Color Quote by Gary Burton

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's…

— Gary Burton

I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note…

— Gary Burton

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all…

— Gary Burton

Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

— Gary Burton

Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations…

— Gary Burton

I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

— Gary Burton

Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their…

— Gary Burton

There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the…

— Gary Burton

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

— Gary Burton

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.

— Gary Burton

I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we…

— Gary Burton

It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It…

— Gary Burton