Jazz artist Gary Burton.Vibraphone vibraphone or vibraharp Percussion instrument with tuned metal bars, arranged keyboard-style like the xylophone. Felt or wool beaters are used to strike the bars, giving a soft, mellow tone quality. virtuoso Gary Burton For the British disc jockey of the same name, see . Gary Burton (b. Anderson, IN, January 23 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist and composer. Having been self-taught on the vibraphone, Burton developed a style of four-mallet chording as an alternative to the usual has been a pioneer since his birth in Indiana 62 years ago: He taught himself to play, backed fusion legend Stan Getz Stanley Gayetsky (February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California), usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician. , headlined three albums of his own before age 25, gave young Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is a break in his Burton Quartet, and came out more than 20 years ago--winning four of his five Grammys since then. Now a host on Sirius satellite radio
In addition to the young musicians on your new CD, who else is keeping jazz vital and popular? I was very impressed with [Twentysomething singer-pianist] Jamie Cullum last summer at Newport. When Melissa Etheridge came out it was a media event. How did coming out affect your career? The public makes a lot more fuss about pop artists' marriages, divorces, sexuality, drunken escapades, whatever. I was able to come out without [any] negative consequences. What prompted your move to Fort Lauderdale [after retiring as executive vice president of Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts, with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,900 students and a 2004 faculty of approximately 430. ]? I moved to Florida to get a break from the northeastern weather--and to Fort Lauderdale in particular because there is an active and friendly gay scene. Do young gay musicians see you as a role model? I hope [so]. I've had a successful career. |
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