Gary Burton

The most important figure in the development of mallet percussion was Clair Omar Musser, a native of Lancaster County. His legacy lives on in a remarkable facility at Kutztown University, where we recently joined Gary Burton for a tour.

Chick Corea composed "The Visitors" on a commission for the classical piano phenom Kirill Gerstein and a mutual friend, the jazz vibraphone legend Gary Burton. Its release on ECM honors some fond personal history, as Gerstein and Burton recently explained in an interview with WRTI.

September 9, 2019. Two things jump out when you look at the cover of Antidote, Chick Corea’s new album: 1) The NEA Jazz Master is very comfortable…

Gary Burton, Wendy Oxenhorn, Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp make up the newest class of Jazz Masters — the highest honor the U.S. gives to a jazz musician or advocate.

The late John Tchicai, plus jazz in Central Park, Gary Burton and Herbie Hancock's Martian rock.