Gary Burton takes on the music of Carla Bley – in a wonderfully sensitive set that opens up rich new colors in her music! The group here is a particularly well-chosen one for the effort – a quintet with
Burton on vibes, Mick Goodrick on guitar,
Steve Swallow on bass, and Bob Moses on drums – plus a young
Pat Metheny on guitar, really shading in the tunes with his evocative tones.
Burton's vibes are angular one minute, spare and spacious the next – and in a way, his treatment if Bley's tunes is some of the most sensitive we've ever heard. Titles include "Ictus/
Syndrome", "Dreams So Real", "Intermission Music", "Doctor", and "Vox Humana".
(US pressing. Cover has light wear and aging.)