 1969 and released on the
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label.Gary Burton discography accessed November 23, 2011 Burton is featured with guitarist
Jerry Hahn
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Hahn studied at Wichita State University, then moved to San Francisco in 1962, where he played with John Handy (1964–66). He toured with the 5th Dimension in 1 ...
Steve Swallow
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Originally released on vinyl in 1969, the album was paired with Gary Burton's collaboration album with Keith Jarrett on a Rhino CD reissue in 1994 before being re-issued in Japan on CD in 2012 and 2017. The
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review by Ron Wynn stated: "Burton continued the jazz-cum-rock and country experimentation that marked other LPs like ''
Tennessee Firebird
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'' describes the album as “magnificent”, and “one of the most evocative records produced at the time.”
Track listing
# "Henniger Flats" (David Pritchard) - 4:25
# "Turn of the Century" ( Michael Gibbs) - 5:07
# "Chickens" (Steve Swallow) - 2:29
# "Arise, Her Eyes" (Swallow) - 3:51
# "Prime Time" (Jerry Hahn) - 4:07
# "Throb" (Gibbs) - 4:33
# "Doin the Pig" (Swallow) - 3:47
# "Triple Portrait" (Gibbs) - 4:28
# "Some Echoes" (Gibbs) - 6:59
:*Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York.
Personnel
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...
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vibraphone
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piano
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Richard Greene
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violin
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Jerry Hahn
Jerry Hahn (born September 21, 1940, Alma, Nebraska) is an American jazz guitarist.
Hahn studied at Wichita State University, then moved to San Francisco in 1962, where he played with John Handy (1964–66). He toured with the 5th Dimension in 1 ...
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guitar
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...
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bass
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drums
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