Artist: Gary Burton
Album: A Genuine Tong Funeral
Genre: Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Free Jazz
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Released: 1967/2014
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Opening/Interlude: Shovels/The Survivors/Grave Train (6:44)
- Death Rolls (1:39)
- Morning (Part One) (1:47)
- Interlude: Lament/Intermission Music (4:34)
- Silent Spring (8:04)
- Fanfare/Mother of the Dead Man (2:56)
- Some Dirge (7:55)
- Morning (Part Two) (1:19)
- The New Funeral March (2:44)
- The New National Anthem/The Survivors (6:37)
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- Personnel:
- Gary Burton - vibes
- Larry Coryell - guitar
- Steve Swallow - bass
- Bob Moses (Lonesome Dragon) - drums
plus - Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
- Mike Mantler - trumpet
- Leandro "Gato" Barbieri - tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone, bass trombone
- Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone
- Carla Bley - piano, organ, conductor, composer
One of vibraphonist Gary Burton's most intriguing recordings, A Genuine Tong Funeral (Carla Bley's suite which musically depicts attitudes toward death) was called by its composer a "Dark Opera Without Words." Burton's classic Quartet (which also includes guitarist Larry Coryell, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bob Moses) is augmented by six notable all-stars: soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, trumpeter Mike Mantler, Gato Barbieri on tenor, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, Howard Johnson on tuba and baritone and Bley herself on piano and organ. The music is dramatic, occasionally a little humorous, and a superb showcase for Gary Burton's vibes.
Review by Scott Yanow