The album peaked expose 11 inwards the Billboard Top Jazz album charts together with also won the Grammy awards for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
When Crystal Silence showtime appeared inwards 1972 on the ECM label, its comprehend photograph depicted a stellar shot of the sun, which appeared to hold upwards setting. That duet album featured 2 already-seasoned jazz veterans who were inwards their thirties, together with had been part of many of the developments inwards the music for a decade. artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's credits included artist/miles-davis-mn0000423829">Miles Davis, his ain artist/return-to-forever-mn0000463527">Return to Forever, the "Is" sessions, artist/circle-mn0001199548">Circle, together with many others; artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton's included tenures amongst artist/george-shearing-mn0000642664">George Shearing together with artist/stan-getz-mn0000742899">Stan Getz equally good equally artist/larry-coryell-mn0000124784">Larry Coryell. But the duet album they recorded for ECM was hence utterly striking together with arresting because it highlighted non only an alone novel agency of playing duets betwixt pianoforte together with vibes -- which had been done previously together with good yesteryear others -- but a novel agency of hearing them equally well.
After 35 years, v duet records, together with countless tours together, the couple revisit the notion of the duet inwards 2 dissimilar contexts on this delightful, compelling double-disc bundle from Concord. The showtime disc finds the couple playing alive inwards Sydney amongst that city's symphony orchestra conducted yesteryear artist/jonathan-stockhammer-mn0001531170">Jonathan Stockhammer together with arranged yesteryear artist/tim-garland-mn0000502531">Tim Garland. The plan includes v tunes, all of them composed yesteryear artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea. While it is disconcerting on showtime thought equally to how an orchestra could add together to the particular intuitive communication this duo has developed since its showtime accidental surgical operation at a festival inwards 1971, those fears disappear apace after the orchestra's intro, when artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's pianoforte makes its entrance together with artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton responds. It's striking in that place was hence fiddling rehearsal time, together with that artist/garland-mn0000502531">Garland's arrangements are hence spot-on together with attuned to the intricacy of what happens harmonically betwixt these two. "Duende" opens the laid amongst an enormous introductory sweep that feels to a greater extent than similar a crescendo, but it gives agency within 2 minutes to the exploration of extrapolated minors when artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea plays a unmarried notation that initiates his speaking vocalization on the piano. artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton answers together with moves them into some other direction, epitome from the within together with pulling on certainly notes equally he quotes a tune that feels strangely similar "The Shadow of Your Smile." Then the couple are off, the orchestra brooding together with shimmering behind them, opening upwards spaces where in that place would hold upwards tension inwards such a focused infinite of little fry keys that sweep this agency together with that way, together with and hence they engage fully amongst the orchestra. This continues through "Love Castle" together with the speculative intro to "Brasilia," which feels similar a question. The rhythmic interplay is built layer upon layer, nonetheless sparely yesteryear the harmonic striations of vibes together with pianoforte equally strings hover together with cautiously seem to follow into a much to a greater extent than romantic together with exotic flying of fancy. Of course, the championship track, piece seemingly an alone novel piece when played amongst this symphony, is no less limpid than its predecessor. The compositional notion is exactly eased into to a greater extent than tentatively, but the interpolations betwixt artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton together with artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea are fifty-fifty cannier than 1 mightiness expect. Everything begins inwards shade together with shadow together with is revealed inwards the amount lite of day. The laid ends amongst a driving rendition of "La Fiesta," begun amongst an intensely intricate serial of counterpoint exchanges betwixt the pair.
