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facing west May 20 2022 at 10:13 AM	A young multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer called Sly5thAve. Everything he does is worth checking out. Some of it has a Miles Davis meets Gil Evans vibe. His latest, Agua de Jamaica, was recorded in Mexico City. I’ve never been, but this album makes me feel like I’m right there on the streets.
naut May 20 2022 at 4:58 AM	Joey Alexander’s new one, Origin. Larry on bass, Kendrick on skins, Gilad on six-string on three tracks, and Chris on soprano & tenor on three tracks. Pat’s bound to like this one. I sure do.
Dudely May 14 2022 at 9:23 PM	Check out The Mighty Oaks; Just One Day
MarcNebo May 07 2022 at 4:04 PM	Air by Martin Wind New York Bass Quartet. I believe five of the songs feature only the four bassist playing and the other songs are with Lenny White, Matt Wilson on drums and Gary Versace (piano, organ, accordion). Beautiful compositions and arrangement and excellent playing by all. The record starts and ends with Air by JS Bach (first four bass version and trio version at the end. Only three originals from Martin Wind, a Beatles Medley, Birdland (Weather Report), Tell Her You Saw Me (Pat) and Silence (Charlie Haden). It’s an excellent feel good record with a lot of surprises. Amazing how four bassist playing together can generate such high & low volume. I highly recommend it.
Oystein May 05 2022 at 2:59 AM	Jazz Sabbath vol. 1 and 2. Interesting approach, and a great tribute to the pioneers of heavy rock. ...for those of us who enjoy multiple musical genres.
naut Mar 25 2022 at 9:14 PM	It’s astounding just how terrific a pianist Michel Petrucciani was.
bluepno Mar 15 2022 at 11:42 AM	Creation...Jarrett
BobSmith1 Mar 15 2022 at 11:12 AM	Oystein- Ditto on San Lorenzo. That was the one that got me on-board with Pat and company. It was the song that made me realize that there are no boundaries in music. Still as as exciting as it was the first time I heard it on the radio and said to myself, what was that!!??
Oystein Mar 14 2022 at 1:14 PM	San Lorenzo. Again. Still the best composition and most beautiful melody from the Golden Era of PMG. Sounding just as fresh as the first time I unboxed the new vinyl in -78.
patsfan Feb 27 2022 at 10:14 PM	To the End of The World ….. the ultimate hypnotic and soothing composition to take anywhere, even to the end of the world ….
naut Feb 24 2022 at 6:44 PM	Distant hands in foreign lands / Are turning hidden wheels / Causing things to come about / Which no one seems to feel / All invisible from where we stand / The connections come to pass / And though too strange to comprehend / They affect us nonetheless, yes -- JT
MarcNebo Feb 24 2022 at 10:48 AM	molesoulsandal : I’ve discovered several young tenor saxophonists that I believe will have an incredible future. But after reading Pat’s "Tribute to Michael Brecker" at Community : Writings at this website and the Michael Brecker biography I don’t think there will be another saxophonist to equal Brecker. If you read Pat’s tribute you will see how I formed my opinion. I do know that if there is another great saxophonist out there Pat will find him. I just watched the Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light DVD with Pat, Lyle, Jaco, Don Alias and Michael Brecker from 1980. What a amazing band and show. Extremely tight band and great recording, everybody can be clearly heard. Brecker did’t play on every song, but when he did his playing was excellent.
molesoulsandal Feb 22 2022 at 4:05 PM	here’s a humble, but considered prediction: the heir apparent to mike brecker is here, and he is lucas pino. i think pat might even lean towards agreeing.
MarcNebo Feb 12 2022 at 11:33 PM	Vijay Iyer Trio "Uneasy" excellent piano trio record. Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums. Beautiful music from a great trio. No solos, just great pianist with strong support by the bass and drums. Check it out.
naut Feb 12 2022 at 8:10 PM	A Bros - "At Fillmore East." As it says on a Barq’s container: "IT’S GOOD"
molesoulsandal Feb 10 2022 at 2:06 PM	i was just telling a friend that, on utube, there’s a 27 minute interview w/carlos santana & the entire thing is carlos talking about miles. it’s truly hilarious (since miles was always VERY funny) and comes highly recommended for all lovers of miles davis, high ferking humor, and the sweet, sweet heart of carlos santana.
