''Quartet Live'' is a 2009 live album by American jazz vibraphonist

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz Vibraphone, 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 ...

. The record features a revival of Burton’s quartet format of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the return of Burton veterans

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

on guitar and

Steve Swallow Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...

on bass guitar along with young virtuoso

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on drums. The album was recorded on June 10–11, 2007 at Yoshi's jazz club and released in 2009 via the

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label.

Reception

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'' wrote "This group sounds as if it's on even more of a roll on this California live recording than it was at a thrilled

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last summer. A guitar/vibes dialogue might sound like a recipe for lots of notes and chamber-jazz, but this band is as hard-grooving as Gary Burton's original 1970s quartet - which also featured this group's bass guitarist, Steve Swallow, and a 19-year-old Metheny. Burton, one of the most creative figures in the first wave of jazz-rock, achieved a near-perfect balance of striking tunes, jazz fluency and country-rock conviviality - and Metheny's singing sound and blues/rock licks were the ideal foil. This group recaptures all that, with help from Metheny's fiery young drummer Antonio Sanchez." Ken Dryden of

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stated, "This reunion will hopefully lead to future recorded reunions by these four gifted musicians."

Track listing

Personnel

– vibraphone *

– guitar *

– bass *

– drums

References

External links

* {{Pat Metheny Gary Burton live albums 2009 live albums