Disc 2 contains a alive surgical operation from the Molde Festival inwards Norway, amongst 1 cut, "Señor Mouse" (also from the Crystal Silence debut), recorded inwards the Canary Islands. Far to a greater extent than breezy but maybe to a greater extent than taut together with far less tentative, the laid starts off amongst artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's "Bud Powell," together with artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton shines amongst his solo, moving through the lyric phrases equally artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea punches inwards spaces amongst tough, jaunty chord masses. It swings similar crazy earlier giving agency to a stellar reading of artist/bill-evans-mn0000764702">Bill Evans' "Waltz for Debby." The melody, directly recognizable inwards artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's hands, is nonetheless a fleck heavier inwards touch, but that's what makes it audio novel equally well. The solo he opens amongst carries the basic lyric frame inwards his two-handed chords together with runs earlier artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton slides the tune inwards solo, equally expressive together with intimate equally 1 could ever promise for earlier it opens broad together with sings. This happens on the other standards hither equally well, the deeply emotive reading of "I Loves You, Porgy," amongst artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton's solo equally tender equally a vocalist emoting the words, together with "Sweet together with Lovely," where the couple exactly dig inwards together with allow the tune guide them on a wonderfully engaging, swinging ride through its harmonic possibilities. The other 4 artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea tunes hither include a real dissimilar version of "La Fiesta" equally a laid closer; "No Mystery," which is to a greater extent than mysterious inwards some ways because of its piece of occupation of arpeggios, space, together with counterpoint; together with the all-too-brief rhythmic innovation of "Alegria." The bottom line, of course, is that this set, equally dissimilar equally its 2 mirroring discs are, is nearly magical inwards both its intensity together with creativity, together with inwards its wonderfully relaxed agency of walking through the deep passageways of improvisation. Anyone who is a fan of the duet recordings betwixt these 2 should ain this. Anyone non familiar should banking firm fit out the ECM disc first, together with and hence movement directly here, filling inwards the gaps later. They are wonderful counterparts to 1 some other together with immensely satisfying listens.
The circumstances that led to pianist Chick Corea together with vibraphonist Gary Burton collaborating on Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973) are the Definition of serendipitous happenstance. Neither thought the tape would convey broad appeal, yet it's gone on to larn non only a classic for the label, but for both artists, who convey since built large discographies amongst enough of private milestones. Recording infrequently equally a duo, they've played together every twelvemonth since that showtime meeting, amongst some meaning globe-trotting inwards 2007 to commemorate their thirty-fifth anniversary together. The double-disc The New Crystal Silence documents that celebration amongst performances culled from dates inwards Australia, Kingdom of Norway together with the Canary Islands.
The duo revisits fabric from Crystal Silence through to their most recent together with 5th recording, Native Sense (Stretch, 1997), inwards add-on to a novel Corea tune together with 3 standards. The 2nd disc, from the Kingdom of Norway together with Canary Island shows, finds the duet on their ain together with inwards top form. Anyone who caught a 2007 present knows—as their Portland Jazz Festival surgical operation amply demonstrated—that amidst the stunning virtuosity, empathic interaction together with subtle nuances is an virtually mischievous playfulness. Some of this may hold upwards serious music, but Corea together with Burton are clearly having fun.
The "new" comes amongst the showtime disc, where Corea together with Burton convey a still 3rd partner inwards British woodwind multi-instrumentalist/composer/bandleader Tim Garland. Garland doesn't perform, but was recruited yesteryear Corea to adapt v tunes from the duo's repertoire for the pianist, Burton together with symphony orchestra—in this case, the Australian Sydney Symphony. This isn't the showtime fourth dimension Garland has scored Corea fabric for orchestra—his "Fantasy on Crystal Silence" was a highlight of his ain The Mystery (Audio-B, 2007), together with also featured Corea equally a guest. Here, his orchestration of "Crystal Silence" is to a greater extent than reverential, although in that place are moments of unexpected ability during a tune that has ever been to a greater extent than of a tranquil tone poem.
It's to Garland's credit that he finds the perfect blend of orchestration together with improvisation. While in that place are open-ended sections that allow Burton together with Corea to transcend where they will, Garland has turned Corea's compositions into miniature concertos, where the symphony weaves inwards together with approximately solo together with duet sections. Just how dissimilar the approach tin give notice hold upwards is clear amongst the 2 versions of Corea's Spanish-tinged "La Fiesta" included—a to a greater extent than form-based version amongst the orchestra on disc 1 together with a looser, to a greater extent than fully extemporaneous duet version on disc two.
That Corea together with Burton are in-tandem improvisers capable of taking neat risks piece consistently delivering near-perfect performances is what made their showtime recording a classic. It's difficult to alive upwards to Crystal Silence's iconic stature. Still, The New Crystal Silence proves that, equally amongst whatsoever committed relationship, these 2 are never at a loss for fresh together with relevant dialogue. The add-on of Garland's orchestral arrangements only provides an fifty-fifty to a greater extent than expansive context approximately which Corea together with Burton tin give notice transcend on to construct together with strengthen a pairing that's destined to terminal a lifetime.
