Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra

Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra
Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra
Studio album by Gary Burton
Released	August 1974
Recorded	December 1973
Studio	Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:06
Label	ECM 1040 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Gary Burton chronology

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AllMusic	^[1]
AllAboutJazz	^[2]

Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra is an album by jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in December 1973 and released on ECM August the following year. The quartet, featuring rhythm section Mick Goodrick, Steve Swallow and Ted Seibs, are backed by Michael Gibbs conducting the NDR Symphony Orchestra, who composed most of the music.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michael Gibbs except as noted

"Nocturne vulgaire/Arise Her Eyes" (Mike Gibbs, Steve Swallow) - 9:27
"Throb" - 5:27
"By Way of a Preface" - 4:33
"Phases" - 7:23
"The Rain Before It Falls" - 4:04
"Three" - 6:12

Personnel

Gary Burton – vibraharp
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Steve Swallow – bass
Ted Seibs – drums
Michael Gibbs – conductor
- NDR Symphony Orchestra

References

^ "Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
^ "Gary Burton: Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra; AllAboutJazz". AllAboutJazz.com. 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra". ECM.

[1] "Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

[2] "Gary Burton: Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra; AllAboutJazz". AllAboutJazz.com. 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[3] "Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra". ECM.

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v t e Gary Burton
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As leader or co-leader	New Vibe Man in Town (1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) 3 in Jazz (split with Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry, 1963) Something's Coming! (1963) The Groovy Sound of Music (1964) Tennessee Firebird (1966) The Time Machine (1966) A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967) Lofty Fake Anagram (1967) Duster (1967) Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (1968) Good Vibes (1969–70) Paris Encounter (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1969) Throb (1969) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) Live in Tokyo (1971) Alone at Last (1971) Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 1972) Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973) The New Quartet (1973) Ring (with Eberhard Weber, 1974) Matchbook (with Ralph Towner, 1974) Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow, 1974) Dreams So Real (1975) Passengers (1976) Times Square (1978) Duet (with Chick Corea, 1978) Easy as Pie (1980) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1979) Picture This (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (with Chick Corea, 1982) Real Life Hits (1984) Slide Show (1985) Whiz Kids (1986) Times Like These (1988) Reunion (with Pat Metheny, 1989) Right Time, Right Place (with Paul Bley, 1990) Cool Nights (1991) Six Pack (1991–92) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) Like Minds (with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland (bassist) and Roy Haynes, 1998) Generations (2003) Next Generation (2004) The New Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 2007) Quartet Live (2007) Common Ground (2011) Hot House (2012) Time Thread (with Makoto Ozone, 2013) Guided Tour (2013)
With Stan Getz	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1966) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1967) The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz (1983)
With others	After the Riot at Newport (Chet Atkins and the Nashville All-Stars, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Tim Hardin 1 (Tim Hardin, 1964–65) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Ingénue (k.d. lang, 1991) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Jazz Concert (George Shearing, 1963) Rare Form! (George Shearing, 1963) Touch Me Softly (George Shearing, 1963) Swallow (Steve Swallow, 1991) Fluid Rustle (Eberhard Weber, 1979) Hommage à Eberhard Weber (2015) Simple Complex (Jon Weber, 2003)