Throb (Gary Burton album)

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Throb
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Released1969
RecordedJune 2–5, 1969
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length34:13
Label Atlantic
Producer Joel Dorn
Gary Burton chronology
Country Roads & Other Places
(1969)
Throb
(1969)
Good Vibes
(1970)

Throb is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] Burton is featured with guitarist Jerry Hahn, violinist Richard Greene, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Goodwin.

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Release and reception

Originally released on vinyl in 1969, the album was paired with Gary Burton's collaboration album with Keith Jarrett on a Rhino CD reissue in 1994 before being re-issued in Japan on CD in 2012 and 2017. [2] The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn stated: "Burton continued the jazz-cum-rock and country experimentation that marked other LPs like Tennessee Firebird and Duster ". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as “magnificent”, and “one of the most evocative records produced at the time.” [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rolling Stone (positive) [5]
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Track listing

  1. "Henniger Flats" (David Pritchard) - 4:25
  2. "Turn of the Century" (Michael Gibbs) - 5:07
  3. "Chickens" (Steve Swallow) - 2:29
  4. "Arise, Her Eyes" (Swallow) - 3:51
  5. "Prime Time" (Jerry Hahn) - 4:07
  6. "Throb" (Gibbs) - 4:33
  7. "Doin the Pig" (Swallow) - 3:47
  8. "Triple Portrait" (Gibbs) - 4:28
  9. "Some Echoes" (Gibbs) - 6:59
  • Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York.

Personnel

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References

  1. Gary Burton discography Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 23, 2011
  2. "Gary Burton – Throb (2017, SHM-CD, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2011
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 204. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Amatneek, Bill (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone . No. 53. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. pp. 48–50.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.