''Times Like These'' is an album by vibraphonist

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released on the GRP label in 1988.Gary Burton discography
accessed November 25, 2011 The all-star quartet includes guitarist John Scofield, bassist

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and former

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drummer Peter Erskine. Tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker sits in on two tracks.

Reception

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review by

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awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Burton sounds fine on the diverse material. Since John Scofield had not had an opportunity to record with the vibraphonist during his year with Burton's Quartet more than a decade earlier, this fine set made up for lost time".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed November 25, 2011

Track listing

# Times Like These" ( Makoto Ozone) - 6:33 # "Or Else" ( Vince Mendoza) - 4:45 # "Robert Frost" ( Jay Leonhart) - 6:27 # "Why'd You Do It?" (John Scofield) - 5:16 # "P.M." (

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) - 6:30 # "Was It Long Ago?" (Gary Burton) - 7:47 # "Bento Box" (Ozone) - 6:16 # "Do Tell" (Scofield) - 7:21 :*Recorded at Clinton Studios, NYC

Personnel

* Gary Burton —

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

* John Scofield —

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Peter Erskine —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Michael Brecker —

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

(tracks 1 & 6)

References

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