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Gary Burton & Friends - Departure | 
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| Creators: Gary Burton, Fred Hersch, John Patitucci, John Scofield
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 135423
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 4749
UPC: 013431474920
EAN: 0013431474920
ASIN: B0000006QP
Release Date: March 4, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | September Song - Gary Burton, Anderson, Maxwell | | • | Poinciana - Gary Burton, Bernier, Buddy | | • | Depk - Gary Burton, Ellington, Duke | | • | Tenderly - Gary Burton, Gross, Walter | | • | If I Were a Bell - Gary Burton, Loesser, Frank | | • | For All We Know - Gary Burton, Coots, J. Fred | | • | Japanese Waltz - Gary Burton, | | • | Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs - Gary Burton, | | • | Born to Be Blue - Gary Burton, Torme, Mel | | • | Ecaroh - Gary Burton, Silver, Horace |
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| Customer Reviews:
Burton does standards! July 19, 2008
Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Vibes player Gary Burton is one of my all-time favourite jazz musicians but a couple of things mark this particular 1997 project apart. First, there's the very thrilling cast Burton pulled together for it; no doubt the inspiration for the "& Friends" part of the billing: Peter Erskine on drums, John Patitucci on bass, Fred Hersch on piano and, as I was particularly gleeful to see, John Scofield on guitar.
The second thing is the choice of songs; a departure that probably inspired the album title. For the first time in (reportedly) about 50-odd albums, apart from one song by Chick Corea, "Japanese Waltz", and another by Bruce Miller & Daryl Phinessee, "Tossed Salads And Scrambled Eggs" (the theme from the hit sitcom "Frasier"), Burton has decided to do an album of classic standards. These are songs that have been covered by anyone from Nat King Cole to Sarah Vaughan to Frank Sinatra and it's wall-to-wall class. This is, after all, a slice of the best in American songwriting.
I still have my favourites though: the album opener, the marching "September Song" by Maxwell Anderson & Kurt Weill; the shuffling "Poinciana" by Nat Simon & Buddy Bernier, (a doppelganger of the Ahmad Jamal 1958 version except this one has been opened up for multiple solos); the winding 'Arab-spiced' tune "Depk" by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn; "Tenderly" by Jack Lawrence & Walter Gross, (one of my favourite standards of all time - I'm particularly partial to the versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Natalie Cole).
Then there's the typically wonderful aforementioned Chick Corea song and the "Frasier" tune, (I'm a huge fan of the show and regularly watch reruns) and also, "Born To Be Blue" by Robert Wells & Mel Torme, made famous for me by Nancy Wilson and then more recently, by Grant Green.
But really, it's great music all the way through, with some awesome solos by Scofield, Hersch and of course, Burton himself. The album is produced by Burton and arranged by him and Tommy Kamp. Well worth checking out.
departure June 2, 2005
Gary R. Knowlton (wheeling, wv usa)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
except for depke this cd is top shelf for sure the arrangements are superb . get your favorite glass of wine and cue it up to poinciana i have only listened to it a million times now and am on my second million i cant get enough of it or the wine.
Absolutely OK January 21, 2002
Marcello Foresti (Salt Lake City, Utah United States)
0 out of 27 found this review helpful
CD like new as declared; fast shipping and delivery.
outstanding straight-ahead music February 26, 1999
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very listenable, music with a George Shearing brilliance. One of the best new recordings I have heard in a long time. When we have friends over and are looking for a good recording that everyone will like, this is it. Very cool, and I hope Gary does more like it.
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