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Track Listing
1. Four or Less
2. Colours of Chloe, The
3. Dreams So Real
4. Ictus / Syndrome / Wrong Key Donkey
5. B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream)
6. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
7. Syndrome
8. Ladies in Mercedes
9. La Divetta
Album Notes
Personnel: Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba); Jim Odgren (alto saxophone);
Makoto Ozone (piano); Pat Metheny (guitar, 12-string guitar); Mike Goodrick (guitar); Abraham Laboriel, Eberhard Weber, Steve Swallow (bass); Bob Moses (drums, percussion); Martin Richards, Mike Hyman, Danny Gottlieb, Harry Blazer (drums).
Recorded between 1973 & 1986. Includes liner notes by Gary Burton.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of ECM Records "Rarum" series.
Gary Burton recorded for the ECM label for 15 years in the '70s and '80s. This set (which shares its title with other collections in the same series) is a portrait of the vibraphonist's working bands during that era. The material was chosen by Burton, and his liner notes follow the history with concise insights. With the exception of his duets with Chick Corea (not represented here, but their CRYSTAL SILENCE is a key work in the discographies of both men) and Ralph Towner, Burton was truly a band player and leader throughout the entirety of his career.
Perhaps recognizing the specific timbres of his instrument, Burton has always sought appropriate settings to showcase its sound and gently expand its possibilities. Writing only rarely, Burton found material from the members of his band as well as a couple key outsiders, Carla Bley and Michael Gibbs. During his ECM years, key collaborators included bassist Steve Swallow (the pair also worked together in the '60s) and several young discoveries including Pat Metheny and pianist Makoto Ozone.
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