So many people obsessing about Metheny pressings, versions, alternate mastering, gold CD, remasters, purple CDs. etc.. Do you guys actually enjoy the music itself? Pat
Speaking for myself, I can assure you that I wouldn’t spend my hard earned on different version of any piece of music unless I loved it and wanted to hear it at its best. This is a music and mastering forum so surely you expect people to discuss different masters? Through this forum I’ve learned a lot about how music is recorded, mixed and mastered and I’ve put this to good use by finding versions of my favourites that give me greater insight into the music and greater musical enjoyment.
Yes, despite some people whining about us finding the best sounding versions of music we like and telling others to get a particular version that sounds better than others. It's not always the most expensive or rarest version either (e.g. the regular original, not mastered Warner Brothers CD of "Made In Japan" by Deep Purple).
New Metheny album coming in 2021 from his new label, Modern Recordings (BMG). The dish: “Pat’s first record will be out in March (a single will be coming in a few weeks). This record is about Pat the composer. He wrote a piece for the LA Guitar Quartet and a piece for Jason Vieaux, a great classical guitarist. Pat added a bonus track of his rendition of the [Arvo] Part piece called Fur Alina. Really beautiful record. It’s called Road To The Sun.” This makes me very happy.
Cool. I wonder if this means he will be back to releasing albums more frequently (with no concerts for a while, it seems like a good idea).
That was my thought too. I really want to hear a Side Eye album, or a live release from the From This Place band.
Huge fan here. I was on board fairly early on. He is in regular rotation. In addition to the early ECM releases, I really like, "Beyond The Missouri Sky" with Charlie Haden "One Quiet Night" and Marc Johnon's "The Sound of Summer Running". I also highly recommend Lyle Mays' s/t.
3 years ago got to see him at The Blue Note which is a little tiny jazz club in NYC. It was great that in addition to playing large venues and huge tours he still comes back to the bread and butter small clubs that keep jazz alive. I also think his latest album is very good.
Can't recall what I first heard, but I entered with the late 1980s PMG era; Road to You, Letter from Home, etc. Saw PMG in concert in 1989, Metheny/Haynes/Holland in, I think, 1992, and the Secret Story tour in 1993. Maybe a couple, three other shows on the Imaginary Day tour (1998?), and shortly after. Can't recall offhand. He hasn't been near my territory in a long time, and apart from the first three shows I mentioned, I had to travel to see him. He's never far away from my turntable, CD player or other playback media.
The new Metheny album is now available for pre-order. From the press blurb: "With two major new works, performanced [sic] by five of the world's leading guitarists, Metheny charts a new way of obliterating boundaries between genres while simultaneously unveiling new facets of an already expansive personal language. Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, described by NPR as "perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation" was tapped by Metheny to perform his four-movement solo guitar suite 'Four Paths Of Light'. The centerpiece of this landmark recording is 'Road To The Sun', a six-movement piece for fellow Grammy-Award winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ - Metheny describes them as "one of the best bands in the world." The recording concludes with what Metheny describes as a "bonus track'; a performance of Arvo Part's 'Fur Alina', performed by Metheny on his Manzer 42-string Pikasso guitar." Here are a few sources: Road To The Sun CD (Autographed) Road To The Sun https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PBJKVF...99191&sprefix=metheny+road+to+,aps,217&sr=8-1
WOW! If you had mentioned any one of the three names (Jason Vieaux, LAGQ, or Arvo Part) I would probably have been onboard. All three? Autobuy.
I am inspired by this thread to pull out some old Pat releases. I always loved "Letter from home" and "Secret Story" although i also thought Song X was great
Article on writing for the LAGQ and their tackling of a piece outside their usual realm: From the Page to the Stage - Listen. Music + Culture
From the website, you can buy a copy of the new album that includes a signed print. It about doubles the cost of the retail. With "From This Place", early preorders came with a signed print for free. When Metheny came to The Cabot in Beverly a couple of years ago, I bought a copy of the Pat Metheny fakebook that was signed, costing me only retail price.
Leszek Możdżer - piano (1, 5) Pat Metheny - guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12) Dan Berglund - double bass (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12) Magnus Öström - drums (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12) Nils Landgren - trombone, vocals (4, 5, 10, 11, 12) Lars Danielson - double bass, cello (5, 6, 7, 12) Jaron Herman - piano (6, 7, 11, 12 ) Vijay Iyer - piano (8, 9) Michael Wollny - piano (10) Viktoria Tolstoy - vocals (11, 12)