Gary Burton on Clicking with Chick

CLICKING WITH CHICK [:60]

RUFFIN: NOW A JAZZ MOMENT WITH VIBRAPHONIST, GARY BURTON.

Duet Suite under

BURTON: The musical connection that I have with Chick Corea is something that's unique in my history. We seem to be able to just imagine what's going to happen next. He does it listening to me. I do it listening to him.

Up with Chick piano from La Fiesta

BURTON: You have some degree of rapport with any musician you play with. On a scale of 1 to 10, with some players, it might be 2 or 3, "OK, we can play together." With somebody else it might be 6 or 8. "Yeah, we really can feel a lot between us going on." With Chick, it was 10 almost from the beginning.

Duet Suite up

THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH GARY BURTON WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

Excerpt of “Duet Suite” and “La Fiesta” composed by Chick Corea and performed by Gary Burton and Chick Corea, from the album, Duet, used courtesy of ECM Records and used by permission of Universal Music Publishing [ASCAP].