molesoulsandal Feb 09 2022 at 8:16 AM	on utube: the ’hero trio’, featuring rudresh mahanthappa, francois moutin, & rudy royston doing a killer version of ’missouri uncompromised’ that we’re pretty sure pat would applaud.
naut Feb 09 2022 at 3:39 AM	hahaha. Had to utoob that one. Nice little ditty. I think he’s got a famous brother. / Check out the group/duo Street Pajama, molester, esp. "I Get Peculiar."
molesoulsandal Feb 08 2022 at 4:05 AM	’i’ve got my pajamas on’, by livingston taylor
franksexton Feb 07 2022 at 6:43 PM	Classical days and jazzy nights - WRCJ in Detroit
Willbur Feb 07 2022 at 4:49 PM	Tim Berne - Bloodcount, David Torn - Polytown, Nels Cline Singers - Share The Wealth (my 2020 album of the year)
JamesInNC Feb 02 2022 at 6:29 PM	Juana Molina, ANRMAL (Live In Mexico) 2020
bhal Jan 31 2022 at 3:15 PM	Just got in my late January, it’s cold as heck care package to myself. Pat Metheny - Side Eye NYC V1.IV, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Oystein Jan 25 2022 at 3:07 AM	"Goodnight Kiss" from the superb Ibrahim Maalouf. My favourite Libanese trumpeter :) Interesting time signatures and excellent skills. My advise is to check out his albums "Red & Black Light" and "Illusions".
facing west Jan 24 2022 at 2:12 PM	Lots of Tall Black Guy, j dilla, Madlib & Kiefer. Also, ’With Love, from Glasgow,’ by Rebecca Vasmant. Just great stuff.
patsfan Jan 23 2022 at 10:01 PM	I always come back to John McGlaughlin’s The Promise (1995). He had a reservoir of great guest musicians.. My favorite tune is ‘ Shin Jin Rui ‘ …. David Sanborn on alto sax and Don Alias ( and others) on percussion were predominant contributors to this incredible tune.. One of my favorites !
Kooltrane Jan 21 2022 at 8:15 AM	Charles Lloyd and The Marvels. Frisell on guitar. Some serious funk here.
MarcNebo Jan 20 2022 at 8:36 AM	More like What are you watching now? I saw a NPR Tiny Desk Concert video of guitarist Yasmin Williams. Watch the entire video, the best part is a the end. I don’t know how she does it. Another video of hers is with a Harp Guitar.
molesoulsandal Jan 17 2022 at 2:11 PM	sixty-six, by pat
franksexton Jan 12 2022 at 6:14 PM	Disturbed’s cover of Sounds Of Silence. Suprisingly good.
facing west Jan 09 2022 at 4:01 PM	Theo Croker - Blck2Life, A Future Past. My god, what an album. Just astounding.
Antoñete Jan 02 2022 at 7:22 PM	Heart of Stone, Daryll Hall & Dave Stewart
MarcNebo Jan 01 2022 at 9:52 AM	After reading the Michael Brecker biography "Ode To A Tenor Titan" I re-listened to Brecker’s last record, Pilgrimage. I think that knowing that he was dying inspired Michael and the other musicians to create his best record and I real masterpiece. Every time I listen to Michael and Pat dueling on Tumbleweed the hair on my neck stands up.
molesoulsandal Jan 01 2022 at 9:21 AM	’further to fly’ - one of the deepest of ’deep cuts’, and one o the most butiful songs i’ve ever heard. leave it to naut, a true man of wealth & taste, to come up with thissun!
naut Dec 29 2021 at 4:48 AM	’Further to Fly’ - Paul Simon
Kooltrane Dec 16 2021 at 1:14 PM	Swallow Tales: John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart. All compositions by Swallow. Ethereal complex beauty wrapped in simplicity.
Oystein Dec 13 2021 at 4:30 AM	Fictionary, from Lyle`s "Fictionary". I just love the intro of this composition, where Lyle so brilliantly floats over the piano keys. Perfect music while I`m sitting in for my third vaccine dose :-)
BobSmith1 Nov 13 2021 at 9:41 PM	"Confluence - guitar duets" by Mick Goodrick and Randy Roos. Great playing and love that Mick Goodrick sound!
shockandwoe Nov 11 2021 at 10:39 PM	Thanks, Marc! Will surely check that out. At the moment I’m kind of stuck and just can’t get past the melancholic elegance of Weber’s Tea on a White Horse, Moana I, and the forward-looking Left Lane (Ode to Wokeness?).
