Gary Burton

INCLUDES FREE MP3 ALBUM DOWNLOAD Plus 2 BONUS TRACKS

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

While Gary Burton (born on January 23, 1943, in Anderson, Indiana; he is 71 at this writing) would become one of the preeminent jazz vibraphonists, his career was just getting started at the time the album contained here was recorded. When "New Vibe Man in Town" (his debut LP as a leader) was made, Burton was just 18! But make no mistake, these recordings prove that the vibraphonist had already accomplished the most difficult task for any jazz musician –the attainment of a wholly individual voice. While he cited Milt Jackson as his favorite vibraphonist at this stage of his career, Burton never sought to imitate him, and his style is considerably different from the already established giants of the instrument: Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo and Milt Jackson.

PERSONNEL:

GARY BURTON vibraphone
GENE CHERICO bass
JOE MORELLO drums

New York, July 6 (A1-A3 & B3) & July 7 (A4, B1-B2 & B4), 1961.

(*) BONUS TRACKS (A5 & B5):
GARY BURTON vibraphone
HANK GARLAND, guitar
JOE BENJAMIN, bass
JOE MORELLO, drums
Nashville, Tennessee, August 23, 1960.

SIDE A:

01 JOY SPRING
02 OVER THE RAINBOW
03 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
04 MINOR BLUES
05 THREE-FOUR, THE BLUES (*)

SIDE B:

01 OUR WALTZ
02 SO MANY THINGS
03 SIR JOHN
04 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
05 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (*)