Throb (album)

Throb
Studio album by Gary Burton
Released	1969
Recorded	June 2-5, 1969
Studio	Atlantic Studios
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:13
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Gary Burton chronology

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Throb is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Gary Burton is an American jazz 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 him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in music education from his 30 years at the Berklee College of Music.

Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Led Zeppelin and Yes.

Release and reception

Originally released on vinyl in 1969, the album was paired with Gary Burton's collaboration album with Keith Jarrett on a commercial CD release before being re-issued in Japan on CD.^[2] The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "Burton continued the jazz-cum-rock and country experimentation that marked other LPs like Tennessee Firebird and Duster ".^[3]

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Rolling Stone	(positive)^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

Track listing

"Henniger Flats" (David Pritchard) - 4:25
"Turn of the Century" (Michael Gibbs) - 5:07
"Chickens" (Steve Swallow) - 2:29
"Arise, Her Eyes" (Swallow) - 3:51
"Prime Time" (Jerry Hahn) - 4:07
"Throb" (Gibbs) - 4:33
"Doin the Pig" (Swallow) - 3:47
"Triple Portrait" (Gibbs) - 4:28
"Some Echoes" (Gibbs) - 6:59

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York.

Personnel

The vibraphone is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. People who play the vibraphone are called vibraphonists or vibraharpists.

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Richard Greene is an American violinist who has been described as "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time". Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". He featured the technique in his performances with Seatrain.

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References

↑ Gary Burton discography Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 23, 2011
↑ www.discogs.com/Gary-Burton-Throb/release/11693531
1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2011
↑ Amatneek, Bill (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (53): 48–50.
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[Gary_Burton_discography-1] Gary Burton discography Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 23, 2011

[2] www.discogs.com/Gary-Burton-Throb/release/11693531

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2011

[4] Amatneek, Bill (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (53): 48–50.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As leader or co-leader	New Vibe Man in Town (1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) 3 in Jazz (split with Sonny rollins and Clark Terry, 1963) Something's Coming! (1963) The Groovy Sound of Music (1964) Tennessee Firebird (1966) The Time Machine (1966) A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967) Lofty Fake Anagram (1967) Duster (1967) Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (1968) Good Vibes (1969–70) Paris Encounter (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1969) Throb (1969) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) Live in Tokyo (1971) Alone at Last (1971) Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 1972) Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973) The New Quartet (1973) Ring (with Eberhard Weber, 1974) Matchbook (with Ralph Towner, 1974) Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow, 1974) Dreams So Real (1975) Passengers (1976) Times Square (1978) Duet (with Chick Corea, 1978) Easy as Pie (1980) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1979) Picture This (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (with Chick Corea, 1982) Real Life Hits (1984) Slide Show (1985) Whiz Kids (1986) Times Like These (1988) Reunion (with Pat Metheny, 1989) Right Time, Right Place (with Paul Bley, 1990) Cool Nights (1991) Six Pack (1991–92) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) Like Minds (with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland and Roy Haynes, 1997) Generations (2003) Next Generation (2004) The New Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 2007) Quartet Live (2007) Common Ground (2011) Hot House (2012) Time Thread (with Makoto Ozone, 2013) Guided Tour (2013)
With Stan Getz	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1964) Nobody Else But Me (1964) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1986)
With others	After the Riot at Newport (Chet Atkins and The Nashville All-Stars, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Tim Hardin 1 (Tim Hardin, 1964–65) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Ingénue (k.d. lang, 1991) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Jazz Concert (George Shearing, 1963) Rare Form! (George Shearing, 1963) Touch Me Softly (George Shearing, 1963) Swallow (Steve Swallow, 1991) Fluid Rustle (Eberhard Weber, 1979) Hommage à Eberhard Weber (2015) Simple Complex (Jon Weber, 2003)