MarcNebo Nov 11 2021 at 8:47 AM	shockandwoe : You should check out Pat’s record Hommage A Eberhard Weber. Go to the PM website Store for a description of the record. The CD is excellent as is the DVD, Eberhard Weber The Jubilee Concert. Really cool seeing all the great Jazz musicians paying tribute to Eberhard. You could tell Eberhard was moved by the concert. I saw/heard the US debut of the Hommage at the Detroit Jazz Festival complete with a big band and video of Eberhard playing his bass. It was a great composition.
shockandwoe Nov 09 2021 at 2:18 AM	1970s Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning, Yellow Fields, The Colours of Chloe; stemming from Lyle’s stunningly beautiful final work. One can hear Weber’s influence in Pat/Lyle’s music especially from the Wichita album and even the later ones. Maybe I’m imagining things. I don’t know.
molesoulsandal Nov 02 2021 at 6:37 AM	pat martino
Oystein Oct 25 2021 at 3:01 AM	My birthday present from me to myself today, the 25th, is spinning San Lorenzo from my vintage vinyl White Album :-)
Gyuri Sep 16 2021 at 1:16 AM	"Electric Ladyland", "Cry For Love" and "Crash Landing" by Jimi Hendrix
BobSmith1 Sep 11 2021 at 1:57 PM	"Timeline" from Pat’s new Side-Eye NYC V1.IV. Man, it doesn’t get any better than this!
BobSmith1 Aug 27 2021 at 12:44 PM	I’m really digging the Side-Eye version of Better Days Ahead. I really like the the way it comes in so unexpectedly out of the sort of Phase Dance-like intro. The slower speed of this version really lets you savor the beautiful melody! When I played it for someone cold they immediately said Phase Dance and gradually puzzled out Better Days as the song progressed.
Twilly Spree Aug 27 2021 at 7:45 AM	Eberhard by Lyle Mays
ranhiu Aug 19 2021 at 10:53 PM	Vince Mendoza/Czech National Symphony Orchestra - Freedom Over Everything with Joshua Redman, Antonio Sanchez and others. Highly recommended listening for the times we are living in.
franksexton Aug 16 2021 at 12:39 PM	Denys Baptiste - The Late Trane - very nice reworking of "late" Coltrane music.
tiny_tim Aug 13 2021 at 8:18 AM	Having a wonderful re-listen to "The Way Up"....with each passing year, since its release it gains more and more traction with things that have happened, changes in the world, et.al.
Oystein Aug 04 2021 at 4:06 PM	Digging into the universe of the brilliant bass player/ composer/ band leader Avishai Cohen. He seemes to be able to handle a variety of styles, from his "1970" album with a lot of vocals and cool time signatures, to his latest one, "Two Roses" with Gothenburg Symphony orchestra. ...and some excellent trio stuff in between. I like artists that surprise me every time they release something new, just like Pat :-) By the way; I just pre-ordered Lyle Mays` last recording "Eberhard" on one-sided vinyl. ... and the latest from Pat, also on vinyl, of course. Exciting days ahead
molesoulsandal Aug 04 2021 at 2:39 PM	james francies’ new album called ’purest form’. lights out . . . . . . also, ’on dark horses’ by emma ruth rundle. these two albums have new info that is most welcome ’round here.
MarcNebo Jul 28 2021 at 7:45 PM	molesoulsandal : Thank you for the Lyle Mays record alert. I will pre-order tonight. I read the review at Bandcamp and it sounds like it is going to be fantastic.
molesoulsandal Jul 27 2021 at 2:00 PM	everyone stayed tuned for ’eberhard’, by lyle mays - out on 8/27.
BobSmith1 Jul 27 2021 at 11:24 AM	Taylor Eigsti’s latest "Tree Falls". Just a mega-talented pianist and an amazing, very musical record. Check out "Skylark" for a mind-bending key-change extravaganza. Lots of heavy-hitters on here including the great Eric Harland on drums.
