Fortune Smiles

During his years at Atlantic, Burton became a major player on vibes featuring a cooler, less blues-oriented technique that didn't sacrifice passion or individuality, and he also was among the earliest jazz musicians to incorporate other elements into their style without losing their improvisational outlook. Both areas are displayed on this 14-cut anthology presenting two separate Burton albums. The first five cuts were an LP teaming him with pianist Keith Jarrett; it proved a most intriguing match, with Jarrett reigning in his excesses, playing with flair, and never failing to click with Burton. The other nine songs were on the LP Throb, in which Burton continued the jazz-cum-rock and country experimentation that marked other LPs like Tennessee Firebird and Duster.

2008 two CD set that focuses on the Jazz great's years with Atlantic Records (1968-75). One of the most significant pianists in Jazz to emerge since the '60s, Keith Jarrett's musical career spans across four decades, during which he has been continuously growing as a powerful improviser. His solo concerts have earned him international fame, he has led dynamic quartets / quintets, performed classical music, and later played explorative versions of standards with his long-time trio.

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27043}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Vibes / Piano

This combination works. Vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Keith Jarrett (along with guitarist Sam Brown, bassist Steve Swallow, and drummer Bill Goodwin) play four Jarrett originals plus Steve Swallow's "Como en Vietnam." Elements of pop music, rock, country, and the jazz avant-garde are used in the mixture of styles and the results are quite logical.

Šimun Matišić is the best Croatian vibraphone player and more than a worthy successor to the great Boško Petrović. Forming a sextet composed of top performers: Matija Dedić (piano), Zvonimir Šestak (bass), Davor Križić (trumpet), Mario Bočić (saxophone) and Krunoslav Levačić (drums), Šimun on his first album "Invocation" eight authorical compositions mastered in the famous Abbey Road studio, which show all the splendor of his talent.

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Keith Jarrett with guitarist Sam Brown, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Goodwin, recorded in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label in 1971. Jarrett also plays soprano saxophone on this recording. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Elements of pop music, rock, country and the jazz avant-garde are used in the mixture of styles and the results are quite logical".