Gary Burton

小简介
生于1943年的Gary Burton，一直就是在爵士乐的主流与它所属乐音的抽象表现领域中自在悠游，他是一位自学而成，而创意表现源源不绝的颤音琴手。十七岁时，Gary Burton就与乡村吉他乐手HankGarland完成了他的首张唱片录音，此后便一直很固定地在RCA发行了数张专辑。此时，Gary Burton所显露的表现是相当道地的酷派爵士乐，同时也显示出尝试将摇滚乐等其它音乐的元素带入爵士音乐的走向。虽然后来他是一位出色的爵士乐手，但是早期在风格的建立上并没有留下令人深刻的印象，之所以开始受听众所注意，是直到1970年代以后所发行的专辑。
Gary Burton的爵士训练背景相当地完整，早期曾经与GeorgeShearing（1963）五重奏团巡回演出，后来则与Stan Getz（1964-66）一起合作。1967年左右，并成立了自己的四重奏团。GaryBurton最早获得乐界好评的录音专辑，是与钢琴手奇斯��杰瑞特（Keith Jarrett）合作的录音《Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett》（1971）与奇克��柯瑞亚（Chick Corea）的二重奏作品《CrystalSilence》（1972）。这两张专辑展示了Gary Burton在即兴作品中所留下的乐句空间中，在极简约的风格下显现的惊人创造力。
1972年是Gary Burton生涯之中的转折点，也是一个新的开始，那时他刚把事业从纽约转移至波士顿，并寻找新的合作乐手。因缘际会地，ECM的制作人Manfred Eicher找上了Gary Burton，并邀请他加入其下的厂牌录音，如此的结果，促成了专辑《Crystal Silence》的诞生。这张专辑的表现被认为是严肃谨约的，但两人合奏自然天成，整体表现也平易近人，是一张杰出的经典录音。专辑也表示出不牺牲任何有价值的深度，仍旧有着自然动听的乐音表现，满溢着音乐本身的刺激，也有音乐以外的刺激。Chick Corea与GaryBurton的乐音在和谐逸美的阳光下，焕发着自然晶莹的光彩，反映着唱片的标题意境，颤音琴的乐音形成了一片闪耀动人的自然颤动。
by Scott Yanow
One of the two great vibraphonists to emerge in the 1960s (along with Bobby Hutcherson), Gary Burtons remarkable four-mallet technique (best displayed on an unaccompanied version of No More Blues from 1971) can make him sound like two or three players at once. He recorded in a wide variety of settings and always sounds distinctive. Self-taught on vibes, Burton made his recording debut with country guitarist Hank Garland when he was 17, started recording regularly for RCA in 1961, and toured with George Shearings quintet in 1963. He gained some fame while with Stan Getzs piano-less quartet during 1964-1966, and then put together his own groups. In 1967, with guitarist Larry Coryell, he led one of the early fusion bands; Coryell would later be succeeded by Sam Brown, Mick Goodrick, John Scofield, Jerry Hahn, and Pat Metheny. Burton recorded duet sets with Chick Corea (they also toured extensively), Ralph Towner, Steve Swallow, and Paul Bley, and collaborated on an album apiece with Stephane Grappelli and Keith Jarrett. Among his sidemen in the late 70s and 80s were Makoto Ozone, Tiger Okoshi, and Tommy Smith. Very active as an educator at Berklee since joining its faculty in 1971, Burton (who teamed up with Eddie Daniels in the early 90s for an interesting Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton tribute tour and recording) remained a prominent stylist. He recorded during different periods of his career extensively for RCA, Atlantic, ECM, GRP, and Concord, releasing Like Minds through the latter in 1998. Two years later, Libertango, his tribute to tango master Astor Piazzolla, arrived. The very personal composition For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal was issued in 2001and in 2002 he explored classical music with a duet album Virtuosi recorded with pianist Makoto Ozone. 2004 found Burton back on more familiar ground with the release of Generations a bop-influenced quartet album for longtime label Concord