''Alone at Last'' is the first solo album by vibraphonist

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be h ...

, on which he also plays piano and organ. It was recorded in 1971, and features three performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival and four performances from the studio. It released on the

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label in 1972.Gary Burton discography
accessed November 25, 2011 The album was awarded a

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for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist at the 15th Grammy Awards.Grammy.com
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Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 5 stars, calling it, "one of the high points of Gary Burton's career. Wondrous music".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "Moonchild/In Your Quiet Place" ( Keith Jarrett) - 6:14 # "Green Mountains/Arise, Her Eyes" ( Steve Swallow) - 7:35 # "The Sunset Bell" (Gary Burton) - 5:09 # " Handbags and Gladrags" ( Mike d'Abo) - 6:05 # "Hullo Bolinas" (Swallow) - 5:49 # "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" (Swallow) - 3:38 # " Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)" ( Vinícius de Moraes, Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 4:39 Songs 1-3 recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on June 19, 1971. Songs 4-7 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on September 7, 1971.

Personnel

* Gary Burton —

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist, ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

, organ

References

{{Authority control Atlantic Records albums Gary Burton albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Joel Dorn Albums recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival