Tennessee Firebird

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "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".[2]

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All compositions by Gary Burton except as indicated

1. "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) - 4:52
2. "Tennessee Firebird" - 2:57
3. "Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) - 3:48
4. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) - 1:53
5. "Faded Love" (Bob Wills, John Wills, Billy Jack Wills) - 3:22
6. "Panhandle Rag" (Leon McAuliffe) - 1:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)" (Hank Williams) - 2:54
8. "I Want You" (Dylan) - 3:28
9. "Alone and Forsaken" (Williams) - 2:49
10. "Walter L." - 4:41
11. "Born to Lose" (Frankie Brown, Ted Daffan) - 2:43
12. "Beauty Contest" - 1:25
13. "Epilogue" - 0:23

• Recorded at RCA Victor´s "Nashville Sound" Studio in Nashville, Tennessee on September 19–21, 1966.

• 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