P.METHENY,J.Pastorius & B.Moses - Poo’s Pub Boston 1974 Bootleg Jazz Pat Metheny- Guitar Jaco Pastorius- Bass Bob Moses- Drums ** 01.Bright Size Li

P.METHENY,J.Pastorius & B.Moses - Poo’s Pub Boston 1974
Bootleg

Jazz

Pat Metheny- Guitar
Jaco Pastorius- Bass
Bob Moses- Drums
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01.Bright Size Life
02.There is no greater love
03.Exercise No.6
04Duo
05.Continuum
06.Solo
07.Unquity Road
08.Wrong is Right
09.Ida Lupino
10.All the things you are
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Pat Metheny Trio - Live At Umbria Jazz 1999 (AVI)

Pat Metheny Trio - Live At Umbria Jazz 1999 (AVI)

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Pat Metheny- Guitars
Larry Grenadier- Bass
Bill Stewart- Drums
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01. Turnaround
02. James
03. The good life
04. Hermitage
05. All The Things You Are
06. Into The Dream
07. So May It Secretly Begin
08. Waltz For Ruth
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Pat METHENY - More Travels 1992 (DVD)

Pat METHENY - More Travels 1992 (DVD)
The Pat Metheny Group filmed live in concert between July 29, and August 2, 1991

Jazz

Pat Methenhy best production ever, with the combination of amazing band, arty visuals and videos angles, excellent sound quality, Beautiful, progressing compositions. Fabulous solos. This music goes places. this performance is incredible (all 5 stars though).As a guitarist he plays rally astonishing, and as a composer, somehow his compositions could bring his listeners out far beyond imagination. His music can be soaring, sad, angry, and the expression of his face tells us all. With his life time co-writer Lyle Mays, Pat bring out a new definiton of Jazz itself. My favourites are "Have You Heard" and "First Circle", and Opening Solo at the beginning of the video.
At last a dvd copy to this product, Just get it.
By Zohar Daniel.
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Pat Metheny- Guitars;
Lyle Mays- Keys;
Steve Rodby- Bass;
Paul Wertico- Drums;
Pedro Aznar- Guitar, Vocals, Percussion;
Armando Marcal- percussion.
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01. Opening
02. Have You Heard
03. First Circle
04. Are You Going With Me
05. Letter From Home
06. Half Life Of bsolution
07. The Road To You
08. Third Wind
09. Letter From Home
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Pat METHENY - Secret Story, Live 2001 (AVI)

Pat METHENY - Secret Story, Live 2001 (AVI)
Recorded Live in New Brunswick, NJ

Jazz

Innovative jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and his seven-piece ensemble are captured in peak form in this concert video, recorded during a 1992 appearance at the State Theater in Brunswick, NJ. Selections include "How Insensitive," "Above the Treetops," "See the World," "Rain River," and more.
By Mark Deming. AMG.
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I haven't seen all the other Metheny DVDs so I can't compare this one to any of them. I do own More Travels on VHS, which is not strictly speaking a live concert, as there was no audience present for that live performance. There are distracting "arsty" moments on that video, plus they cut to interviews and other stuff that after a while take away from the video.
There are no distractions on this presentation, just an hour and a half of great music. While this DVD is not the Pat Metheny Group, it IS live in front of an enthusiastic audience, and there was reason for their jubilation. This is a sublime performance of a great collection of tunes performed by a stellar group of players. The lineup includes the late 80's PMG sans Lyle Mays. In his place are two of my favorite keyboard players, Jim Beard and Gil Golstein. Their's is a tough job, as they had to play all the orchestral and supporting parts from a very dense studio album. They perform their tasks admirably, and together with Mark lederer and David Blamires, who also have their hands full supplying all the brass parts and adding their considerable vocal and percussion talents to the many layered textures, the sound is nearly as full and detailed as the original studio recording. Rounding out the sound is an added guitarist and Armando Marcal supplying beautiful colors and percussion. What a great show! And until now I thought I'd have to rely on my memory of that ecstatic, singular night! The sound is great, the mix nearly letter perfect. The picture is grainy and not as sharp as one would hope for a DVD, but the content is so good, this can easily be overlooked. This is a straightforward no nonsense concert video, just nine great musicians reverently and joyfully laying down some of Pat's most heartful and honest music from the happy/sad but always beautiful Secret Story CD. Highly recommended.
By  Brian Whistler.
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Pat Metheny– Guitar
Steve Rodby– Bass
Paul Wertico– Drums
Armando Marcal– Percussion
Gil Goldstein– Keyboards
Jim Beard– Keyboards
David Blamires– Vocal
Mark Ledford– Vocal
Torsten De Winkel– Guitar
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01. Above The Treetops
02. Facing West
03. Rain River
04. How Insensitive
05. Finding And Believing
06. Always And Forever
07. See The World
08. Antonia
09. Truth Will Always Be, The
10. Tell Her You Saw Me
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Pat METHENY Group - Imaginary Day 1997

Pat METHENY Group - Imaginary Day 1997
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Recorded at Right Track Recording, New York in Spring 1997

Jazz

*****IMAGINARY DAY won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.*****

"Follow Me" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
"The Roots Of Coincidence" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental ...

On IMAGINARY DAY the Pat Metheny Group is joined by percussionists Mino Cinelu, David Samuels, Glen Velez, and Don Alias, along with vocalist/trumpeter Mark Ledford and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist David Blamires. The 9 song titles suggest a programmatic journey, from the title cut through "Into the Dream" to "Across the Sky" and "The Awakening." The tunes include exotic Arabic flavorings along with the Brazilian and Western sounds that the band has been using for some time. The album's artwork gives the impression of modern heiroglyphics, not a bad analogy for the music itself. "The Heat of the Day" features some especially inspired ensemble work, with Glen Velez playing an exotic percussion instrument known as the "riq." "The Roots of Coincidence" transforms a Steve Reich-like background figure into, alternately, an 80's Brit-rock beat, a hip-hop groove and an extended fusion guitar jam.
From CD Universe.
This is one of my favorite releases from the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny is a unique guitarist who has been able to take jazz over into the mainstream. His sound is synthesized, but it doesn't detract from his playing ability. He is still the type that can make your jaw drop with his phrasing and sound. This album is a great tour of Metheny's abilities. Like many of Metheny's albums, "Imaginary Day" blends well between songs, making the album very story like. Although songs can be played out of order and enjoyed, it is like taking a quote out of context. Metheny doesn't only write a song, he composes the entire album.
The album opens with the title track, and Metheny playing another one of his guitar inventions, the fretless guitar. This guitar provides a unique sound as Metheny is able to add semitones to his playing arsenal. "A Story Within a Story" has more of a jazzy sound, and "The Heat of the Day" is a little more hectic, but with Metheny's clear notes ringing through the cacophony of sound. My favorite track off the album is "The Roots of Coincidence", a hard driving song. It slowly works its way towards a crescendo of guitar and drums, only to back off to a quiet interlude and repeat the process again. The solo between these peaks of music is pure Metheny.
This album is full of good musicianship and music. Metheny has made another keeper with this release. Definitely worth checking out.
By  Russell Diederich.
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Pat Metheny- (Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Synthesizer);
Steve Rodby- (Cello, Acoustic & Electric Basses);
Lyle Mays- (Piano, Keyboards);
Paul Wertico- (Drums).
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David Blamires- (Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Baritone Guitars, Violin, Mellophone, Trumpet);
Mark Ledford- (Vocals, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bass Trumpet);
Mino Cinelu, David Samuels, Glen Velez, Don Alias- (Percussion).
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01. Imaginary Day    10:11
02. Follow Me    5:56
03. Into the Dream    2:27
04. A Story Within the Story    8:01
05. The Heat of the Day    9:44
06. Across the Sky    4:49
07. The Roots of Coincidence    7:49
08. Too Soon Tomorrow    5:47
09. The Awakening    9:28
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Pat METHENY & Ornette COLEMAN - Song X 2005

