Gary Burton Tennessee Firebird (CD)

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(Bear Family Records) 13 tracks (37:53) produced by Chet Atkins & Brad McCuen Jazz... more

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Gary Burton: Tennessee Firebird (CD)

(Bear Family Records) 13 tracks (37:53) produced by Chet Atkins & Brad McCuen

Jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton had a real affinity for country music. He played on Hank Garland's 'Jazz Winds From A New Direction' and he tried a very similar experiment when he recorded 'Tennessee Firebird.'

At the time, very few people had the ears to appreciate what Burton was trying to do with these versions of folk and country standards like Faded Love, Panhandle Rag, Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair and Born To Lose but it's an album that has survived. Burton's zest and feel for country forms makes his jazz-country fusion work.

Though the Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich late jazzmen stirred controversy in the 70's and 80s by vocally downgrading" country music, they didn't represent the views of all jazz musicians, for as different as jazz and country music may seem on the surface, they've had a long kinship. Trombone legend Jack Teagarden grew up in Texas listening to country and the blues. Gifted jazzmen like saxophonist Ray DeGeer, guitarist Jimmy Wyble and dixieland drummer Monte Mountjoy were members of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys.

In Nashville in the early 40's teenage guitarists Harold Bradley and Billy Byrd studied every note electric jazz guitar pioneer Charlie Christian played on the records of the Benny Goodman Sextet. When 15 year old Hank Garland worked with Paul Howard's Arkansas Cotton Pickers in the mid-40's, the band's drummer was Joe Morello, later acclaimed for his work with pianist Dave Brubeck's Quartet.

Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, father of the jazz style known as bebop and an avatar of modern jazz, bought country records, listened to the Opry and, according to one story, perhaps apocryphal, perhaps not, once jammed with members of Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys. Chet Atkins and Homer & Jethro admired Django Reinhardt. Hank Garland not only admired Reinhardt, but also jazz guitarists Tal Farlow and Barney Kessel. Late in his career Garland studied with New York jazz guitarist Barry Galbraith.

Jazz vibes virtuoso Gary Burton sees a deeper connection. '(Country players) improvise; they take solos, they're respected for their hot playing abilities, even the way the kind of relate to each other reminds me of the way jazz guys socialize and tarry on. Rhythmically, there's a lot of similarities -jazz tends to be frequently a little more complex in structure - but the basic approach is quite similar, particularly ifyou' re thinking in terms of bluegrass where instrumental playing is the main focus.'

Article properties: Gary Burton: Tennessee Firebird (CD)

Interpret: Gary Burton
Album titlle: Tennessee Firebird (CD)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127154583
weight in Kg 0.115

Burton, Gary - Tennessee Firebird (CD) CD 1
01	Gone	Gary Burton
02	Tennessee Firebird	Gary Burton
03	Just Like A Woman	Gary Burton
04	Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair	Gary Burton
05	Faded Love	Gary Burton
06	Panhandle Rag	Gary Burton
07	I Can't Help It	Gary Burton
08	I Want You	Gary Burton
09	Alone And Forsaken	Gary Burton
10	Walter L.	Gary Burton
11	Born To Lose	Gary Burton
12	Beauty Contest	Gary Burton
13	Epilogue	Gary Burton