Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Tango de colección
- Pintlala's Cold Murder Case
- Learning to Listen : the Jazz Journey of Gary Burton
- Learning to listen
- Four mallet studies
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-01-23
avant-garde jazzcontemporary jazzjazzjazz and bluesjazz fusionpost-bop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 177,232
- Total plays
- 1,270,753
Tags
jazzVibraphoneinstrumentaljazz vibraphonevibes
Gary Burton (born on 23 January 1943 in Anderson, Indiana) is a jazz vibraphone player, known for developing the innovative technique of playing the instrument with four mallets, rather than the usual two. He studied with Herb Pomeroy at the Berklee College of Music, where he met the composer and arranger Michael Gibbs, with whom he subsequently collaborated frequently. Burton, who released his debut album in 1961 at the age of 18, spent the early <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gary+Burton
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gary
- Family name
- Burton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Anderson
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Employer
- Berklee College of Music
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- marimba
- Record label
- Mack Avenue Records
- Official website
- www.garyburton.com
- Image
- Gary Burton.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gary Burton
- date of birth
- 1943-01-23
- name in native language
- Gary Burton
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
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