On March 20, 2012, “Concord” label released “Hot House”, the seventh Gary Burton and Chick Corea album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Avatar” and “Mad Hatter East” in New York City, and was produced by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. The title track Hot House won “Grammy Award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.

Personnel:

• Gary Burton — vibraphone
• Chick Corea — piano
• Ilmar Gavilan — violin
• Melissa White — violin
• Juan Miguel Hernandez — viola
• Paul Wiancko — cello
• Bernie Kirsch — engineer, mixing
• Bob Cetti — engineer assistant
• Bob Mallory — engineer assistant
• Gloria Kaba — mixing assistant
• Greg Calbi — mastering
• Steve Fallone — mastering
• Glenn Suyker — piano technician
• Julie Rooney — art coordinator, photography
• Marc Bessant — graphics
• Ernest Gregory — photography
• Dan Muse — liner note coordination
• Evelyn Brechtlein — production coordination
• Bill Rooney — executive producer
• Andrew Elliott — personal assistant

Track listing:

1. Can’t We Be Friends – Paul James, Kay Swift
2. Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
3. Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
4. Time Remembered – Bill Evans
5. Hot House – Tadd Dameron
6. Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
7. Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
8. Once I Loved – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes
9. My Ship – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill
10. Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea