Tennessee Firebird

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn stated: "While the concept of 'jazz-rock' was in its embryonic stages, Burton was experimenting with a style combining jazz improvisation with rock energy and rhythms. This 1967 session added another ingredient to the musical mix: country and bluegrass sensibility". ==Track listing==

All compositions by Gary Burton, except as indicated • "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) - 4:52 • "Tennessee Firebird" - 2:57 • "Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) - 3:48 • "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) - 1:53 • "Faded Love" (Bob Wills, John Wills, Billy Jack Wills) - 3:22 • "Panhandle Rag" (Leon McAuliffe) - 1:33 Bonus track on CD reissue • "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)" (Hank Williams) - 2:54 • "I Want You" (Dylan) - 3:28 • "Alone and Forsaken" (Williams) - 2:49 • "Walter L." - 4:41 • "Born to Lose" (Ted Daffan) - 2:43 • "Beauty Contest" - 1:25 • "Epilogue" - 0:23 :*Recorded at RCA Victor´s "Nashville Sound" Studio in Nashville, Tennessee on September 19–21, 1966. ==Personnel==

• Gary Burton — vibraphone, piano, organ • Steve Marcus — soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone • Buddy Emmons — steel guitar • Sonny Osborne — banjo • Buddy Spicher — fiddle • Chet Atkins, Jimmy Colvard, Ray Edenton — guitar • Charlie McCoy — harmonica • Bobby Osborne — mandolin • Henry Strzelecki, Steve Swallow — bass • Kenneth Buttrey, Roy Haynes — drums ==References==