hank garland gary burton

[alocispepraluger102]

i just heard some really swinging tasty standards work, previously unknown to me, from country guitarist hank garland and a very young gary burton. did they have much of a musical relationship?

[7/4]

i just heard some really swinging tasty standards work, previously unknown to me, from country guitarist hank garland and a very young gary burton. did they have much of a musical relationship?

[jeffcrom]

Burton lived in Nashville for a short time when he was a young man. In addition to the Hank Garland album 7/4 posted, Burton played on the RCA Nashville All Stars album After the Riot at Newport (which has a great Jim Flora cover.

The album features Hank Garland, Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, and Floyd Cramer, among others. It's kind of a mixed bag, but Garland and Burton sound good.

[Jim R]

[alocispepraluger102]

hey-i've owned that baby 40 years. i done plum forgot it. thanks

[Big Beat Steve]

Burton lived in Nashville for a short time when he was a young man. In addition to the Hank Garland album 7/4 posted, Burton played on the RCA Nashville All Stars album After the Riot at Newport (which has a great Jim Flora cover.

The album features Hank Garland, Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, and Floyd Cramer, among others. It's kind of a mixed bag, but Garland and Burton sound good.

Not a mixed bag at all IMHO but a nice example of early "crossover" (or "jazz-rock" if you are willing to lump Country in with rock) and, at any rate, a glimpse of what Western Swing could have become if it had continued to really evolve into the 60s. Chet Atkins could swing his butt off too when he felt like it. I like both albums a lot, and it's a real tragedy Hank Garland suffered that severe car accident and was unable to continue recording.

(Incidentally, the album cover of Hank Garland's solo album shown earlier in this thread must be that of a fairly recent reissue. This album is actually called "Jazz Winds From A New Direction - Introducing the Modern Guitar of Hank Garland" and will be listed as such in discographies.)

Edited January 5, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[7/4]

(Incidentally, the album cover of Hank Garland's solo album shown earlier in this thread must be that of a fairly recent reissue. This album is actually called "Jazz Winds From A New Direction - Introducing the Modern Guitar of Hank Garland" and will be listed as such in discographies.)

That's right. This one is sub-titled The Complete Columbia Records Sessions 1959-1960.

[clifford_thornton]

The Columbia stuff is pretty good - I used to have minty copies on wax, inherited from my dad. Ended up giving them to a friend who was a Hank Garland fan.

[JSngry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is9Rzvd_3Jg