Post Tagged with: "Pat Metheny"

Pat Metheny, May 16, 2019: Shows I'll Never Forget

Pat Metheny, May 16, 2019: Shows I’ll Never Forget

Two hours, spent with Pat Metheny during a solo show in New Hampshire, and I was exhausted.

Why Pat Metheny's 'New Chautauqua' Still Provides an Important Refuge

Why Pat Metheny’s ‘New Chautauqua’ Still Provides an Important Refuge

40 years ago, Pat Metheny took the first of many detours into quiet emotion. ‘New Chautauqua’ remains the one that most strongly connects.

Pat Metheny - '80/81' (1980): Track by Track Through a Classic

Pat Metheny – ’80/81′ (1980): Track by Track Through a Classic

’80/81′ visits “out” material and more straight ahead jazz, with a healthy introduction to Pat Metheny’s idea of “folk jazz.”

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Pat Metheny, Gary Burton + Danny Gottlieb, “Hommage” (2015): One Track Mind

Pat Metheny aimed to construct a performance that could only spring from the fertile mind of his mentor Eberhard Weber. And, he succeeded.

Ornette Coleman + Pat Metheny - 'Song X' (1986): On Second Thought

Ornette Coleman + Pat Metheny – ‘Song X’ (1986): On Second Thought

Here is a reflection on free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and his wonderful 1985 encounter with Pat Metheny, ‘Song X.”

Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays' As Falls Wichita took us on a stunning, cinematic journey

Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays’ As Falls Wichita took us on a stunning, cinematic journey

When Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays’ ‘As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls’ arrived in May 1981, it sounded like nothing else in my record collection.

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Jimmy Greene – Beautiful Life (2014)

Here is a review of Jimmy Greene’s ‘Beautiful Life,’ a hopeful and very personal message sprung from the unspeakable tragedy of Sandy Hook.

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, "Offramp" (1981)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Offramp” (1981)

Some think Metheny is joking around, that he couldn’t possibly like “all of this noise.”

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, "Eighteen" (1981)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Eighteen” (1981)

Metheny’s ultimate road trip song, this one always makes me feel like I’ve just escaped something.

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, "Au Lait" (1981)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Au Lait” (1981)

Each song on ‘Offramp’ is so different from the next, and yet it all hangs together.