Hotel Hello
Studio album by
Gary Burton & Steve Swallow
Released1975
RecordedMay 13–14, 1974 (1974-05-13 – 1974-05-14)
StudioAengus Studio
Fayville, Massachusetts
GenreJazz
Length36:00
LabelECM 1055 ST
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Burton chronology
Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra
(1974)		 Hotel Hello
(1975)		 Ring
(1974)

Hotel Hello is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton and bassist Steve Swallow recorded over two days in May 1974 and released on ECM the following year.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed the album as part of its suggested "core collection" and described it as "by far the most impressive of Burton's two-handers and an ideal opportunity to examine the vibist in close-ups." They concluded by calling it "one of the high-points of ECM's distinguished catalogue."[2]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "the music is introverted, quiet, and occasionally swinging, but mostly floating... Thoughtful background music with no real surprises or excitement."[1]

Writing for ECM blog Between Sound and Space, Tyran Grillo called the album a "long-forgotten jewel," and commented: "Hotel Hello is a unique entry in the Burton catalogue, for it is the only one that feels as if it were painted in black and white. What it lacks in vibrancy... of color, it makes up for, if not surpasses, in its visceral sentiment.... This is a consistently solid effort and arousing in its many changes."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Swallow except as noted

Side I
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Chelsea Bells (for Hern)" 4:25
2."Hotel Overture + Vamp" 3:39
3."Hotel Hello" 5:24
4."Inside In"Mike Gibbs2:43
5."Domino Biscuit" 1:56
Side II
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vashkar"Carla Bley5:58
2."Sweet Henry"
  • Jack Gregg
  • Steve Swallow
4:02
3."Impromptu"
  • Gary Burton
  • Swallow
2:29
4."Sweeping Up" 5:24

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott (2011). "Hotel Hello - Gary Burton | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Grillo, Tyran (December 17, 2010). "Gary Burton/Steve Swallow: Hotel Hello". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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