Recorded May 6–10, 1989 Artist Gary Burton Producer Gary Burton Genre Jazz fusion | Length 58:35 Release date 23 January 1990 Label GRP | |
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Released January 23, 1990 (1990-01-23) Studio Studio A, Power Station, New York City Reunion
(1989) Right Time, Right Place
(1990) Similar Gary Burton albums, Jazz fusion albums | ||
Reunion is a 1989 album by Gary Burton, reuniting him with guitarist Pat Metheny for their first recordings in almost 13 years. Both have been called prodigies. Burton joined George Shearing's group in 1963 at the age of 19. He met Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival in 1973 when Metheny was 18 years old. After welcoming him as a teaching colleague at the Berklee College of Music, he hired Metheny for the newly expanded Gary Burton Quintet in 1974.
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Metheny left Burton's group in 1977 to form his own quartet with Lyle Mays. The two had virtually no contact with each other until, in early 1988, the organizers of the Montreal Jazz Festival contacted Burton. They told him that Metheny was the festival host and invited Burton to join him onstage. "My apprehension was immediately erased when I saw how easy it was for us to play together, even after 12 years," said Burton. This led to their collaboration on Reunion.
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Track listing
On the vinyl LP:
Side A
- "Autumn" (Polo Orti) – 4:24
- "Reunion" (Mitchel Forman) – 5:15
- "Origin" (Mitchel Forman) – 6:31
- "Will You Say You Will" (Vince Mendoza) – 4:55
- "House on the Hill" (Pat Metheny) – 5:40
Side B
- "Panama" (Paul Meyers) – 5:38
- "Chairs and Children" (Vince Mendoza) – 5:55
- "Wasn't Always Easy" (Pat Metheny) – 5:06
- "The Chief" (Pat Metheny) – 4:16
- "Tiempos Felice (Happy Times)" (Polo Orti) - 4:13
- "Quick and Running (Polo Orti) - 6:42
Personnel
Technical
Charts
Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Autumn4:24
2Reunion5:17
3Origin6:31