Pat Metheny
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"This is a straight solo baritone guitar record (except instrument changes as noted); edits but no overdubs. And as in the previous solo baritone guitar record, One Quiet Night, the basic tuning used throughout this recording is A D G C E A ... I varied the tuning by keeping the same intervallic relationship but moving the entire tuning up and down on a tune-by-tune basis in a range form Ab to C."--Container.
4) Orchestrion
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Pat Metheny redefines the concept of the solo album with an adventurous album that explores all the musical possibilities of one new guitar.
5) Tap
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Book of angels volume 20
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Nonesuch Records and Tzadik simultaneously release guitarist Pat Metheny's recording of this CD from Zorn's Masada Book Two on May 21, 2013. This album is the first collaboration between the two artists, considered among their generation's most innovative musicians. Besides his frequent collaborator, drummer Antonio Sanchez, Metheny plays all other instruments-guitars, sitar, tiples, bass, keyboards, orchestrionics, electronics, bandoneon, percussion,...
6) The way up
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The esteemed jazz guitarist leads his combo through an ambitious, 68-minute suite written with his longtime collaborator, keyboardist Lyle Mays. The piece ranges from pastoral melodies and taut chamber jazz to wide-open improvisation.
8) Wish
10) Pilgrimage
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Brecker's last album before his death in January 2007 was his first to consist solely of his original compositions. The music is transcending and truly speaks from a place we can't comprehend.
"**** Out of five ... the thrust here is of a musician living his last creative moments at the top of his game - and pushing beyond."--Downbeat.
11) Kin (<-->)
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For the first time since 1980, guitarist Pat Metheny recorded with a band that highlighted tenor saxophone. Unity Band, which went on to win Metheny his twentieth Grammy Award, featured Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and Ben Williams on bass. Now, Metheny has added another musician, multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi, and christened the ensemble Pat Metheny Unity Group.
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"In January 2015 musicians and listeners converged upon Stuttgarts Theaterhaus for two consecutive nights to celebrate the 75th birthday of Eberhard Weber. The concerts centered around a specially commissioned 35-minute suite by Pat Metheny, with whom Weber had played and recorded back in the 1970s. Featuring Metheny, the SWR Big Band conducted by Helge Sunde, Gary Burton, bassist Scott Colley and Danny Gottlieb on drums, the composition was arranged...
15) Autumn leaves
16) Beautiful life
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"Inspired by his daughter Ana, who passed away in 2012 at Sandy Hook, Jimmy Greene creates a collection of songs that focus on the beauty of everyday life. Included are collaborations with Pat Metheny, Javier Colon, and Kenny Barron."
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Spain, 1966: Antonio is a teacher and a Beatles fan, facets he combines by getting his pupils to recite the lyrics from Help in English class. When he learns that his idol John Lennon is making a film in Almeria, he resolves to meet him. On the journey he picks up two young runaways: Bethlehem, a pregnant girl fleeing a convent, and Juanjo, a boy escaping a dictatorial father.