Gary Burton Quartet - Oslo, Norway - 25 Nov 1976

[@alonsotoro7904]

One wonders: Has Gary Burton ever been wrong? What kind of monster, a unique musician in the universe.

[@elahem6940]

Steve Swallow is incredible

[@Roj0620]

and so underrated

[@ronzovibes19]

I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF STUDYING WITH GARY HIS FIRST YEAR AT BERKLEE. IN 1971. HE LET ME PRACTICE ON HIS VIBES IN HIS OFFICE IN THE EVENINGS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR DAVE SAMUELS CAME ON BAORD AND GARY HAD ME STUDY WITH DAVE. BOTH GARY AND DAVE ARE THE PERSONA OF A GVING SPIRIT. KIND - GENEROUS POSITIVE - HUMANS. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THEIR MUSIC. AT 70 YEARS OLD I'M STILL PLAYING VIBES. EVERY TIME I PLAY - I FEEL GARY AND DAVE'S KIND SPIRIT INSPIRING ME.

[@miketharipr]

Why are you shouting?

GREAT PRIVILEGE, indeed!!!

[@MrJoealesi]

I remember both Gary and the late Dave Samuels from the early 1970s in Boston. Pat Metheny was actually in a band with Dave Samuels before he joined Gary Burton. I saw them back then in Cambridge, and I actually have a cassette recording of the Dave Samuels Pat Metheny band.

[@Glavanovibes]

Bless you Ronzo

[@pixelsnob]

​@@mikethariprBecause it's important! :)

[@reidwhitton6248]

It's great that Gary played so many wonderful compositions by his musical contemporaries rather than playing the old standards.

[@Composermusic4]

Money. Absolutely. That's the point.

[@thebreathalyzer]

100%. I think that's one of the most important things that he did... they were doing something new and exciting.

[@aaronjschaefer]

The sound of a good dream. I wish I had good dreams... music like this will have to do...

[@trabrex7697]

Saw this band in 76 at the jazz workshop. never counted off songs Burton just looked at drummer and then they started.

[@okon-guitar3908]

Melodic Jazz beyond be bop. A new era, new stars were born. Fantastic band.

[@anthonyreed8131]

Moving forward

[@kittmarie8285]

I like melody and that's one reason I'm not a true jazz fan. But melodic jazz - yes. Am also a huge Steely Dan fan. So fun to learn something new everyday!

[@BurnsTennis]

What's the difference? The best jazz has melody. The best music has melody. The biggest jazz stars incorporate melody, otherwise they wouldn't be stars. Like Herbie Hancock

[@firstlast4874]

Goodrick and Moses must have recently left the group?

[@richardlindsey8917]

Maybe it's my bias, but Gary Burton is one of the most underappreciated great musicians I know of.

[@BrainDamageComedy]

and the rest of the band. steps ahead are also very good and seem to be unknown.

[@arsenelechat]

@@BrainDamageComedy Gary Burton, AND Mike Manieri are super star, jazz legend. I would not say they are unknown ;)

[@BrainDamageComedy]

@@arsenelechat to most ppl tho they are unknown. he's not a super star.

[@arsenelechat]

@@BrainDamageComedy you are right. but in my world, he is :)

[@BrainDamageComedy]

@@arsenelechat he's the greatest xylophone player ive ever seen.

[@dougsours1]

After listening to a 1974 concert with Metheny and Burton, it is crazy to hear how much Metheny had developed in just 2 years. Absolutely astonishing

[@edlawn5481]

Yep, you could see Pat was ready to move on to bigger and better things. So grateful he and Lyle managed to find each other.

[@bradleypagliaro9133]

Check out Rick Beato's recent interview with Gary. Many fascinating insights around Pat and others whose careers he guided.

[@Joshualbm]

This concert is so fresh sounding and relevant. The compositions are so lyrically expressive yet all seem to tell these long stories, journeys... aventures, but they all come home.