MarcNebo Jul 24 2021 at 10:03 PM	Cicadas, not a band, the insect. Not music, but music to the female Cicadas. They are loud with the windows closed and really loud with open windows. Listening to Julian Lage’s new trio record Squint with his longtime bassist Jorge Roeder and Dave King (The Bad Plus). Excellent and diverse record. Young guitarist with a long career already. There was a short documentary of him, Jules At Eight (?). He has played with Carlos Santana and has at least six records as a leader. Like Pat each one is different than the previous (or next one). Julian has his own distinct sound. I caught him in 2011 with his band during the Gladwell tour. I spoke with him after the show and again after a guitar duet show as part of John Zorn’s special project. Both times a very nice and down-to-earth person. There is a great article on him in the July Downbeat.
Oystein Jul 19 2021 at 4:11 AM	It starts when we disappear ...obviously :-)
BobSmith1 May 19 2021 at 10:38 PM	"Sunrise Reprise" by Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio (James Francies and Eric Harland). Brand new album. Mind blowing, high energy jazz of the highest order. Overflowing with ideas. Parts of it remind me of mid-seventies Weather Report.
bhal May 19 2021 at 8:02 PM	Pepper Adams - Encounter Featuring Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter& Elvin Jones
shockandwoe May 11 2021 at 8:53 AM	James Beckwith live at Ronnie Scott’s
BobSmith1 May 05 2021 at 11:41 AM	The White Album. I wonder if Pat has ever considered a 42-string Pikasso version of April Wind?
Kooltrane Mar 26 2021 at 11:48 AM	Charles Lloyd’s "Tone Poem" and Dr. Lonnie Smith’s "Breathe." The Guru of The Sax meets The Soul/Jazz-Master w/a guest appearance by Iggy Pop! For guitar fans out there, Jonathan Kriesberg is a monster player.
hman01 Mar 25 2021 at 12:22 PM	I I have been revisiting the John Zorn Book of Angels recordings. I love Pat’s Volume 20 Tap recording. Also, John Zorn’s 50th BirthdayCelebration recordings are live with 3 hours plus of great jams by a group called Bar Kokhba.
BobSmith1 Mar 24 2021 at 1:58 PM	"The Fields, The Sky" from Travels then "If I Could" from First Circle. All I can say is that the Pat Metheny Group is a national treasure and I’m just grateful the fates allowed me to chance onto them all those decades ago. Thanks Pat.
Oystein Feb 01 2021 at 1:02 PM	Jungle City. With drummer Alex Acuña, Jan Gunnar Hoff on keys and Per Mathisen on the fretless. This South American/ Norwegian jazz power-trio has it all.
Gyuri Dec 30 2020 at 4:40 AM	Wayne Shorter’s "Speak No Evil" from 1964. Wow...
webtrotter1958 Dec 18 2020 at 7:11 PM	Humbly I am coming back here, after probably years being out of this forum. So , going directly to the point, recently I listened for the first time, a live recording of the PMG, a concert at Besançon, France, 1991. It`s almost the same setlist of More Travels, and the same lineup, with Pedro and Marçal. Aparently, it was recorded enterely for make a selection for the official live release , "More Travels". The sound quality is very good, , and the interpretation is superb! I know that "pirate" releases are bad thing, but the feeling and emotion of hearing that PMG era, at their peak, is unmeasurable.. Again, as usual, sorry for my poor english, being argentinian , not much opportunityof practicing it.
molesoulsandal Dec 18 2020 at 2:33 PM	the splendid multi-level guitarist matthew stevens also plays a lot with esperanza spalding, who seems to be someone, rather like jacob collier, who the world just doesn’t seem quite ’ready for’ as of yet . . . . nobody really talks much about espy, altho pat has referred to her as ’the X-factor’, but she just continues to do precisely what this ’jazz’ thing has always, presumably, been about: creating from the head and the heart, neverending and with no, as in ZERO, boundaries . . . . same thing with collier - he’s maybe even more ’weird’ for the general public to figger . . . . i think he scares most so-called ’jazz’ folks . . . . herbie has talked about JC’s exalted sense of harmony - an otherworldly sense of harmony at that . . . i think it sounds so ’impossible’ that people just can’t/won’t wrap their heads around it. but anyway, back to matthew stevens: his contributions to many projects are way down deep in the groove(s), particularly what he does w/esperanza’s stuff . . . . . ’course, his solo records are killer, too!
harn Dec 18 2020 at 8:43 AM	franksexton - I have the album, but I’d forgotten about his version of Last Train Home so thank you, it’s made me listen again to the whole thing. Contemporaries (guitarists) of Hekselman who I’m also really enjoying are Ant Law, Rob Luft, Matthew Stevens (plays a lot with Linda Oh) Hristo Vichev, Chris Montague.
