Gary Burton & Pat Metheny

[shlomonew]

whats the name of the track ?

[pattylibraia]

Wow Gary è stato mio maestro di musica d'insieme a U.J. molti anni fa. Che ricordi!

[fabekuso]

I think this is open your eyes, you can fly, not sea journey.

[bdeedles]

his hair rulz.

[i8yokity]

I don't think this is sea journey, I think it's open your eyes, you can fly

[PurplePlayer99]

@i8yokity You're definitely right, do you know which album that's on? i just started listening to Burton alone. Everything I have of him is with Metheny lol

[i8yokity]

@PurplePlayer99 I don't know which album Sea Journey is on, but this song is on "The New Quartet"(1970) by Gary Burton. There's a lot of good stuff with Gary on Youtube as well, Chick Corea and Gary Burton Live at the Blue Note (Monk's Dream and Mirror, Mirror), Gary Burton with Tiger Okoshi, and lots of other stuff. The best CD's I have of Gary are "New Vibes Man in Town", "Crystal Silence", and "Native Sense".

[PurplePlayer99]

@i8yokity O you can find Sea Journey on Quartet live 09, with the hippie album art lol. But yeah i'll look those up, thanks man

[oldkingproverb]

yeah! sea journey! what a great tune

[QBCNetwork]

Guitar & vibes, so awesome together!

[rafaelneville]

Superior !!!

[murgiaman]

Qualcuno ha un qualche video di Gary Burton che suona la sua mitica canzone "Reunion"? Sarebbe fantastico!

[9966442255]

BRAVI !

[Knastigern]

I was there as well great performance

[willie33040]

How does one even begin to play this instrument? ( ^ _ ^ ) Looks so complicated! The music? Sounds so wonderful! Dude has two sticks that look oversized Q-tips and he's hitting every note perfectly!

[0scill8r]

Actually, he has four.

[delaynestallman]

As usual, everyone's an expert. Hmmm, I just searched on Gary Burton, and came here to enjoy their playing. They're clearly better than any of the rest of us, so why argue?

[alesall]

Grazie per aver "postato" questo video. Mi sono perso il loro intervento al Gezmataz 2008di genova....non me lo perdonerò mai. (sob!)

[abusivo76]

micidiali!!!!

[rsw74]

Awesome...simply the best.

[fendweller]

I wouldn't dispute Burton's achievement (though bar Roy Ayers I can't name another vibe-ist, so he hasn't exactly created a generation of players). Nor do I believe I said he should play the piano - sticks are his thing and that's fine. I just can't help wondering what that prodigeous way with musical language, taken in the abstract if you like, would result in if applied to the more extensive sonic context of the piano.

[gmardoc]

The fact that you haven't heard of more vibe players and think the instrument is a novelty only tells me that you haven't spent more than 5 minutes listening to its repertoire. How can you claim to make an informed argument?

[fendweller]

Well, I'll admit that the fact that the sound of the vibes leaves me cold means I don't seek it out. I've tried various GB albums, all with the same result. But my interest in music ought to be enough to give me a general awareness of who's out there, and beyond Steve Nelson (Dave Holland) I'm not seeing a cohort of widely recognised vibes players. There are lots of reasons for that which space here won't let me get into, but I think the point is still valid. Who should I be checking out?

[gmardoc]

Try Dave Samuels (Caribbean Jazz Project, etc.), David Friedman, Stefon Harris, Joe Locke, Victor Mendoza, Terry Gibbs, Ed Saindon, Milt Jackson, Red Norvo, or Cal Tjader. They're all pretty big names, in terms of vibes.

[gmardoc]

Also, there's a whole world of vibraphone repertoire outside of jazz music, but since all of it was written in, or after, the 20th century, a lot of it is atonal and/or very conceptual. The complexity of the music itself might keep you from enjoying it if you're not into modern "classical" music.

[eastonboarder]

i love how no one even mentions the legend that introduced the vibes to jazz altogether. Lionel "Hamps" Hampton!

[paulborrello]

Check out Paul Borrello with the band Ten 27 playing the MalletKat and drumset. Their new album is called the Black Book Project.

[fendweller]

That is the most amazing playing from Burton. Such a shame that instrument is such a waste of time. Ding ding ding. Imagine what he could get out of a piano.

[fetnerg]

Probably not much since he's a percussionist . . . There are enough pianists in the world.

[jazzcatuna]

the piano is a percussion instrument.

[fetnerg]

Well, technically it isn't.  It's not part of the percussion family. The piano came from the harpsichord, pianoforte, and organ family. Piano literature and history is also not part of percussion literature or history. That's also why you don't see percussionists with a piano in their set up.

[ChrisCovais]

What kind of lame-dumb ass statement is that? Man, I'm sick of all these internet morons!

[fendweller]

How is 'I don't like the vibes' dumb-ass? Or is it the piano bit you're not liking?

[Medjai411]

shame on you, too

[fendweller]

Shame on me? Or the guy who called me a moron for speculating about how Burton's lavish improvisational skills might translate to an instrument with far more dynammic and sonic range than the cocktail hour one he's chosen.

[fetnerg]

Again, you're missing the point. Burton did a lot of great things for vibraphone players and percussionists specializing in jazz. Name five more vibraphone players who did that. Now name 5 more pianists who did that. Because of his instrument, he sticks out. He knows how to hit things with sticks in his hands better than moving his fingers. He's a great vibraphone player, and wouldn't be a great pianist.

[gmardoc]

Although the piano may have a larger range in terms of pitch, it certainly does NOT have a broader dynamic range ,nor broader palette of timbres. The use of hundreds of different striking implements (various mallets, bows, etc.), the addition of a motor, and extended techniques give the vibraphone a FAR wider variety of timbres. There are even techniques that allow a vibraphone player to bend its pitch or to add a dynamic shape to a single note with the use of a bow.

[PolicePeople]

then again, if you really wanted to, you could open up the piano and start fooling around with the strings! ;)

[valvetrom]

U R not wrong ,look at the Hammer dulcimer of the Gypsies