[@kittmarie8285]

Beautifully said.

[@fightbreakdown885]

When you get the right musicians together, you get magic.

[@petercontarino646]

Danny Gottlieb is an amazing drummer. I don’t see any comments about him but he is incredibly musical with a ton of chops as well.

[@BurnsTennis]

Totally agree, he's consistently in my top 10 of favourite drummers.

[@andigisler]

I agree. I think he was perfect for the Pat Metheny Group. From 'First Cricle' on I lost interest but I can understand that the new direction demanded a different drumming approach. Though I still loved many projects Pat did outside the group and especially what he did in recent years.

[@BLUEPLANETJAZZ]

Agreed--and would love to hear people talk about him more--has great chops, is an educator, and prob knows more about the art of drumming than any other living drummer. His style would have worked for Pat's career long past when they parted company--Danny can do anything. I just think Pat is like Miles or Bowie--and just likes a constantly changing musical experience. Really, only Lyle was with him through the whole run. Pat cycled through hundreds if not thousands of musicians. Danny hasn't suffered for it. He's in the Lt Dan band, teaches, lives in Nashville and Florida, has a family, etc.

[@thebreathalyzer]

100%.

[@fideliusconcrete4871]

Yes, he was very good in this band. But he was fantastic then in the Monday Night Orchestra of Gil Evans. I heard him at the Sweet Basil several times with Gil. And he was f..... great.

[@ekayaniperforms]

Rick Beato thank you

[@thearchive6605]

Did Rick send you here?

[@twm1452]

@@thearchive6605 : Can’t speak for Ekayani, but Ricks Interview with Pat Metheny led me to Gary Burton, eventually here.

[@previtalle]

A boa música , o bom espetáculo, a boa performance dos músicos transcende o tempo. Quase 50 anos e ainda fico extasiado!

[@titolivio6832]

Musicisti fantastici, questo pezzo lo adoro!

[@MrJoealesi]

I love this stuff. Pat was in another group with a vibraphonist, the late Dave Samuels which preceded his association with Gary Burton. It was called the Dave Samuels-Pat Metheny Band and Pat was about 19 years old at the time. I saw them at a club in Cambridge, MA called Off The Wall around 1973 or 1974. I even have an off the radio cassette recording of this group. Some years ago I told Pat that I saw him with this group and he said that was one of his first gigs.

[@charleshunt7981]

One of his first gigs in the Boston area would be more like it. He's been gigging since he was 14 when he played regularly in clubs in Kansas City.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

very very cool story. Something to be treasured.

[@jamesdrinkard196]

… Walt, my 1977 freshman roommate @ Stockton State College in Pomona, New Jersey introduced me to the Pat Metheny Group then told me that Pat is a genius… after one weekend listening to the Pat Matheny Group albums, I was HOOKED ! I’ve seen the Pat Metheny Group about 30 times in concert dating back to 1981 @ the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, Pa… because of this, I introduced my son Matthew to Jazz, Spinning Pat Metheny Group albums while he was less than one year old… Matthew has met Pat and the unity group a few times and was heavily influenced along with meeting Chris Potter the saxophone player has Matthew place the saxophone along with 12 other instruments at the end age of just 19… now Matthew is playing 3 to 5 times a week on the boardwalk in Ocean City New Jersey with his first group, Disciples of the GOAT 🐐

[@petercontarino646]

You should post that.

[@Roj0620]

Steve Swallow, one of the most underrated bassists ever

[@imaseeker100]

Indeed.

[@jackdolphy8965]

and as a composer

[@JabalBob]

Well, not by ME. He's at the top of my heap.

[@Fretlessness]

Came to say the same

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Il est complètement dans son morceau !! Beau son !!

[@robscheps7722]

I didn't know Danny played with Burton. A great band here.