Kooltrane Dec 17 2020 at 11:53 AM	Beethoven. Symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas. Happy 250th Ludwig!
franksexton Dec 16 2020 at 10:06 AM	FYI, Gilad Hekselman - Homes has a cover of Last Train Home
molesoulsandal Dec 14 2020 at 6:54 PM	dino saluzzi . . . . all his stuff.
BobSmith1 Dec 14 2020 at 3:54 PM	harn--Trio Grande--this is a great record. Antonio is amazing and the sound of the recording is superb and it’s a real sonic treat. It appears that the guitarist Hekselman is playing the bass parts too. Thanks for the heads-up!
harn Dec 13 2020 at 6:36 AM	Trio Grande. Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman and Antonio Sanchez. Superb stuff, Hekselman has become one of my favourite current guitarists. Unfortunately there are quite a few tracks only available on the vinyl version which is expensive. I’m not sure I see the logic in that as not everyone wants to revert back to vinyl. But I really want to hear those tracks!
BobSmith1 Nov 18 2020 at 1:30 PM	Elina Duni-Lost Ships, new on ECM, recorded Feb 2020. Elina Duni-voice, guitarist Rob Luft, great young talent. Fred Thomas on piano and drums, Matthieu Michel on horn. This recording reveals more and more with each subsequent listen and the group has great synergy.
Gyuri Nov 17 2020 at 10:49 AM	Chick Corea’s "The Vigil" and "Chinese Butterfly"
bsl8081 Nov 13 2020 at 10:42 PM	Frank Zappa “Over-Nite Sensation” Big Brian Blade fan and I also dig Yellowjackets, no apologies here. Forum subject: What are you listening to now?
molesoulsandal Nov 11 2020 at 6:07 PM	brian blade - mama rosa
bluepno Nov 11 2020 at 12:38 PM	Pet Sounds...
Oystein Nov 10 2020 at 5:00 PM	That`s totally ok, Mole, I can easily take a music discussion any time :) That`s just the spice of life, isn`t it? While writing this, I`m listening to the latest release from my favourite Lebanese trumpeter; Ibrahim Maalouf - 40 melodies. More than two hours of duets with well-known and not-so-well known musicians; Trilok Gurtu, Kronos Quartet, Richard Bona, Arturo Sandoval etc. I.M. is a truly outstanding artist, with a tone and technique unmatched by anyone I have heard before. For those interested in exploring this phenomenal artist, I would recommend "Illusions" or "Red and Black Light" to start with.
molesoulsandal Nov 10 2020 at 2:36 PM	i do want to add that at no time did i mention ’jazz’, or use the word ’jazz’ . . . . i bleeding loathe the ’jazz police’ . . . . i was knocking ’fusion’, a word i DID use, and like pat, lyle, and many others, i shall continue to knock it for the duration . . . . . i’m not looking for ’jazz’ - am only interested in creative music . . . . . . . therefore, from ornette to stravinsky to joni i will always, and have done so since knee pants, remain attentive to improvisational endeavors and expressions of the heart & soul . . . . . . however, that doesn’t acquit me from my embarrassing rant about yellowjackets, etc . . . . . . once more, i cannot apologize enough for such carelessness . . . . i prefer to think that such foolishness is ’not like me’ (haha) . . . . . . maybe i was just having a bad day - (ha again!)
molesoulsandal Nov 10 2020 at 8:01 AM	i sincerely apologize for my less than favorable comments about yellowjackets. it was stupid and i’m sorry. that group has certainly evolved over the years and just ’cause i don’t listen to em don’t mean that they’re not super players/writers. again, sorry.
