Gary Burton

Music Review: Eric Clapton - Journeyman

Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Eric Clapton: Chapter 22

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Sergio Salvatore at Carnegie Hall on October 30th

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Steinway Pianist Sergio Salvatore and Special Guest Christos Rafalides (Vibraphonist) Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall Friday, October, 30th 8 P.M. Steinway jazz pianist Sergio Salvatore will perform at. historic Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall (57th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC). on Friday, October 30th, at 8:00 pm...

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: An American Jazz Star at His Peak

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

With his new quintet, Joe Lovano takes a multicultural approach American saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano is touring with his new quintet, Us Five, and their upcoming show in Prague is the highlight of this season's Agharta Jazz Festival. Born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, Lovano is a powerhouse on the tenor and straight alto saxes, as well as assorted woodwind instruments. He ranks among the top...

The International Barcelona Jazz Festival

What's on in Barcelona (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Barcelona will be hosting the 41st International Barcelona Jazz Festival from October through 27th of November. The concerts will take place in and around Barcelona, but try to catch one in the Palau de la Musica , the fantastic Modernist music palace which provides a surreal backdrop for any concert. This year the festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Miles Davis' immortal...

Eagles member takes flight with solo album

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He's the Eagle who isn't Don Henley or Glenn Frey or Joe Walsh.

• Eagles member takes flight with solo album - Reuters

Dynamic duo

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

CD CHOICE: Crystal Silence: The ECM Recordings 1972-79 ****

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Acclaimed Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and His Trio Set to Release "Reflections" on October 27

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Acclaimed Guitarist Kurt RosenwinkelGets Intimate With "Standards Trio: Reflections" On The Wommusic LabelTrio session with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland set for release October 27"There's this kind of fluidity and architecture in the lines that he plays that I don't think I've heard a...

Timothy B Schmit's new album "Expando"

westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009

Regarding Bilboard.com, Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit is planning an Oct. 20 release date for "Expando," his first solo album in eight years, on Lost Highway. The 11-track set includes a variety of guests, including Kid Rock, Dwight Yoakam, Graham...

Bad reporting makes for sensational headlines

SquareState.net - Front Page (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009

This week, the DenverPost ripped into a plan to release some inmates early to save big bucks in the very red state budget. It's too bad when facts get in the way of sensational headlines. Take this: Gary Robert Burton, 47, who is on the early-release list, is scheduled to complete his 1985 sentence Oct. 5 for attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Englewood police Officer Scott Goldberg,...

ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: Robben Ford's "Indianola" - First Track to Top 1000 Downloads in a Single Day

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

Guitarist Robben Ford's track "Indianola" from Soul on Ten (Concord Music Group, 2009) was the first MP3 at All About Jazz to top 1,000 downloads in a single day, reaching 1,216. To download more free music, visit our Free MP3 page. We currently offer our members over 66 pages of quality music. All About Jazz has offered a free daily download since November 2005 from artists spanning all...

Jazz review: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Plays Wayne Shorter

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009

QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH *****

Album: Gary Burton/ Chick Corea, Crystal Silence, (ECM)

The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009

When the star duo's Crystal Silence first appeared in 1973, it heralded a new house-style of ambient-friendly chamber jazz, where Corea's piano and Burton's vibes seemed to float amidst the listening space like benevolent feng shui sprites.

The beautiful game has turned ugly

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

WHEN it comes to amateur football in the Lothians, it is clear the beautiful game can be anything but.

• The beautiful game has turned ugly - News Scotsman

Reunion for Burton as the vibraphone master jams with ex-Berklee star pupil Smith

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009

BACK in 1985, at Boston's Berklee School of Music, the newly appointed dean of curriculum, Gary Burton – who was already established as a ground-breaking jazz vibraphone p

• Reunion for Burton as the vibraphone master jams with ex-Berklee star pupil Smith - Scotsman.com Living - Books

The Matt Wilson Quartet: That's Gonna Leave A Mark

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009

A drummer whose creativity, drive, dedication and infectious joy have garnered him high honors from fellow musicians and critics alike, Matt Wilson is also a perspicacious and activist bandleader. The Matt Wilson Quartet--alto and tenor saxophones doubling clarinets, bass and drums--is raucous, rambunctious and high energy. Among piano-less quartets, it's more in the tradition of {{Ornette Coleman...