Chick Corea & Gary Burton

The Profile

American jazz duo of pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton. Their collaboration began in the early 1970s with ECM releases such as Crystal Silence and continued through albums including Duet, Lyric Suite for Sextet, Native Sense, The New Crystal Silence, and Hot House, celebrated for telepathic interplay between piano and vibraphone and extensive international touring.

Documented on DeBaser: Live at Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna, 2 April 2008) for “The Art Of Jazz Piano”; set opened with material from The New Crystal Silence, included a dedication to Joe Zawinul and tributes to Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk; encores featured Corea briefly on vibraphone; Corea engaged the audience while Burton provided discreet, score-based support.

One detailed review captures the duo live at Vienna’s Konzerthaus (2008), praising their elegant interplay and crowd-pleasing encores. The set included a dedication to Joe Zawinul and nods to Parker, Evans, and Monk. Chick Corea engaged the audience and even jumped on vibraphone; Gary Burton provided poised, score-based support. Publicly, the pair are an American jazz duo renowned for ECM classics like Crystal Silence and later collaborations including The New Crystal Silence and Hot House.