Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton
Burton invented a four-mallet grip for the instrument that is used by many contemporary players. He left Stan Getz's quartet in the mid 60's at the age of 24 to form his own combo; a few years later he hired a young guitarist named Pat Metheny, giving Metheny his first taste of big time jazz. Burton has been teaching percussion and improvisation classes at the Berklee School of Music in Boston; in 1985 he was named Dean of Curriculum there. (Rebroadcast)
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