Personnel: Chick Corea (piano); Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba).

Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Chick Corea.

NATIVE SENSE (THE NEW DUETS) was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group. "Rhumbata" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.

Composition and improvisation merge in a special way in the duets of Chick Corea and Gary Burton. Their association is long-standing, and here they work their magic on a new set of music, all composed by Chick Corea with the exception of Bartok's "Bagatelles #6, #2, and #3" and Thelonius Monk's "Four in One". There's a bridge between classical music and jazz which is crossed with vitality by these two master musicians. There's nothing academic about this music though; the tones of Corea's grand piano and Burton's vibraphone and marimba blend beautifully throughout and Corea's composition "Post Script" leads out of "Bagatelle #6" so seamlessly it's hard to tell where one composer ends and the other begins.

Down Beat (2/98, p.54) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "NATIVE SENSE renews a longstanding, very durable friendship....throughout, vibes and piano deftly support each other and smoothly exchange roles, carrying on a dance of their own..."