Quotes by Gary Burton - Page 1

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Competition
Tough
Winning
Nominated
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I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Checks
Range
Records
Wide
Check
Wide Range
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Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Music
Jazz
Landscape
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I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Teacher
Student
Nowadays
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I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Different
Edges
Likes
Thinking
Push
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I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Decades
Hate
Jazz
Musician
Together
Played
Musicians
Quartet
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I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Indiana
Musician
Years
Early Years
Farm
Musicians
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It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Artist
Guitar
Guitar Player
Player
Reaching
Touch
Younger
Constantly
Musicians
New Artist
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I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Different
Past
Tango
Years
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I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Chords
Fans
Guitar
Strings
Style
Accompanying
Played
Big Fan
Fan
Liked
Generally
Hall
Jim
Note
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But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible with the instrument.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Emotional
Expression
Player
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But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Dynamics
Jazz
Range
Classical
Colors
Instrument
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Boston
Coast
East
East Coast
Player
Discover
Finally
Surprised
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Bedroom
Hours
Listening
People
Records
Spare Time
Time People Listening
Improvise
Instrument
Spare
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There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting what was first called jazz rock in 1967 when I started my first band, later became jazz fusion by the 1970s.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Fusion
Jazz
Pioneers
Rocks
Starting
Credited
Few Things
Pioneer
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Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Capable
Common Experience
Discovering
Fields
Improvising
Jazz
Landscape
Musical
Wander
Experiences
Join
Travelers
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Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.
Gary Burton / Musical Artist
Quality
Play
Texas
Writing
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