Like Minds

• Artist: Gary Burton/Chick Corea/Pat Metheny/R. Haynes
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• Release Date: November 03, 1998
• Total Time: 67:49
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Talk about all-star groups -- this quintet date matches together vibraphonist Gary Burton with pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Roy Haynes. Burton and Corea have recorded frequently through the years, while Metheny gained some early fame working with Burton; Holland was with Corea in Miles Davis' late-'60s group, and Haynes was formerly with both Burton and Corea. However, not all of these musicians had played together before -- Corea had never worked with Metheny previously, nor Burton with Holland. No matter, the masterful players fit together quite well. The vibraphonist is the lead voice in the ensembles, where Metheny at times sounds close to Jim Hall and seems a bit restrained, but everyone gets a chance to contribute to the success of the CD. Metheny contributed five songs (including "Question and Answer" and "Elucidation," which deserves to be a standard), while Burton brought in two; Corea's three contributions include his classic "Windows." The lone standard is George Gershwin's "Soon." The music is modern straight-ahead jazz; the solos are concise and the rhythm section is quite tight. In fact, this sounds like a regularly working band. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Question and Answer	Pat Metheny	Gary Burton	(6:23)
Elucidation	Pat Metheny	Gary Burton	(5:21)
Windows	Chick Corea	Gary Burton	(6:17)
Futures	Chick Corea	Gary Burton	(10:41)
Like Minds	Gary Burton	Gary Burton	(5:50)
Country Roads	Gary Burton, Steve Swallow	Gary Burton	(6:26)
Tears of Rain	Pat Metheny	Gary Burton	(6:33)
Soon	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Gary Burton	(6:24)
For a Thousand Years	Pat Metheny	Gary Burton	(5:23)
Straight Up and Down	Chick Corea	Gary Burton	(9:01)

Credits

Gary Burton (Producer), Gary Burton (Vibraphone), Gary Burton (Main Performer), Gary Burton (Liner Notes), Dave Holland (Bass), Pat Metheny (Guitar), Fred Jacobs (Authoring), John Burk (Executive Producer), Chick Corea (Piano), James Farber (Engineer), James Farber (Mixing), Roy Haynes (Drums), Don Murray (Mixing), Nick Phillips (Executive Producer), Herbert Waltl (Associate Producer), Alexis Davis (Product Development Director), Abbey Anna (Art Direction), Tom Sheehan (Piano Technician), Glen Barros (Executive Producer), Gildas Boclé (Photography), Greg Kalbi (Mastering), Aya Takemura (Assistant Engineer), Aya Takemura (Assistant), Darlene Barbaria (Art Direction), Darlene Barbaria (Design), Graeme Brown (Mastering), Jill Simonsen (Package Design), Kaspar Hugentobler (Assistant), Ted Kurland (A&R), Ted White (Engineer)