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1991 studio album by Gary Burton
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Cool Nights is a 1991 studio album by American jazz vibraphonist
Gary Burton .
[2] Burton is featured with tenor saxophonist
Bob Berg , guitarist
Wolfgang Muthspiel , bassist
Will Lee and drummer
Peter Erskine .
Background
The album was recorded in the Studio A of the
Power Station in New York City. In the accompanying booklet the record label explains that Burton's music in this album changed direction. This time Burton wanted to play something closer to music of such famous jazz names as
Nat King Cole ,
Louis Armstrong ,
Billie Holiday ,
Ella Fitzgerald ,
Sarah Vaughan , and
Carmen McRae . Burton's friend Pat Metheny did not play for this album but wrote four of the eleven songs.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Going Home" Al Forman,
Mitchel Forman 3:44 2. "Cool Nights"
Pat Metheny 4:31 3. "With Mallets a Forethought"
Bob James 6:35 4. "Take Another Look" Pat Metheny 5:38 5. "I Never Left" Tommy Kamp 5:08 6. "Gorgeous" Mitchel Forman 6:35 7. "Huba Huba"
Vince Mendoza 4:34 8. "Hopscotch"
Wolfgang Muthspiel 4:41 9. "Artifacts" Bob James 6:09 10. "The Last to Know" Pat Metheny 4:47 11. "Farmer's Trust" Pat Metheny 6:31 Total length: 58 :53
Personnel
References
External links and sources
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 , 1998)
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 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)