When they teamed upwards inwards 1972 to play inwards a piano-vibraphone setting, fiddling did Chick Corea together with Gary Burton realize that 35 years after their duo would transcend on to expand its modern bedchamber music approach to jazz amongst amount introspection together with exhilaration. Even though their serendipitous debut, Crystal Silence, was released on Germany-based ECM Records, which at the fourth dimension did non convey a distribution bargain inwards the U.S., the album non only forged the alchemic partnership, but also brought to renown the deep together with insightful collaboration of the 2 virtuosic improvisers. After their premiere outing, they recorded 4 to a greater extent than albums together with convey never skipped a twelvemonth performing together.
In celebration of the Corea-Burton duo’s 35th anniversary, they released The New Crystal Silence, a double CD featuring the couple performing amongst the Sydney Symphony together with equally a duet captured inwards a sublime surgical operation at the Molde Jazz Festival inwards Molde, Norway. The orchestral concert bears the fruit of an invitation from 2 symphonies inwards Australia, inwards Perth together with Sydney, which offered the twosome the chance to perform together with tape their repertoire inwards an orchestral setting. As for the duo disc, Corea together with Burton marked their long human relationship onstage of anticipating each other’s musical ideas yesteryear embarking on a worldwide tour together with and hence chose 1 of their best performances to document.
Writing inwards The New Crystal Silence liner notes, Burton reflects:
Disc one
"Duende" (Corea) – 10:54
"Love Castle" (Corea) – 12:41
"Brasilia" (Corea) – 9:38
"Crystal Silence" (Corea) – 14:09
"La Fiesta" (Corea) – 13:35
Disc two
"Bud Powell" (Corea) – 7:55
"Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) – 8:03
"Alegria" (Corea) – 5:49
"No Mystery" (Corea) – 9:12
"Se̱or Mouse" (Corea) Р9:10
"Sweet together with Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles Daniels, Harry Tobias) – 6:56
"I Love Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward) – 4:09
"La Fiesta" (Corea) – 10:41
Personnel
Chick Corea – piano
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Stockhammer – conductor
After 35 years, v duet records, together with countless tours together, the couple revisit the notion of the duet inwards 2 dissimilar contexts on this delightful, compelling double-disc bundle from Concord. The showtime disc finds the couple playing alive inwards Sydney amongst that city's symphony orchestra conducted yesteryear artist/jonathan-stockhammer-mn0001531170">Jonathan Stockhammer together with arranged yesteryear artist/tim-garland-mn0000502531">Tim Garland. The plan includes v tunes, all of them composed yesteryear artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea. While it is disconcerting on showtime thought equally to how an orchestra could add together to the particular intuitive communication this duo has developed since its showtime accidental surgical operation at a festival inwards 1971, those fears disappear apace after the orchestra's intro, when artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's pianoforte makes its entrance together with artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton responds. It's striking in that place was hence fiddling rehearsal time, together with that artist/garland-mn0000502531">Garland's arrangements are hence spot-on together with attuned to the intricacy of what happens harmonically betwixt these two. "Duende" opens the laid amongst an enormous introductory sweep that feels to a greater extent than similar a crescendo, but it gives agency within 2 minutes to the exploration of extrapolated minors when artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea plays a unmarried notation that initiates his speaking vocalization on the piano. artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton answers together with moves them into some other direction, epitome from the within together with pulling on certainly notes equally he quotes a tune that feels strangely similar "The Shadow of Your Smile." Then the couple are off, the orchestra brooding together with shimmering behind them, opening upwards spaces where in that place would hold upwards tension inwards such a focused infinite of little fry keys that sweep this agency together with that way, together with and hence they engage fully amongst the orchestra. This continues through "Love Castle" together with the speculative intro to "Brasilia," which feels similar a question. The rhythmic interplay is built layer upon layer, nonetheless sparely yesteryear the harmonic striations of vibes together with pianoforte equally strings hover together with cautiously seem to follow into a much to a greater extent than romantic together with exotic flying of fancy. Of course, the championship track, piece seemingly an alone novel piece when played amongst this symphony, is no less limpid than its predecessor. The compositional notion is exactly eased into to a greater extent than tentatively, but the interpolations betwixt artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton together with artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea are fifty-fifty cannier than 1 mightiness expect. Everything begins inwards shade together with shadow together with is revealed inwards the amount lite of day. The laid ends amongst a driving rendition of "La Fiesta," begun amongst an intensely intricate serial of counterpoint exchanges betwixt the pair.
