Works

This was a unique album when it first came out and remains so to this day. Beautifully recorded. Burton has recorded many albums, but I always remember this one. One never tires of hearing it.

Very disappointed in this selection. I know Gary has done better work than this in his early years. Very slow & boring. Better works could have been selected..I am sure. Just saw Gary Live w Pat Metheny. He played some early stuff...terrific. Maybe this CD should have been titled "Workin On It".

Mr Burton, during the period these recordings were made, was often brilliant in his musical experimentations with several notable musical pioneers, and assisted so well, by producer Manfred Eicher. An extraordinarily fertile period for these great talents, (well-represented here) includes the memorable year 1974, when ECM released no less than four fine collaborations in Burton's name: Matchbook, a duet with Ralph Towner; Ring, with Eberhard Weber and Steve Swallow on basses, Mick Goodrick, and a young Pat Metheny on guitars, and Bob Moses on drums; Seven Songs for Quartet Chamber Orchestra (from which the beautiful Michael Gibb's piece "Three" is included here), and Hotel Hello, a duet with Swallow. I was fortunate enough to see a festival of these ECM artists in 1976 in Hampton, VA as they toured the U.S. for the first time. These albums made a great impression on me at the time, and each one of the "Works" in the series was excellently put together!

Gary Burton est un membre du label ECM qui est pour moi le label qui a révolutionné le jazz en introduisant dans les années 70 la modernité et un son unique (Pat Méthény - Barre Phillips etc...) Ce disque Works est un très bel album cohérent et indispensable pour découvrir cet artiste.