Oystein Nov 10 2020 at 7:54 AM	Molesoulsandal - I hope we`re not going back to the "what is jazz and what is not" - discussion from so many years ago, when the Jazz Police still existed :-) We`ve come a long way since then, and in here we can talk about Prog or Metal or Classical or Avantgarde or Rap ...eeh, not Rap, but a variety of music that has shaped us into Patheads. Pat himself told me many years ago during a talk we had, that he was a big Beatles fan. It surprised me a bit back then, but as I grow into his music over the years, I can fully relate to that. None of us were born jazz- aficionados. When it comes to the Jackets, they are just as jazzy as anybody. Have you been listening to any of their records (...other than their first two fusion records)? Pat himself has collaborated during the years with a number of non-jazz musicians, released albums with pop- covers, and he is still my friend... So, let`s be open minded
molesoulsandal Nov 08 2020 at 7:50 PM	yellowjackets? really? really? remember, this is the pat metheny website. this ain’t about fusion. hey! i guess ’fusion’ is ok, but really? . . . . there ain’t no way that guys from the soul (like naut) are gonna put up with this....
molesoulsandal Nov 08 2020 at 7:36 PM	anybody remember ’faith healer’? what an extremely generous offering from pat, grenadier, and bill stewart. nobody talks about it - they mostly never have - but, fer me, it’s still the fucking shit, man! i remember my, if i may, dear friend ’naut’, and he knows what i speak of. he has a soul massively larger than the deficit between politicians . . . . . i know that he understands what was going on w/faith healer . . . . . ’naut’ is/was no dummy - he just worked there, that’s all. i’ve known very, very, very few folks as compassionate as mr. naut. fine.
MarcNebo Nov 08 2020 at 6:26 PM	Recently I ordered new earpads for my Grado Headphones. The earpads are not only much more comfortable, but the also improved the bass and overall sound. I have been listening to many of Pat’s CDs from Bright Size Life to From This Place. I am really enjoying hearing them in a different way and little nuances are much clearer. One example is how Steve Rodby’s bass stands out more and the cymbals and drums have more clarity. It’s a great way and excuse to explore my collection of Pat and my other favorite Jazz musicians. I also have been checking out some of the Live Streaming shows from the Village Vanguard and other NYC clubs. It’s not the same as hearing live Jazz in person, but for 2020 it works well enough.
Oystein Nov 08 2020 at 2:10 PM	The latest from Yellowjackets; Jackets XL. A collaboration with WDR Big Band, and a successful one, IMO. The Jackets are brilliant as ever, and seem to really have fun doing this record. I`m also listening a lot to stuff from the earlier PMG catalogue, like Imaginary Day and Speaking of Now.
Gyuri Nov 08 2020 at 5:32 AM	Keb’ Mo’s stuff back to back
Oystein Oct 26 2020 at 4:40 PM	Genesis - Trespass. This brilliant prog album has its 50th anniversary this year! Spinning the vinyl after many years of hibernation... :-)
patsfan Oct 22 2020 at 11:05 PM	Follow me ..... a definitive melody from Imaginary Day
BobSmith1 Oct 22 2020 at 12:29 AM	Oregon: "Hungry Heart" from Roots in the Sky.
tiny_tim Oct 19 2020 at 4:17 PM	The 80s were pretty cool.....including Level 42.....check out this gig in 2009 in Utrecht, Holland...brother Gary Husband on the Kit=major pedigree......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB5QGi1Dvw0
Gyuri Oct 18 2020 at 2:05 PM	"Before we were so rudely interrupted", a reunion album by The Animals from 1977. Great great blues music, a real gem.
molesoulsandal Oct 01 2020 at 6:47 PM	the truth will ALWAYS be . . . . . . . . . .
Gyuri Oct 01 2020 at 4:52 AM	Secret Story. Pure beauty and joy
Tyler Durden Sep 24 2020 at 8:14 PM	Holly Bowlings Wilderness Sessions. Youtube. An amazing talent on the Piano, her music goes way deep.
tiny_tim Sep 18 2020 at 2:53 PM	This remastered gem...through headphones...such a prog rock band...so so fine all of them on this blazin’ chart....https://youtu.be/ydAANC7sl0Y...
