Sunday, May 24, 2009

Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live


This is what a live state-of-the-art modern jazz quartet should sound like after working together for decades: tight, attentive, reactive, and, of course, individually super talented. But this quartet was put together for a one-time performance by guitarist Pat Metheny for his By Invitation Series at the 2005 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. Not that these jazz greats are unfamiliar to each other. They all have connections through Berklee College of Music and Burton, Metheny and Swallow were part of the memorable Gary Burton Quartet from 1974-1977 (Ring, Dreams So Real, Passengers). Although Sanchez was not part of that group he has played with Metheny for 10 years and appeared on Speaking of Now in 2002...MORE