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Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band: Minuano (Six Eight) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 29, 08

Bob Curnow's arrangements of Pat Metheny's music for big band are a delight to hear, and the 1994 recording The Music...

Lyle Mays: Lincoln Reviews His Notes (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

The title is the only thing quirky about this elegant tune from longtime Pat Metheny collaborator Lyle Mays’ outstand...

Pat Metheny: Ozark (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

This album opens with the long (20+ minutes) title track suite that explores an emotional scale ranging from sweet a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Travels (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Works is a compilation album featuring selected cuts from Pat Metheny's ECM catalog released from 1979 through 1983. ...

Toots Thielemans: Naima (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 14, 08

Chromatic harmonica master Jean "Toots" Thielemans assembled a remarkable group of fellow musicians from both U.S. co...

Pat Metheny: Imaginary Day (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

When Imaginary Day first came out, it seemed like a huge step forward for the Pat Metheny Group. Great, dynamic shift...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: The First Circle (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Starting off with a hand-clapping sequence in 22/8, "The First Circle" is one of the Metheny Group's most idiosyncrat...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: First Circle (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

The title track to the Pat Metheny Group’s 1984 album, First Circle, opens with a complicated clap rhythm and a melod...

Pat Metheny: Lone Jack (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

It is 1982 or 1983. We've brought our cooler and blanket and spread ourselves across the grass of Hartford's Bushell ...

Pat Metheny: April Joy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 05, 09

"April Joy" is notable for Mark Egan's lovely fretless bass work, which dominates the tune's opening strains. This me...

Pat Metheny Group (with David Bowie): This Is Not America (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 14, 09

Pat Metheny's discography is so full of contradictions that you'd swear he relishes collocating crossover jazz with a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS

Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...

Pat Metheny: Phase Dance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

The longtime concert opener, "Phase Dance" provides a distillation of the early Pat Metheny Group sound. Metheny roll...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Facing West (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Guitarist Pat Metheny’s epic 1992 album Secret Story draws from a kaleidoscopic array of jazz and world elements to c...

Pat Metheny: Minuano (Six Eight) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Like many songs from Metheny's 'Brazilian period,' "Minuano (Six Eight)" displays his penchant for making use of vari...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: San Lorenzo (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

A series of ringing chords opens the Pat Metheny Group’s self-titled 1978 debut album and introduces the world to an ...

Pat Metheny: (Cross the) Heartland (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

A fairly early example of the Pat Metheny Group’s genre-inclusive style, this aptly titled track combines a buoyant m...

Pat Metheny: Are You Going With Me? (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

A guy I used to know complained once that Pat Metheny records were funny because you very often couldn't tell when th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Farmer's Trust (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

I'll get right to the point: "Farmer's Trust" contains some of the prettiest and most romantic melodies that Pat Met...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Opening (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

With some staccato guitar parts early on (reminiscent of his work on Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint), this editi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Joni Mitchell: Free Man In Paris (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 15, 09

I remember the first time that my friend turned me on to Joni Mitchell and the further I explored I realized that she...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

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