[@bgood2152]

Yeah, I was surprised too! What great music they made together. You'll love this interview, he talks about Pat and Chick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4eyqGOlpNKIe7s

[@robinjones363]

Gary Burton fantastic and so are the other guys, music still sounds fresh and relevant today😀

[@worcestermark]

This is the band that should have been my first Jazz concert. My geography teacher found out i was in to jazz, and we started swapping albums for a listen. He then asked me along to see these. I went to dinner at his house with his wife then we went to the Midlands Arts Centre only to find it had been cancelled. Still, I've had decades of pleasure from the playing of Burton & Metheny. All the best to you Dr Butcher, wherever you are in the Universe.

[@robtullius7540]

This is really fantastic... I wish my brother could of seen this....my brother and I were hard core ECM addicts in the day......so great

[@harry2928]

ECM stuff hard to find many places ? they cut leading-edge genre artists.

[@domukaz]

That album of Carla Bley's music that Gary Burton mentions after the opener is great, too. Glad to find this performance on KZbin.

[@stevebd08]

Yes, "Dreams So Real" is a masterpiece.

[@pacogarcia6519]

Gracias el sello ECM descubrí a estos músicos y otros muchos más que nos descubrieron allá por finales de los años 70 esta maravillosa música que entonces llamábamos jazz progresivo...aún hoy los escucho y me parecen sorprendentes y maravillosos....la calidad y el buen gusto nunca pasan de moda.

[@juanquintana6070]

Bien dicho. Ninguna Marca ha podido superar el talento y la libertad creativa de ECM. Abercrombie,Jarrett,Los magnificos grupos de Gary Burton..inolvidable. Aqui Metheny ya venia empujando Como el guitarista que definiria a toda Una generacion. Tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar en Sevilla a Gary Burton con mi Ingles de pacotilla Al gran vibrafonista y me parecio Una persona sencilla, muy paciente y un gran conversador.

[@troylowe814]

Beautiful sounds.

[@J3unG]

This is great. This is after Mick Goodrick left the band and Pat really got his shit together and starting to sound more like what we know him as now.

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Burton était déjà extraordinaire !! Metheny on sent son potentiel et déjà son son si particulier !!

[@mikemagyar3222]

That PM solo in Vox Humana was particularly lovely

[@BurnsTennis]

I've seen Bobby Hutcherson live twice but never Gary Burton. On this video Gary Burton looks like Multi-Man, he looks like he's multiplying! Great music.

[@fideliusconcrete4871]

I remember hearing this band twice in concert. Hearing this now I only think how beautiful the music is - they were really great, what a joy to listen to!

[@robertbradtke195]

That Pat Metheny kid's pretty good. Does anybody know if he ever went on to any kind of career after this?

[@jeaniefalco8095]

Pat Metheny has a great career and yes he is around. I have seen him so many times with so many different people I've lost count. In fact I saw Metheny, Burton, Swallow, and Sanchez together about 10 years ago. Fabulous concert. Burton with Corea several times. It just keeeps getting better

[@andyzxc]

😂

[@toddbagnaschi282]

We know you're kidding

[@harry2928]

Benefit of doubt-- that you're joking I presume, huh. yup. tee hee.

[@foley001]

He became a sales rep for Ibanez guitars I believe... ;-)

[@pcs56]

Gottlieb is such a fine/smooth player.

[@luisalbertodiazyubero5382]

Yellow fields....a jewel!

[@jimclark9826]

This reminds me of the first time I saw Pat Metheny. I remember wondering if I’d ever see much more of this young guitar player in the future. Brother, I have most of his albums and seen him several times. He is my very favorite musician. Period. Thank you Gary for that amazing concert in the mid 70s and for introducing me to Metheny.

[@Composermusic4]

Such a great player. Having an established voice at such a young age, ....incredible. Bravo .

[@gentleeyes]

masterful and transcendent

[@BrainDamageComedy]

amazing musicians. pure class.