Pat METHENY & Ornette COLEMAN - Song X 2005
Label: Nonesuch
Twentieth Anniversary

Jazz

The Texas-born alto saxophonist, composer, and free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman influenced generations of musicians, including a guitarist from Missouri named Pat Metheny. Two decades after their 1985 recording, this remastered and remixed edition – with Coleman’s son Denardo and Jack DeJohnette both on drums, with long time bassist Charlie Haden – sounds fresher than ever. The original eight tracks, from the bluesy, midtempo "Mob Job," laced with Coleman’s eerie violin strains, and the crying ballad "Kathelin Gray" to the interlocking title track, all exhibit the quantum physics approach to melody, rhythm, harmony and improvisation Coleman calls Harmolodics. The additional, six unreleased selections from the Coleman canon include "The Good Life," a Latin-tinged number, the hyper-bopped "Word From Bird," Compute," and the melodically dark shadows of "The Veil." As Metheny wrote in the liner notes, "This twentieth-anniversary edition of record feels like an improvement and reveals a more complete picture of our efforts."
By Eugene Holley, Jr. AMG.
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This updated version of Song X is truly a breathtaking expansion of the original work, opening with six unreleased tracks from the original sessions. Bassist Charlie Haden, who had previously recorded individually with Coleman and Metheny, had brought the pair together, and he's featured on Song X, along with drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Denardo Coleman, Ornette's son. With this new edition of Song X, Metheny pauses to look back at his impressive catalogue while continuing to move forward in unexpected new directions.
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Pat Metheny- Guitar, Guitar Synth
Ornette Coleman- Alto Sax, Violin
Charlie Haden- Bass
Jack DeJohnette- Drums
Denardo Coleman- Drums, Percussion
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01. Police People (4:57)
02. All of Us (0:15)
03. Good Life (3:25)
04. Word from Bird (3:48)
05. Compute (2:03)
06. Veil (3:42)
07. Song X (5:34)
08. Mob Job (4:11)
09. Endangered Species (13:18)
10. Video Games (5:20)
11. Kathelin Gray (4:13)
12. Trigonometry (5:05)
13. Song X Duo (3:07)
14. Long Time No See (7:38)
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Pat METHENY - Rejoicing 1983

Pat METHENY - Rejoicing 1983
Label: ECM
Audio CD: (February 29, 2000)

Jazz

Metheny joins bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins, one of Ornette Coleman's finest rhythm pairings, for this 1983 recording. Rejoicing looks closely at Coleman's group dynamics and three of his tunes (though it's Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman," not Coleman's, that opens the album). The three mesh perfectly on Coleman's "Tears Inside," "Humpty Dumpty," and "Rejoicing," with Metheny generating long lines of melody over sprung rhythms. While the guitarist often shifts musical direction from CD to CD, his compositions on Rejoicing offer remarkable contrasts. He creates a rich overdub of electric and acoustic guitars for the ballad "Story from a Stranger," then generates an almost Albert Ayler-like sound for the intensely electric dirge "The Calling," the mood enhanced by Haden's bowed bass and animated by Higgins's free drumming.
By Stuart Broomer. AMG.
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Pat Metheny- Guitar
Charlie Haden- Bass
Billy Higgins- Drums
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01. Lonely Woman  6:50
02. Tears Inside  3:50
03. Humpty Dumpty  5:42
04. Blues for Pat  6:05
05. Rejoicing  3:23
06. Story from a Stranger  5:53
07. The Calling  9:51
08. Waiting for an Answer  2:17
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Pat METHENY Group - Offramp 1981

Pat METHENY Group - Offramp 1981 (REPOST)
Label: Ecm
Audio CD: (November 16, 1999)
Recorded at Power Station, New York, New York in October 1981

