Lofty Fake Anagram

by The Gary Burton Quartet

Lofty Fake Anagram cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:54
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Gary Burton Quartet, The Gary Burton Quartet, Bob Moses, Brad McCuen, Steve Swallow, Larry Coryell, Darol Rice

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anchored by Gary Burton's masterful vibraphone technique and the trailblazing guitar work of Larry Coryell, 'Lofty Fake Anagram' documents a critical juncture in the evolution of jazz-rock. The quartet effortlessly integrates the complex harmonic language of post-bop with the visceral energy and electric textures of contemporary rock. The sessions established a groundbreaking blueprint for the fusion movement that would dominate jazz in the following decade.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. June the 15th, 1967 (4:52)
  2. Feelings and Things (4:06)
  3. Fleurette Africaine (3:40)
  4. I'm Your Pal (3:04)
  5. Lines (3:13)
  6. The Beach (3:42)
  7. Mother of the Dead Man (5:01)
  8. Good Citizen Swallow (5:33)
  9. General Mojo Cuts Up (4:39)

Credits

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