The New Gary Burton Quartet with Julian Lage, Scott Colley, and Antonio Sanchez at Stanford Jazz Festival

It’s one thing to mentor generations of jazz artists from the comfort of a major institution. It’s quite another to take your young charges on the road and create some of the most significant recordings in history with them. GRAMMY®-decorated vibraphonist Gary Burton has done both, in his leadership position at the Berkelee College of Music, and with the many incarnations of the Gary Burton Quartet. Guitarists in particular have a special place in Burton’s world; the list of major jazz guitar careers he’s jumpstarted is mind-blowing, including those of Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell, Mick Goodrick, Kurt Rosenwinkel — and now SJW faculty member Julian Lage. In the New Gary Burton Quartet, according to All About Jazz, “Lage matches even the towering guitarists Burton has recorded with, combining some of them with Wes Montgomery, Herb Ellis, and a range of contemporaries who themselves might well feel challenged.”...

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It’s one thing to mentor generations of jazz artists from the comfort of a major institution. It’s quite another to take your young charges on the road and create some of the most significant recordings in history with them. GRAMMY®-decorated vibraphonist Gary Burton has done both, in his leadership position at the Berkelee College of Music, and with the many incarnations of the Gary Burton Quartet. Guitarists in particular have a special place in Burton’s world; the list of major jazz guitar careers he’s jumpstarted is mind-blowing, including those of Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell, Mick Goodrick, Kurt Rosenwinkel — and now SJW faculty member Julian Lage. In the New Gary Burton Quartet, according to All About Jazz, “Lage matches even the towering guitarists Burton has recorded with, combining some of them with Wes Montgomery, Herb Ellis, and a range of contemporaries who themselves might well feel challenged.”

Sponsored in part by Joan Talbert and David Lyon, and Sharon and Bob Yoerg.

For more information on this event or to purchase tickets please visit http://www.stanfordjazz.org or call (650) 725-ARTS [2787]

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