| Passengers | ||||
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| Studio album by
the Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | November 1976 | |||
| Studio | Talent Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:48 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1092 ST | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Gary Burton chronology | ||||
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Passengers is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, with German jazz bassist Eberhard Weber.[1] It was recorded for ECM in November 1976 and released the following year. Burton's quartet features rhythm section Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Danny Gottlieb.[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Although none of the individual songs caught on, the attractive sound of the post-bop unit and an opportunity to hear Pat Metheny in his formative period make this a CD reissue worth exploring."[3]
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sea Journey" | Chick Corea | 9:18 |
| 2. | "Nacada" | 4:15 | |
| 3. | "The Whopper" | 5:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream)" | 8:26 | |
| 2. | "Yellow Fields" | Weber | 7:02 |
| 3. | "Claude and Betty" | Swallow | 6:15 |
