Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer and jazz 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 heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in music education from his 30 years at the Berklee College of Music.
Biography
Burton was born in Anderson, Indiana in 1943. Beginning music at six years old, Burton for the most part taught himself to play marimba and vibraphone. He also began studying piano at age sixteen as he finished high school in Princeton, Indiana (1956–60). Burton has cited jazz pianist Bill Evans as a main inspiration for his approach toward the vibraphone.
Burton attended Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1960–61. He studied with Herb Pomeroy and soon befriended the composer and arranger Michael Gibbs. After establishing his career during the 1960s, he returned to join the staff of Berklee from 1971–2004, serving first as Professor, then Dean and finally as Executive Vice President during his last decade at the college.
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ALBUMS
- Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra released: 2014
- Gary Burton & Keith Jarret released: 2013
- Hot House released: 2012
- Quartet Live released: 2009
- In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 released: 2009
- The New Crystal Silence released: 2008
- Next Generation released: 2005
- Next Generation released: 2005
- Generations released: 2004
- Rarum, Volume 4: Selected Recordings released: 2002
- Virtuosi released: 2002
- For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal released: 2001
- Live at Midem released: 2000
- Lyric Suite for Sextet released: 2000
- Libertango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla released: 2000
- All the Things You Are released: 1999
- A Genuine Tong Funeral released: 1999
- Alone at Last released: 1999
- Crystal Silence released: 1999
- Astor Piazzolla Reunion: A Tango Excursion released: 1998
- Like Minds released: 1998
- Native Sense: The New Duets released: 1997
- Collection released: 1996
- Live in Cannes released: 1996
- A Genuine Tong Funeral released: 1994
- Face To Face released: 1994
- Gary Burton & Keith Jarret / Throb released: 1994
- It's Another Day released: 1993
- Benny Rides Again released: 1992
- Duet released: 1991
- Cool Nights released: 1991
- Tennessee Firebird released: 1989
- Artist's Choice released: 1987
- The New Tango released: 1987
- Slide Show released: 1986
- Works released: 1984
- Times Square released: 1978
- Hotel Hello released: 1975
- In the Public Interest released: 1974
- Matchbook released: 1974
- The New Quartet released: 1973
- Good Vibes released: 1971
- Something's Coming released: 1963
- Gary Burton released:
- Reunion released:
A Genuine Tong Funeral
Released 1999- The End (Prologue): The Opening
- The End (Prologue): Interlude: Shovels
- The End (Prologue): The Survivors
- Events Leading To The End, Part One: Grave Train
- Events Leading To The End, Part One: Death Rolls-Ancestors
- Events Leading To The End, Part One: Morning-Part One
- Events Leading To The End, Part One: Interlude: Lament
- Events Leading To The End, Part Two: Silent Spring
- Events Leading To The End, Part Two: Fanfare
- Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Mother Of The Dead Man
- Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Some Dirge-Hour Of The Wolf
- Events Leading To The End, Part Three: Morning-Part Two
- Events Leading To The End, Part Three: The New Funeral March
- A Beginning (Epilogue): The New National Anthem-Son Of Jazz
- A Beginning (Epilogue): The Survivors
- Lofty Fake Anagram: June The 15, 1967
- Lofty Fake Anagram: Feelings And Things
- Lofty Fake Anagram: Fleurette Africaine
- Lofty Fake Anagram: I'm Your Pal
- Lofty Fake Anagram: Lines
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