Reunion (Gary Burton album)

1990 studio album by Gary Burton

Reunion

Studio album by

Gary Burton

Released| January 23, 1990 (1990-01-23)
Recorded| May 6–10, 1989
Studio| Studio A, Power Station, New York City
Genre| Jazz fusion
Length| 58:35
Label| GRP
Producer| Gary Burton
Gary Burton chronology
| Times Like These
(1988)  | Reunion
(1990)  | Right Time, Right Place
(1990)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]

Reunion is a 1989 album by vibraphonist Gary Burton, reuniting him with his former guitarist Pat Metheny for the first time in 13 years. Burton met Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival in 1973 (when Metheny was 18 years old), later welcoming him as a teaching colleague at the Berklee College of Music. He hired Metheny for the newly expanded Gary Burton Quintet in 1974.[3] Burton and Metheny feature alongside keyboardist Mitchel Forman, bass guitarist Will Lee and drummer Peter Erskine.

Metheny left Burton's group in 1977 to form his own quartet with Lyle Mays. The two had virtually no contact with each other until, in early 1988, the organizers of the Montreal Jazz Festival contacted Burton. They told him that Metheny was the festival host and invited Burton to join him onstage. "My apprehension was immediately erased when I saw how easy it was for us to play together, even after 12 years," said Burton.[3] This led to their collaboration on Reunion.

## Track listing

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Side one:No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Autumn" (Polo Orti)| 4:24
2.| "Reunion" (Mitchel Forman)| 5:15
3.| "Origin" (Mitchel Forman)| 6:31
4.| "Will You Say You Will" (Vince Mendoza)| 4:55
5.| "House on the Hill" (Pat Metheny)| 5:40

Side two:No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Panama" (Paul Meyers)| 5:38
2.| "Chairs and Children" (Vince Mendoza)| 5:55
3.| "Wasn't Always Easy" (Pat Metheny)| 5:06
4.| "The Chief" (Pat Metheny)| 4:16
5.| "Tiempos Felice" (Polo Orti)| 4:13
6.| "Quick and Running" (Polo Orti)| 6:42

## Personnel

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* Gary Burton – vibraphone, marimba
* Pat Metheny – guitar
* Mitchel Forman – piano, keyboards
* Will Lee – bass guitar
* Peter Erskine – drums, percussion

Technical

* Gary Burton – producer
* Dan Gellert – assistant engineer
* Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen – executive producers
* Recorded and mixed by Rob Eaton

## Chart performance

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Album – Billboard

Year  | Chart  | Position

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1990  | Billboard Top Jazz Albums  | 1

## References

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1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Reunion - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. ^ a b Liner notes from GRP Records GR-9598

## External links and sources

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* Reunion at Allmusic
* Liner notes by Neil Tesser

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Gary Burton

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.

leader

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)

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