First Time Available On 180g 2-Disc Vinyl! Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio!
On Gary Burton's debut release on Mack Avenue Records Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid-'90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band's alchemy. "I've always liked the vibraphone-guitar sound," says Burton, whose masterful vibes glisten throughout Common Ground. "It's something that I discovered when Nashville country guitarist Hank Garland invited me in the '60s to record with him. The sound of the two instruments together has an ideal timbre and coolness."
While Burton has crossed multiple stylistic borders since he broke into the jazz ranks in the 60s, he finds that he often returns to the straight-ahead jazz quartet setting. Thats why Common Ground by the New Gary Burton Quartet is so special to him. Since my very first group in 1967, I can count maybe three times that one of my groups over the years clicked so perfectly, he says. Whenever I start a new group, I often wonder how things will work, to see if the musicians will enjoy playing together and are ready to take the music to a higher level. With the new band, Im thrilled. Its proving to be one of the standout bands of my career and has already quickly developed its own identity.
Features:
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Pressed at URP in Nashville
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio
Musicians:
Gary Burton, vibes
Scott Colley, bass
Julian Lage, guitar
Antonio Sanchez, drums
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Late Night Sunrise
2. Never the Same Way
LP1 - Side 2:
1. Common Ground
2. Was It So Long Ago?
3. Etude
LP2 - Side 3:
1. Last Snow
2. Did You Get It?
3. My Funny Valentine
LP2 - Side 4:
1. Banksy
2. In Your Quiet Place
On Gary Burton's debut release on Mack Avenue Records Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid-'90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band's alchemy. "I've always liked the vibraphone-guitar sound," says Burton, whose masterful vibes glisten throughout Common Ground. "It's something that I discovered when Nashville country guitarist Hank Garland invited me in the '60s to record with him. The sound of the two instruments together has an ideal timbre and coolness."
While Burton has crossed multiple stylistic borders since he broke into the jazz ranks in the 60s, he finds that he often returns to the straight-ahead jazz quartet setting. Thats why Common Ground by the New Gary Burton Quartet is so special to him. Since my very first group in 1967, I can count maybe three times that one of my groups over the years clicked so perfectly, he says. Whenever I start a new group, I often wonder how things will work, to see if the musicians will enjoy playing together and are ready to take the music to a higher level. With the new band, Im thrilled. Its proving to be one of the standout bands of my career and has already quickly developed its own identity.
Features:
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Pressed at URP in Nashville
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio
Musicians:
Gary Burton, vibes
Scott Colley, bass
Julian Lage, guitar
Antonio Sanchez, drums
Selections:
LP1 - Side 1:
1. Late Night Sunrise
2. Never the Same Way
LP1 - Side 2:
1. Common Ground
2. Was It So Long Ago?
3. Etude
LP2 - Side 3:
1. Last Snow
2. Did You Get It?
3. My Funny Valentine
LP2 - Side 4:
1. Banksy
2. In Your Quiet Place
