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Creating the sort of melodic instrumental music that fills lounges and elevators, vibraphone player Gary Burton's harmonic jazz fusions have won seven Grammy Awards and crafted out a unique place in music. Learning the marimba and vibraphone at the age of six, Burton grew up playing at state fairs and talent contests in Indiana before dropping out of Berklee College of Music at 17 to record with Chet Atkins and Hank Garland and later tour with pianist George Shearing and saxophonist Stan Getz. Forming his own quartet in 1967, he won his first Grammy in 1972 for the album Alone At...