Disc 2 contains a alive surgical operation from the Molde Festival inwards Norway, amongst 1 cut, "Señor Mouse" (also from the Crystal Silence debut), recorded inwards the Canary Islands. Far to a greater extent than breezy but maybe to a greater extent than taut together with far less tentative, the laid starts off amongst artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's "Bud Powell," together with artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton shines amongst his solo, moving through the lyric phrases equally artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea punches inwards spaces amongst tough, jaunty chord masses. It swings similar crazy earlier giving agency to a stellar reading of artist/bill-evans-mn0000764702">Bill Evans' "Waltz for Debby." The melody, directly recognizable inwards artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's hands, is nonetheless a fleck heavier inwards touch, but that's what makes it audio novel equally well. The solo he opens amongst carries the basic lyric frame inwards his two-handed chords together with runs earlier artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton slides the tune inwards solo, equally expressive together with intimate equally 1 could ever promise for earlier it opens broad together with sings. This happens on the other standards hither equally well, the deeply emotive reading of "I Loves You, Porgy," amongst artist/burton-mn0000738182">Burton's solo equally tender equally a vocalist emoting the words, together with "Sweet together with Lovely," where the couple exactly dig inwards together with allow the tune guide them on a wonderfully engaging, swinging ride through its harmonic possibilities. The other 4 artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea tunes hither include a real dissimilar version of "La Fiesta" equally a laid closer; "No Mystery," which is to a greater extent than mysterious inwards some ways because of its piece of occupation of arpeggios, space, together with counterpoint; together with the all-too-brief rhythmic innovation of "Alegria." The bottom line, of course, is that this set, equally dissimilar equally its 2 mirroring discs are, is nearly magical inwards both its intensity together with creativity, together with inwards its wonderfully relaxed agency of walking through the deep passageways of improvisation. Anyone who is a fan of the duet recordings betwixt these 2 should ain this. Anyone non familiar should banking firm fit out the ECM disc first, together with and hence movement directly here, filling inwards the gaps later. They are wonderful counterparts to 1 some other together with immensely satisfying listens.
The circumstances that led to pianist Chick Corea together with vibraphonist Gary Burton collaborating on Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973) are the Definition of serendipitous happenstance. Neither thought the tape would convey broad appeal, yet it's gone on to larn non only a classic for the label, but for both artists, who convey since built large discographies amongst enough of private milestones. Recording infrequently equally a duo, they've played together every twelvemonth since that showtime meeting, amongst some meaning globe-trotting inwards 2007 to commemorate their thirty-fifth anniversary together. The double-disc The New Crystal Silence documents that celebration amongst performances culled from dates inwards Australia, Kingdom of Norway together with the Canary Islands.
The duo revisits fabric from Crystal Silence through to their most recent together with 5th recording, Native Sense (Stretch, 1997), inwards add-on to a novel Corea tune together with 3 standards. The 2nd disc, from the Kingdom of Norway together with Canary Island shows, finds the duet on their ain together with inwards top form. Anyone who caught a 2007 present knows—as their Portland Jazz Festival surgical operation amply demonstrated—that amidst the stunning virtuosity, empathic interaction together with subtle nuances is an virtually mischievous playfulness. Some of this may hold upwards serious music, but Corea together with Burton are clearly having fun.
The "new" comes amongst the showtime disc, where Corea together with Burton convey a still 3rd partner inwards British woodwind multi-instrumentalist/composer/bandleader Tim Garland. Garland doesn't perform, but was recruited yesteryear Corea to adapt v tunes from the duo's repertoire for the pianist, Burton together with symphony orchestra—in this case, the Australian Sydney Symphony. This isn't the showtime fourth dimension Garland has scored Corea fabric for orchestra—his "Fantasy on Crystal Silence" was a highlight of his ain The Mystery (Audio-B, 2007), together with also featured Corea equally a guest. Here, his orchestration of "Crystal Silence" is to a greater extent than reverential, although in that place are moments of unexpected ability during a tune that has ever been to a greater extent than of a tranquil tone poem.
