Jump to content

Real Life Hits

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Real Life Hits
Studio album by
Gary Burton Quartet
ReleasedMarch 1985[1]
RecordedNovember 1984
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
GenreJazz
Length50:15
LabelECM
ECM 1293
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Burton chronology
Lyric Suite for Sextet
(1983)
Real Life Hits
(1985)
Slide Show
(1986)

Real Life Hits is an album by the Gary Burton Quartet recorded in November 1984 and released on ECM March the following year.[2] The quartet features the rhythm section of Makoto Ozone, Steve Swallow and Michael Hyman.

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The appealing group sound and the spontaneous yet tight ensembles and solos make this a worthwhile acquisition."[3]

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Syndrome" (Carla Bley) – 6:19
  2. "The Beatles" (John Scofield) – 6:46
  3. "Fleurette Africaine" (Duke Ellington) – 7:04
  4. "Ladies in Mercedes" (Steve Swallow) – 6:21
  5. "Real Life Hits" (Carla Bley) – 8:36
  6. "I Need You Here" (Makoto Ozone) – 8:46
  7. "Ivanushka Durachok"[a] (German Lukyanov [ru]) – 6:23

Personnel

[edit]

Gary Burton Quartet

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Ivanushka Durachok is an archetypal Russian Ivan the Fool

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Real Life". ECM.
  2. ^ ECM discography accessed September 19, 2011
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.