CHICK COREA AND GARY BURTON
Lafayette College
Williams Center for the Arts
Easton, PA, USA
2008-03-11 (March 11, 2008)

Audience master recording
Sound quality: A- (re-seeder's rating)

Chick Corea: Piano (and vibraphone on the last piece in the 2nd set)
Gary Burton: Vibraphone

1st Set:

01 - Introduction
02 - Love Castle
03 - Native Sense
04 - Alegria
05 - Reets and I / Bud Powell
06 - music to accompany Gary Burton as he sets up his music stand and prepares his sheet music
07 - No Mystery

2nd Set:

08 - Waltz for Debby
09 - Prelude #4 (Alexander Scriabin)
10 - Prelude #2 (Alexander Scriabin)
11 - Prelude #6 (Alexander Scriabin)
12 - Sweet and Lovely
13 - Crystal Silence
14 - La Fiesta

Encore

15 - Bolivian Balloos
16 - Armando's Rhumba

Total Time: 2:05:17

Recorded by DP
LINEAGE: Electret mic > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > Audacity > flac

Notes

Track 06 in the 1st set has Chick Corea supplying some music interpreting Gary Burton's movements as he establishes the music stand in front of his vibraphone. The flourish from Corea's piano occurs as Burton unfurls the music for "No Mystery"

In the 2nd set, tracks 09-11 are pieces that Corea and Burton were learning for their tour of Russia in a few week's time. The opus of the preludes was not announced (although Corea did hold the music up to the crowd at the beginning of each piece, much to our amusement). Any help here in identifying these pieces would be appreciated.

Track 16 of the 2nd set was the highlight of the evening. It was quite clear the Corea and Burton were having a great night, and did not want to stop playing. At the end of "Bolivian Balloos", Corea leapt from his piano, took two of Burton's mallets and began to play his vibraphone. Burton then responded, much to the crowd's pleasure, as you can hear. They continued to trade back and forth, leading into "Armando's Rhumba" with both Corea and Burton playing at Burton's vibraphone. Corea began soloing at the upper end of the vibraphone, with Burton chording at the lower. Corea then moved around the front of the vibraphone, and Burton moved over to take his place, with Corea now chording and Burton soloing. Then, Corea returned to the piano and they saw the piece out to its end to the utter delight of the audience.

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THE NOTES ABOVE ARE ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TORRENT (MOSTLY NOT WRITTEN BY ME)

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Reseeded on DIME by iggy1 on 2026-03-11
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Lafayette College posted this article about the "upcoming" show: "Jazz Artists Chick Corea and Gary Burton Come to Lafayette March 11" - https://news.lafayette.edu/2008/03/06/jazz-artists-chick-corea-and-gary-burton-come-to-lafayette-march-11/