Watercolors

Serving as a crucial bridge between his debut and the formation of the Pat Metheny Group, 'Watercolors' introduces the liquid, chorus-heavy guitar tone that would define his career. The project features the critical early collaboration with keyboardist Lyle Mays, whose sweeping harmonic sensibility perfectly complements Metheny's Midwestern melodicism. The album solidifies a distinctly pastoral, impressionistic approach to jazz fusion championed by the ECM label.