[@trabrex7697]

Saw this band in Boston at the jazz workshop😊

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

A fantastic concert from 4 masters at the top of their game and pretty cool to see the early beginnings of Pat Metheny and Dan Gottlieb playing together which would later help lay down the foundations for PMG

[@blackbeastantoine]

I always loved Burton.. but This guitarist is amazing! Perfect groove!

[@luke125]

Chick is such a fantastic composer. All of his tunes are great.

[@fideliusconcrete4871]

Have you ever seen Chick and Gary together, just the two of them? They did two European tours in the mid 80s. All I remember is that they were fantastic. I always thought they were making love on their instruments. They were so great together and they challenged each other like crazy - smiling all the time ...

[@luke125]

@@fideliusconcrete4871 I have seen Chick and Gary together. Absolutely incredible.

[@uigliam]

Che musica meravigliosa e che abilità formidabile! ... C è una espressività che non cade mai, l' insieme dei musicisti è perfetto. La complessità della musica viene resa sempre con naturalezza e poesia assoluta! Grande commozione... 😌😚👍

[@SuperKeswick]

Falling Grace incredible!!!!

[@saphiregin]

I just discovered a gem!!!

[@JeremieCarrier]

Lol wow same! This is perfect!!

[@bernabepico]

Lindo saber que esa gema esta alla desde hace 45 años... y que seguramente nos quedan mas por descubrir!

[@williamgavalier1960]

These guys are awesome musicians. They play off each other like no tomorrow, amigo. Check out Passengers album by GB Quartet. Recorded in Oslo around the same time.

[@carlosadail]

Little Pat!!! Amazing!!!!

[@hvc212]

What a treasure! Thank you!

[@imbra]

This seems to have been filmed when the band was in Oslo to record Passengers. Still my favorite Gary Burton record. Thank you for posting this, and especially than you NRK for filming, preserving and broadcasting all these amazing concerts.

[@neilloughran4437]

yep the dates align perfectly. One of my fav ECM LPs for sure.

[@jonathazmania]

Amazing!!!

[@JabalBob]

What a wonderful treat to see this performance. An outstanding document of total mastery -- everyone in their prime, with an amazingly textured set of compositions. Thank you for posting this!

[@hectorluissancio8660]

Que buen gran show!!! Historico!! 4 gigantes musicos!!!!

[@vcroman]

Love this!

[@ByzCathCuban]

It’s awesome to see Pat’s humanity at 1:02:50 when he messes up a bit and looks to Gary as if to say, “My bad”.

[@jimflys2]

Bright Size Life would be recorded about a year before this show and released in Jan. Of 76 11 months before this show.

[@donaldanderson6604]

It was recorded straight after the Dreams So Real sessions. An amazing period of productivity.

[@blairhelsing630]

Camera angles and cuts so spot-on. Audio quite good. Enjoyed every song but especially happy to hear Yellow Fields and Sea Journey played live. Fantastic upload!!

[@simonthomas168]

Outstanding. Great to hear this version of 'Sirabhorn' too.

[@sethcrook4374]

Brilliant.....Sea Journey is sublime

[@luke125]

It really is

[@uigliam]

Si. Veramente sublime. Da restare senza parole..!

[@denisclement7687]

Absolutely fantastic ! Thanks for uploading this gem !

[@rodolfu69]

Wooooooow... Wonderful...

[@STP43fan]

Wow! This wa my first time seeing this performance. Pat had really come into his own and was about to break out! Great show and great personel all around.

[@AndreaRuoccomusic]

Thanks for the video upload and the sharing! It’s a great opportunity to listen and watch them playing

[@arvingarrison1410]

Pat's ES-175 looks pretty new at this time. Great upload, thx

[@koaguilds]

Still has the bridge pickup in it.

[@babalaughing]

Pretty sure that is the toothbrush you can see at 14:10 during his 'Vox Humana' solo. I was a student at Berklee starting in 1974, and I'm sure he had the toothbrush from the beginning of his time at Berklee, definitely predating this concert. Cracks me up that even when he was an international star, he still had the toothbrush holding his strap-- 'til he retired the 175, whenever that was.