Jazz

Opening with some beautiful synclavier and Lyle Mays' exquisite soaring synths on 'Barcarole', this is an atmosphere album. It moves from delicacy to beauty and is arguably the most complete album of his incredible career. The delightful 'James' (a tribute to James Taylor, listen to the guitar inflections) is complemented by the awesome 'Au Lait'; and if that was not enough, this contains surely Metheny's finest moment, 'Are You Going With Me', a song that builds and builds over the most fabulous rhythm, and even after nearly nine minutes it leaves you begging for more. A stunning piece of music that is neither jazz nor rock.
From CD Universe.
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I have to admit to a bias: I have been listening to Pat Metheny albums since 1977, and I sincerely believe him to be the most important composer/musician in the field of intelligent popular music in the period 1977-2000. For me, this is the PMG's finest album yet, and so it ranks in my all-time Top 10.
This was the album on which Metheny and Mays showcased the Synclavier for the first time. A synthesizer developed by New England Digital, it could be driven by either a guitar or a keyboard controller. From this point onwards, it has often been near-impossible to discern whether it is Lyle or Pat who is playing any particular phrase. On this album, Pat chose to generate trumpet-like sounds, particularly for the opening 'Barcarole' and the anthemic 'Are You Going With Me?'. A friend at the time asked me, "Why didn't he just use a real trumpet?". That friend just didn't understand the flexibility of the synclavier.
For me, the whole album is magnificent. 'James' is a wonderfully uplifting, perfect composition, in which not a note is wasted. But the two absolute stand-out tracks are 'Are You Going With Me?' and the under-rated 'Au Lait'.
'Are You Going With Me?' was a concert highlight for years, and would not be out of place on a rock album. Or a slow latin dance album. There is some wonderful wailing guitar towards the end of the tune, and I've often thought that this is the track I'd want played at my funeral. The downside of this idea is that I wouldn't want my partner to be thinking 'Am I going with him?' as my coffin glided past on the conveyor belt towards the flames.
I read in a Metheny interview around the release of the next live album ('Travels'), that Pat felt the live version of this song was very special indeed, implying that it was better than the studio version. I don't feel one is better than the other -- they have very different guitar solos, but they are both exceptional.
I simply adore 'Au Lait' because it instantly puts images in my mind of lazy summer days. I also somehow associate the tune with the music that Bacharach composed for the Bolivian bank-raid interludes in 'Butch Cassidy'. Vasconcelos brought an ethnic integrity to the PMG that his replacements have never been able to touch. His vocal and percussive contributions particularly on this track are outstanding.
This is an album that no lover of intelligent, optimistic, modern music should be without.
By  Gavin Wilson.
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This 1981 recording by the Pat Metheny Group represented a crossroads for the guitarist, a creative expansion from his original concept in terms of acoustic and electric instrumentation, folksy roots material and modern jazz influences, American and third world sources. Having thus marked out the territory for a decade's worth of experimentation and growth, the Metheny Group cemented its standing on the cutting edge of contemporary jazz with Offramp. Lyle Mays' harmonica-like synth theme, Metheny's soaring, vocalized synth-guitar lead, some rich orchestral touches, and an easygoing blend of backbeat and chord changes made "Are You Going with Me?" one of Metheny's most enduring arrangements. Still, for every gentle, alluring set piece, such as the tangolike "Au Lait" or the rural vistas of "James," there was a visceral, emotive free-for-all like the title track, where Metheny unleashed wild, wailing synth guitar elisions over a loose, abstract pulse--anticipating the energy of the guitarist's collaboration with free jazz guru Ornette Coleman some four years hence on Song X.
By Chip Stern.
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Pat Metheny- (Synthesizer, Guitar, Synclavier);
Lyle Mays- (Piano, Synthesizer, Autoharp, Organ, Synclavier);
Steve Rodby- (Acoustic & Electric Basses);
Dan Gottlieb- (Drums).
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01. Barcarole 3:15
02. Are You Going With Me? 8:47
03. Au Lait 8:28
04. Eighteen 5:05
05. Offramp 5:55
06. James 6:41
07. The Bat Part 2 3:50
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