Gary Burton

小簡介
生于1943年的Gary Burton，一直就是在爵士樂的主流與它所屬樂音的抽象表現(xiàn)領域中自在悠游，他是一位自學而成，而創(chuàng)意表現(xiàn)源源不絕的顫音琴手。十七歲時，Gary Burton就與鄉(xiāng)村吉他樂手HankGarland完成了他的首張唱片錄音，此后便一直很固定地在RCA發(fā)行了數(shù)張專輯。此時，Gary Burton所顯露的表現(xiàn)是相當?shù)赖氐目崤删羰繕罚瑫r也顯示出嘗試將搖滾樂等其它音樂的元素帶入爵士音樂的走向。雖然后來他是一位出色的爵士樂手，但是早期在風格的建立上并沒有留下令人深刻的印象，之所以開始受聽眾所注意，是直到1970年代以后所發(fā)行的專輯。
Gary Burton的爵士訓練背景相當?shù)赝暾?，早期曾?jīng)與GeorgeShearing（1963）五重奏團巡回演出，后來則與Stan Getz（1964-66）一起合作。1967年左右，并成立了自己的四重奏團。GaryBurton最早獲得樂界好評的錄音專輯，是與鋼琴手奇斯??杰瑞特（Keith Jarrett）合作的錄音《Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett》（1971）與奇克??柯瑞亞（Chick Corea）的二重奏作品《CrystalSilence》（1972）。這兩張專輯展示了Gary Burton在即興作品中所留下的樂句空間中，在極簡約的風格下顯現(xiàn)的驚人創(chuàng)造力。
1972年是Gary Burton生涯之中的轉(zhuǎn)折點，也是一個新的開始，那時他剛把事業(yè)從紐約轉(zhuǎn)移至波士頓，并尋找新的合作樂手。因緣際會地，ECM的制作人Manfred Eicher找上了Gary Burton，并邀請他加入其下的廠牌錄音，如此的結果，促成了專輯《Crystal Silence》的誕生。這張專輯的表現(xiàn)被認為是嚴肅謹約的，但兩人合奏自然天成，整體表現(xiàn)也平易近人，是一張杰出的經(jīng)典錄音。專輯也表示出不犧牲任何有價值的深度，仍舊有著自然動聽的樂音表現(xiàn)，滿溢著音樂本身的刺激，也有音樂以外的刺激。Chick Corea與GaryBurton的樂音在和諧逸美的陽光下，煥發(fā)著自然晶瑩的光彩，反映著唱片的標題意境，顫音琴的樂音形成了一片閃耀動人的自然顫動。
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