Gary Burton - Ring

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Free Music Review: A classic collaboration
Hit: 5 Stars

Man, oh man. It was a life-altering experience for me. The band was a four-piece: Burton, the as-yet-unknown Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Bob Moses. I was floored; it was a whole different kind of jazz from anything I'd heard before. Each member of that group just blew me away, but what I remember thinking about, for days afterwards, was the compositions. Burton had announced, several times, "we're going to play one now by a composer named Eberhard Weber." They were amazing pieces--dripping with atmosphere, equally catchy and challenging. I became obsessed with finding recordings of Weber's music.

Though I eventually discovered and grew to love Weber's solo albums, "Ring" was the first recording of his music that I found, and it was a great introduction. If you're a fan of "Passengers," you'll like this one. This is ECM at its best, a classic collaboration between a great composer/soloist (Weber) and a brilliant interpreter (Burton). In some ways, I tend to like Burton's versions of pieces by Weber, Carla Bley, Swallow and Mick Goodrick even better than the composers' original versions. He always starts with strong material and then transcends it.

Anyway, if you like mid-70's ECM (their prime, if you ask me), you will be well-pleased with this amazing album.

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