Gary Burton
The New Quartet (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (light sticker removal damage on back)
Insert included.
By 1973 Gary Burton had already changed what four mallets could do, and this is the band where he decided to start again from scratch. The New Quartet introduces the young Mick Goodrick on guitar, and the interplay between vibraphone and guitar becomes the whole architecture of the record: two chordal instruments circling the same harmonic space, sometimes doubling, more often deliberately getting in each other's way. Material by Chick Corea, Carla Bley and Keith Jarrett gives the group a wide brief and they take it, moving from folk-clear melody to genuine abstraction without changing gear.
Japanese ECM pressing. Burton's vibraphone recorded with that early-seventies ECM clarity, which is to say beautifully.
Release notes
A1: Litha Music, ASCAP A2: Kundalini Music, BMI A3 & B2: Jaguar Music, PRS A4, B3 & B4: Grayfriar Music, BMI B1: ALRAC Music, BMI Recorded on March 5 and 6 1973 at Aengus Studios, Fayville, Mass. An ECM Production Made in Germany Printed in W. Germany ℗ 1973 ECM Records GmbH
| A1 | Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly | 6:40 | |
| A2 | Coral | 4:03 | |
| A3 | Tying Up Loose Ends | 5:12 | |
| A4 | Brownout | 6:32 | |
| B1 | Olhos De Gato | 5:38 | |
| B2 | Mallet Man | 7:11 | |
| B3 | Four Or Less | 6:10 | |
| B4 | Nonsequence | 4:30 |
- Abraham Laboriel
- Bass [B]
- B & B Wojirsch
- Design [Cover Design]
- Harry Blazer
- Drums [D]
- John Nagy
- Engineer [Rec. Engineer]
- Michael Goodrick
- Guitar [G]
- Rapp
- Mixed By [Mix]
- Wieland
- Mixed By [Mix]
- Manfred Eicher
- Producer
- Gary Burton
- Vibraphone [Vib]
