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Gary Burton: vibraphon
Julian Lage: guitar
Scott Colley: double bass
Antonio Sanchez: drums

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On Gary Burton's debut release on Mack Avenue Records, Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Known as the New Gary Burton Quartet, the group is comprised of guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Antonio Sanchez. Common Ground features 10 tunes, including six remarkable originals by quartet members as well as two impressive numbers by pianist Vadim Neselovskyi (a former Burton band member), a gem from the Keith Jarrett Songbook and an intriguing arrangement of the standard "My Funny Valentine," spotlighting Lage.

Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid-'90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band's alchemy.

"I've always liked the vibraphone-guitar sound," says Burton, whose masterful vibes glisten throughout Common Ground. "It's something that I discovered when Nashville country guitarist Hank Garland invited me in the '60s to record with him. The sound of the two instruments Together has an ideal timbre and coolness." For the quartet's rhythm section, Burton called Sanchez, who has played with the vibraphonist on and off in recent years. But Colley is new to Burton's employ. "Once I decided to have Antonio be a part of the group, I asked him what bass player he'd suggest, and he said Scott is the one," says Burton. "They are a terrific rhythm team."

Common Ground opens with the buoyant Neselovskyi composition "Late Night Sunrise," which Burton likes for its whimsy. "It's so melodic that it really works as the best piece to introduce the band," says Burton, who also chose for the album the pianist's "Last Snow," another lyrical beauty that "captu.......
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Gary Burton ' prawdziwa legenda jazzu. Z jednej strony stawiany obok takich mistrzów jak Lionel Hampton i Milt Jackson, z drugiej strony szczególnie ceniony za wzbogacanie gry na wibrafonie o własne, całkowicie nowe elementy, które zrewolucjonizowały technikę gry na tym instrumencie. Spopularyzował m.in. równoczesne stosowanie czterech pałek, co pozwala mu na osiągnięcie mniej perkusyjnego brzmienia i na realizację skomplikowanych pomysłów, które dotychczas były przywilejem muzyków grających na instrumentach dętych i przede wszystkim pianistów. W ten sposób wibrafon w jeszcze większym niż dotychczas stopniu zyskał na atrakcyjności, nie tylko jako instrument akompaniujący. Lista jego współpracowników jest bardzo długa, wymieńmy tylko najważniejszych: Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Stéphane Grappelli, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Carla Bley, Paul Bley, Astor Piazzolla czy B.B.King.

Jego nowy kwartet zasługuje na miano jazzowej supergrupy, spotykamy tu w końcu obok lidera Scotta Colley'a na kontrabasie i Antonio Sancheza na perkusji. Skład uzupełnia najmniej znany w stawce gitarzysta Julian Lage.

Wydawcą płyty jest nowojorska oficyna wydawnicza Mack Avenue Records mająca w swoim katalogu takich artystów jak Yellowjackets, Christian McBride, Danilo Pérez, Stanley Jordan, Kenny Garrett czy Rick Braun, wyrastająca powoli na istotnego gracza na jazzowym rynku.