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Pat Metheny: Imaginary Day (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 09, 08When 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: San Lorenzo (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07A series of ringing chords opens the Pat Metheny Group’s self-titled 1978 debut album and introduces the world to an ...
Kurt Elling: Minuano (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07No vocalist is better skilled than Elling at shaping a song into a satisfying dramatic performance. Pat Metheny’s li...
Kurt Elling: Nature Boy (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 08, 07In an age where the category of jazz singer has become increasingly inclusive, Kurt Elling is able to walk the fine l...
Pat Metheny: Minuano (Six Eight) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08Like 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: The First Circle (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08Starting 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, 08The title track to the Pat Metheny Group’s 1984 album, First Circle, opens with a complicated clap rhythm and a melod...
Pat Metheny Group (with David Bowie): This Is Not America (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 14, 09Pat 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...
Jerry Goodman: Endless November (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 05, 08For all intents and purposes, ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra violinist Jerry Goodman was absent from the music scene fo...
Bendian, Gregg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bendian, Gregg, drummer, percussionist, composer; b. Englewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1963. His parents, Martin (b. Nov...
Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop), piano; b. Salisbury, N.C., 23 December 1959. Although several years were spent in Ithaca,...
Levy, Howard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levy, Howard, harmonica, pianist, composer, flute, ocarina, mandolin, saxophone, and percussion; Born and raised in N...
Egan, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Egan, Mark, One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself as an in-d...
Larry Coryell: Good Citizen Swallow (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 14, 09An audible vocal countdown by guitarist Larry Coryell kicks off "Good Citizen Swallow," an upbeat original featuring ...
Benny Reid: Sleeping Beauty (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music September 08, 09Like most of the tracks on Escaping Shadows , “Sleeping Beauty” bears the unmistakable mark of mid-period Pat Metheny...
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