[@bgood2152]

Thanks for sharing!

[@danobrien9925]

Beautiful

[@stefanredin854]

Great group!

[@paltieri11]

This is so good!

[@andyzxc]

You mean there was another sensational bassist playing in his own wonderfully individual, gorgeously melodic style in 1976? Who knew?

[@job1778]

Pat carried this on with Lyle Mays. You can hear the transition unfolding here.

[@billylikitsakosmusic6367]

This is so amazing. Thanks so much for posting!

[@williamfeuer4954]

Burton at the encore: "Sure about this?" :)

[@matthewsimpson5038]

Wow, what a recording. Thanks for the upload!

[@thebreathalyzer]

In an interview somewhere Gary recalled telling Pat "it's time for you to get a couple more guys and start your own band now".... Pat was writing enough tunes by then and the rest was history. I really love Gary's bands in this period. It's great to hear a real group playing all tunes written by jazz musicians...and not just tunes based on existing standards. Must have been an amazing time. Danny Gottlieb was fantastic here.

[@renr17]

this is so incredible my god lol

[@markdarnell614]

Steve Swallow ... Proto-Hipster, circa. 1976 !!!

[@luke125]

No, an original hipster.

[@jamespeters2427]

Wow..nice

[@paulfitterer5576]

Great!

[@Rabbitat68]

Damn right!

[@pajoafonso3490]

thank´s!...

[@christopherjones1649]

Wow

[@bobperkins8272]

Wings of peagadus pat metheny

[@jiyujizai]

😃🌿🎶

[@shahareffendiaazizi5360]

Pat Metheny played here too

[@muthapluckinnathan]

that bass action is visibly high as fuck

[@caponsacchi]

Unusual improvising in all those major keys (I hear Dmaj, Fmaj, Bbmaj). So much post-Bird jazz is Dorian. Gloomy minor scales all day long (easier to play). At the same time, there's a lot of repetition--eg. Swallow's bass solo.

[@kurtralske4026]

You’re not incorrect, but that’s kind of a weird take. This music is not coming directly out of bebop, but there is a lot of modal jazz in its DNA. In the end, it succeeds or fails on its own terms as music. And I think it’s pretty sincere, sensitive, heartfelt music.

[@josephzummo9685]

18:40 swallow is a monster

[@danielduda6111]

Massacre.

[@gives_bad_advice]

Would Phish have existed as we know them without Metheny and Burton and Corea?

[@thearchive6605]

Phish comes mostly direct from Zappa.

[@gives_bad_advice]

@@thearchive6605 yeah. There's that too.

[@avmgarcia]

Daniela

[@AllanKoayTC]

pre-striped shirt Metheny.

[@KhalDrogo76]

Pat guy on guitar is decent 😂

[@harry2928]

Are you kidding? 1 9 7 6- & they're using Black & White ???? What the hell's their problem?? did they just invent teaspoons there the year before or what. Why would they do something like that so shitty. I'm perplexed. ?? 😶 🤔 😬 😶 😦 I don't get it.

[@neilloughran4437]

They have quite a lot of colour shows (mainly TV studio/festivals) too so it's not clear why it was black and white unless the colour equipment of the time was simply too bulky for the little Oslo Club 7. Could also be a black and white copy of the original master... for sure by 1977 there are colour shows coming from Club 7.. i.e. the Stan Getz show is a good one.

[@harry2928]

@@neilloughran4437 Thank you Mr. Loughran for your reply. I remain perplexed.

[@neilloughran4437]

@@harry2928 I think many countries stayed with black and white into the mid 70s... this would be on the cusp of that admittedly... there are a few black and white shows in the NRK archive from 78 too... so might be simply a case of losing the colour copy...

[@harry2928]

@@neilloughran4437 Interesting.

[@liEfe]

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