Pat Metheny Group

by Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny Group cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:10
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album from one of the most popular and influential groups in modern jazz. This record established the band's signature sound: bright, optimistic, and incredibly melodic, with a strong influence from American folk and country music. The intricate, interwoven lines between Pat Metheny's guitar and Lyle Mays's piano created a fresh, panoramic sound that defined a new, highly accessible, and lyrical branch of jazz fusion that would come to be known as 'contemporary jazz.'

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, ensemble, melodic, fusion, beautiful

Tracklist

  1. San Lorenzo (10:14)
  2. Phase Dance (8:18)
  3. Jaco (5:34)
  4. Aprilwind (2:09)
  5. April Joy (8:14)
  6. Lone Jack (6:41)

Credits

  • Pat Metheny Group - primary artist
  • Mark Egan - bass
  • Barbara Wojirsch - cover [cover design], design [cover design]
  • Danny Gottlieb - drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug - engineer
  • Pat Metheny - guitar [6-string guitar], twelve-string guitar [12-string guitar], written-by
  • Henry Riedel - lacquer cut by
  • Roberto Masotti - photography by [photo]
  • Lyle Mays - piano, synthesizer [oberheim synthesizer], autoharp, written-by
  • Manfred Eicher - producer [produced by]
  • P. Metheny/L. Mays - written by

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