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Infobox musical artist| name = Gary Burton| image = Gary Burton.jpg| caption = Photo by Tom Beetz| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| Born = birth date and age|1943|1|23 Anderson, Indiana|Anderson , Indiana United States | death_date =| alias =| instrument = Vibraphone , Marimba | occupation = Musician , Composer Educator | genre = Jazz , Jazz Fusion | associated_acts= Stan Getz Chick Corea Pat Metheny | label = ECM (record label)|ECM , Concord Records , MackAvenue Records | notable_instruments = Ludwig-Musser|Musser M-48 Vibraphone | years_active = since 1960| website = http://www.garyburton.com www.garyburton.comGary Burton (born January 23, 1943, Anderson, Indiana ) is an United States|American jazz vibraphone|vibraphonist .
A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in jazz education.
Biography
Beginning music at six years old, Burton for the most part taught himself to play marimba and vibraphone.cite web|title =Interview: Gary Burton|first=Marc|last=Myers |publisher=All About Jazz | url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=61427 |date =2010-07-27|accessdate =2010-08-09 He also began studying piano at age sixteen as he finished high school in Princeton, Indiana (56-60). Burton has cited jazz pianist Bill Evans as a main inspiration for his approach toward the vibraphone .
Burton attended Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1960-61. He studied with Herb Pomeroy and soon befriended the composer and arranger Michael Gibbs (jazz composer)|Michael Gibbs . After establishing his career during the 1960s, he returned to join the staff of Berklee from 1971–2004, serving first as Professor, then Dean and finally as Executive Vice President during his last decade at the college.
Early in his career, at the behest of noted Nashville saxophonist Boots Randolph , Burton moved to Nashville and recorded with several notable Nashville musicians including guitarist Hank Garland , pianist Floyd Cramer and guitarist Chet Atkins .
After touring both the United States|U.S. and Japan with pianist George Shearingcite web|title =Gary Burton|first=Scott|last=Yanow |publisher=Allmusic | url =Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6212/biography|pure_url=yes|accessdate =2010-08-09 in 1963, Burton went on to play with saxophonist Stan Getz from 1964-1966. It was during this time with the Stan Getz Quartet that Burton appeared with the band in a feature film, "Get Yourself a College Girl", playing "Girl From Ipanema" with Astrud Gilberto . In 1967 he formed the Gary Burton Quartet along with guitarist Larry Coryell , drummer Roy Haynes , and bassist Steve Swallow . Predating the jazz fusion|jazz-rock fusion craze of the 1970s, the group's first record, Duster, combined jazz, country music|country and rock and roll elements. However, some of Burton's previous albums (notably Tennessee Firebird and Time Machine , both from 1966) had already shown his inclination toward such experimentation with different genres of popular music. After Coryell left the quartet in the late-1960s, Burton hired a number of well-regarded guitarists: Jerry Hahn , David Pritchard, Mick Goodrick , Pat Metheny , John Scofield , Kurt Rosenwinkel , and most recently Julian Lage , who played guitar in Burton's group Next Generation.
Burton was named Down Beat magazine's 'Jazzman of the Year' in 1968 (the youngest ever to receive the title) and won his first Grammy award in 1972, Burton began a now 38 year-long collaboration with pianist Chick Corea ,cite web|title =Chick Corea/Gary Burton: CrystalSilence - The ECM Recordings 1972-79 |first=John|last=Kelman |publisher=All About Jazz | url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=33871 |date =2009-09-02|accessdate =2010-08-09 recognized for popularizing the format of jazz duet performance. Their half dozen recordings won the pair Grammy awards in years 1979, 1981, 1997, 1999, and most recently in 2009, for The New CrystalSilence .
Burton has played with a variety of jazz musicians, including Carla Bley , Hank Garland , Gato Barbieri , Keith Jarrett , Chick Corea , Steve Lacy , Pat Metheny , Makoto Ozone , Adam Nussbaum , Tiger Okoshi , Stan Getz , Herbie Hancock , B.B. King , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Tommy Smith (saxophonist)|Tommy Smith , Eberhard Weber , Stephane Grappelli and tango legend Ástor Piazzolla .
From 2004-2008 Burton hosted a weekly jazz radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio . From September 2006 - April 2008, Burton toured worldwide with Chick Corea celebrating 35 years of working together. Most recently Burton has toured and recorded with Pat Metheny , Steve Swallow , and Antonio Sanchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez (The Gary Burton Quartet Revisited), reprising music from the Burton's 1970s group.
Burton's available recordings, as of 2010, are mainly those from Atlantic Records, ECM Records, GRP Records and the Concord Jazz label.
On Wednesday, February 23, MackAvenue Records announced that they signed Burton. He plans to release his next project, entitled "Common Ground" featuring The New Gary Burton Quartet (featuring Julian Lage , Scott Colley , and Antonio Sanchez (drummer)|Antonio Sanchez ) on June 7.
Private life
Following an early marriage in his 20's, Burton married for a second time in 1975 to Catherine Goldwyn, granddaughter of film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974). Together for nearly a decade, the couple had two children, a daughter Stephanie (born 1978), and a son, Sam, (born 1980). In 1985, Burton publicly declared himself as a gay man, making him one of only a few openly gay jazz musicians. His longtime partner is Jonathan Chong.
http://www.garyburton.com Gary Burton official site
http://www.music-city.org/Gary-Burton/discography/ Gary Burton's discography from Music City
http://www.trovar.com/ECM/ECM.php? artist=burton Gary Burton on ECM Records
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/gary_burton.shtml BBC's profile on Gary Burton
http://www.jazzwax.com/2010/07/interview-gary-burton-part-1.html interview on Jazzwax (2010)
http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/course/gary-burton-jazz-improvisation "Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation" online course
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