Ring (Gary Burton album)

Ring
Ring
Studio album by the Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber
Released	1974
Recorded	July 23–24, 1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:10
Label	ECM 1051 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Gary Burton chronology
Eberhard Weber chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Ring is an album by the Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber, recorded over two days in July 1974 and released on ECM later that year. The quintet consists guitarists Mick Goodrick and Pat Metheny and rhythm section Steve Swallow and Bob Moses.

Track listing[edit]

Side I
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mevlevia"	Mick Goodrick	6:01
2.	"Unfinished Sympathy"	Mike Gibbs	3:03
3.	"Tunnel of Love"	Gibbs	5:30
4.	"Intrude"	Gibbs	4:47
Total length:			19:21

Side II
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silent Spring"	Carla Bley	10:37
2.	"The Colours of Chloë"	Eberhard Weber	7:12
Total length:			17:49 37:10

Personnel[edit]

The Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber[edit]

Gary Burton – vibraharp
Eberhard Weber – double bass
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Pat Metheny – guitar, electric 12-string guitar
Steve Swallow – bass guitar
Bob Moses – percussion

References[edit]

^ Wynn, Ron (2011). "Ring - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Wynn, Ron (2011). "Ring - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 July 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Gary Burton
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	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1966) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1967) The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz (1983)
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)