It's to Garland's credit that he finds the perfect blend of orchestration together with improvisation. While in that place are open-ended sections that allow Burton together with Corea to transcend where they will, Garland has turned Corea's compositions into miniature concertos, where the symphony weaves inwards together with approximately solo together with duet sections. Just how dissimilar the approach tin give notice hold upwards is clear amongst the 2 versions of Corea's Spanish-tinged "La Fiesta" included—a to a greater extent than form-based version amongst the orchestra on disc 1 together with a looser, to a greater extent than fully extemporaneous duet version on disc two.
That Corea together with Burton are in-tandem improvisers capable of taking neat risks piece consistently delivering near-perfect performances is what made their showtime recording a classic. It's difficult to alive upwards to Crystal Silence's iconic stature. Still, The New Crystal Silence proves that, equally amongst whatsoever committed relationship, these 2 are never at a loss for fresh together with relevant dialogue. The add-on of Garland's orchestral arrangements only provides an fifty-fifty to a greater extent than expansive context approximately which Corea together with Burton tin give notice transcend on to construct together with strengthen a pairing that's destined to terminal a lifetime.
When they teamed upwards inwards 1972 to play inwards a piano-vibraphone setting, fiddling did Chick Corea together with Gary Burton realize that 35 years after their duo would transcend on to expand its modern bedchamber music approach to jazz amongst amount introspection together with exhilaration. Even though their serendipitous debut, Crystal Silence, was released on Germany-based ECM Records, which at the fourth dimension did non convey a distribution bargain inwards the U.S., the album non only forged the alchemic partnership, but also brought to renown the deep together with insightful collaboration of the 2 virtuosic improvisers. After their premiere outing, they recorded 4 to a greater extent than albums together with convey never skipped a twelvemonth performing together.
In celebration of the Corea-Burton duo’s 35th anniversary, they released The New Crystal Silence, a double CD featuring the couple performing amongst the Sydney Symphony together with equally a duet captured inwards a sublime surgical operation at the Molde Jazz Festival inwards Molde, Norway. The orchestral concert bears the fruit of an invitation from 2 symphonies inwards Australia, inwards Perth together with Sydney, which offered the twosome the chance to perform together with tape their repertoire inwards an orchestral setting. As for the duo disc, Corea together with Burton marked their long human relationship onstage of anticipating each other’s musical ideas yesteryear embarking on a worldwide tour together with and hence chose 1 of their best performances to document.
Writing inwards The New Crystal Silence liner notes, Burton reflects:
I’ve ever held the theory that all musical collaborations, particularly amidst jazz musicians, eventually run their course of report equally players evolve together with everyone moves on to novel ventures. But, I’ve come upwards to believe that what Chick together with I convey together is going to pause that rule. The performing nosotros convey done over the yesteryear twelvemonth has been our best inwards 35 years, together with nosotros are real pleased to transcend far available on these CDs.” He adds, “We both experience that our music has evolved inwards the terminal 10 years to a greater extent than than it did before. We play the tunes real differently, amongst fresh concepts together with novel inspiration.Gary BurtonCorea agrees:
The agency nosotros were approaching the music during our 35th anniversary concert tour was hence dissimilar that I thought it warranted documentation. Gary’s playing continues to amaze together with inspire me. The tours we’ve done over this yesteryear twelvemonth are my favorites of all that we’ve done. There’s to a greater extent than to come, but hither is a piece of what we’re into these days.Chick Corea.Track listing
Disc one
"Duende" (Corea) – 10:54
"Love Castle" (Corea) – 12:41
"Brasilia" (Corea) – 9:38
"Crystal Silence" (Corea) – 14:09
"La Fiesta" (Corea) – 13:35
Disc two
"Bud Powell" (Corea) – 7:55
"Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) – 8:03
"Alegria" (Corea) – 5:49
"No Mystery" (Corea) – 9:12
"Se̱or Mouse" (Corea) Р9:10
"Sweet together with Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles Daniels, Harry Tobias) – 6:56
"I Love Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward) – 4:09
"La Fiesta" (Corea) – 10:41
Personnel
Chick Corea – piano
Gary Burton – vibraphone
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Stockhammer – conductor
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