Pat Metheny Group - ?Quartet? (FLAC)

FLAC Level 8

1996

Recorded at Right Track Studio, New York, New York in May 1996

Personnel:
Pat Metheny: acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string guitar, 42-string pikasso guitar; e-bows and slide, soprano guitars, fretless guitar, guitar synth
Lyle Mays: piano, non-tuned spinet piano, celeste, pedal harmonium, autoharps, electric piano, clavinet
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass, piccolo bass
Paul Wertico: drums, percussion.

Tracklist:
01. Introduction
02. When We Were Free
03. Montevideo
04. Take Me There
05. Seven Days
06. Oceania
07. Dismantling Utopia
08. Double Blind
09. Second Thought
10. Mojave
11. Badland
12. Glacier
13. Language Of Time
14. Sometimes I See
15. As I Am

On QUARTET, Metheny fans will find many familiar tonal colors and aural landscapes, but a new geography of ethnic influences brings a different, more stark background to the free improvisations, especially in the middle section of the disc. While much of this band's previous material has taken its inspiration from the horizontal, spacious phrasing and harmonies of Brazilian music, other sources appear here, as on "Badland," which has an Arabic tonality and a darkness that is new (and welcome) to the Metheny canon. While many of the songs begin with a free improv section, they confound expectations of something mysterious by settling fairly quickly into "tunes." But whichever you prefer--compositions or improvisations--if you're looking for reflective, mature music played by a top notch "family" of musicians, check out QUARTET. It took years to grow the music that is played so spontaneously and intelligently on this CD.

"...an immaculate session--even the patches of free improvisation somehow manage to sound tidy. Outstanding is the ballad 'Seven Days'...and the brilliant, sinister, subverted bossa of 'Dismantling Utopia.'" Down Beat (2/97, p.42) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a balance between open-ended ruminations and actual songs..." JazzTimes (3/97, p.89) - "...The whole feeling is that of a relaxed, vibe-intensive collaboration of equals of one mind and soul....Advice: never, never sleep on Pat Metheny."

A great cd
This is not his best cd, but it┤s still a good one. Just straight jazz and no special track that stands out from the rest. The songs are more improvised than before and that gives a more losen up attitude.
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