Kooltrane Aug 06 2020 at 12:34 PM	King Crimson. Especially the Belew years i.e. Indiscipline, Beat, Three of A Perfect Pair. Belew’-guitar-wizard, Levin- The Stick Man, Bruford-Master percusssionist and Fripp-Genius.
dm6759 Aug 03 2020 at 12:32 AM	You’re welcome....and thanks for your additional suggestions. One other group that I have begun following is Champlin Williams Friestedt. The group is comprised of former Chicago and Sons Of Champlin member Bill Champlin, Joseph Williams from Toto and Swedish guitarist and noted LA session player Peter Friestedt. They have released 2 albums and an EP. Their latest album, CWF 2, just came out about 3 months ago.
popcorn Aug 02 2020 at 1:54 PM	Thanks much for The Explorers Club recommendation, dm6759. Some of the best 60s-inflluenced pop/rock I’ve heard in a while. Perfect music to brighten our dark times. Reminds me most of The Wondermints, a ‘90s group that ended up backing Brian Wilson…First and foremost, I’m a fan of guitar-driven fusion. Along those lines, a few recent releases I recommend: the upcoming album “The Ritual Begins at Sundown” by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who enlisted a bunch of former Zappa band members for a foray into jazz; Andrew Synowiec’s “Second Story,” a debut release from a session guitarist for the Who, Gordon Goodwin, and many others; and Kingsley Durant’s “Point of Reference.”
dm6759 Jul 28 2020 at 4:53 PM	Because of how depressing the current state of the country is in with the virus and political & social unrest, I’ve turned to a band that I previously had not heard of, The Explorers Club. They’ve apparently been around for about 15 years. They play "sunshine pop music" in the vein of The Beach Boys, The Turtles & The Zombies among others. They just released two new albums last month. One is an album of made up of covers of 60’s songs. That album is titled is "To Sing And Be Born Again". Their other new album is self-titled and is original songs....but done in the 1960’s styles. I think that their stuff is great....maybe because, at this point, I long for the simpler, happier days of my youth. The band itself is originally from Charleston, SC, but they are now based in Nashville. Has anybody else heard their stuff?
tiny_tim Jul 28 2020 at 2:24 PM	Chase... all Hail a game changing group...twas from that period (including blowing a B flat trumpet myself)... but never had a chance to see them live in the greater OKC area (or touching surrounds).....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXCABW9L5u8.....check them out... beyond this amazin’ album....
broph Jul 15 2020 at 5:01 AM	Nir Felder’s new release II. Never heard of him until I listened to a recent episode of the Chasing Frets podcast. The "Fire in August" track is what caught me with it’s great groove. Listening to the rest of the release lots of other gems.
facing west Jul 13 2020 at 6:44 PM	Pat Metheny meets Martin Simpson? Didn’t think it was possible. But Scottish guitarist Stuart McCallum pulls it off on albums like Solitude and The Space Between. Brilliant stuff.
MarcNebo Jul 10 2020 at 11:35 AM	franksexton: I also have been rediscovering many of Pat’s records (CDs) in my extensive collection from Bright Size Life to From This Place. ZTFS is the only one that I can’t get past the second track. I haven’t been able to figure out what Pat was trying to achieve, but on the first track I was amazed how he could shred for such a long time. One of these days I might get all the way through it, maybe if I pickup where I left off. Also during the Shutdown I brought out my box of magazines featuring Pat on the cover starting with 1979 Downbeat to 2019 Downbeat (over 30 magazines). I wish I had a way to post the Neil Tesser analysis of Pat in the 1979 Downbeat. He was very impressed by his talent and vision at such a young age (22). I did find it very funny that Neil said that he didn’t think he would sell more records than Chuck Mangionne.
djangocat Jul 10 2020 at 9:35 AM	I have a flash drive with all of Pat’s Cd’s and most of the Cd’s that he is a sideman on. It also has whatever Miles Davis I have on it also. So I have been listening to a lot of that.
franksexton Jul 09 2020 at 3:39 PM	MarcNebo ,I was stuck in traffic yesterday, luckily I had my JAZZ flash drive with most of Pat’s music on it. Random selection gave me Bad Hombre from Antonio that then caused me to listen to Sariel from Tap which then led me to Faith Healer from Trio live which in turn led me listen to Zero Tolerance for Silence Part 1. Only thing was given that Road Rage shooting are happening here on Detroit freeways , I didn’t feel safe to up the volume to much. ZTFS is maybe the least liked music that Pat has made and I don’t always get into it . by playing it as I did I was able to relate some of it’s elements to other of Pat’s more experimental works.
bhal Jul 01 2020 at 11:15 AM	Pat Metheny Trio>Live, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers W/Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane & Don Cherry-The Avant- Garde, Dexter Gordon-Homecoming Live at the Village Vanguard
BobSmith1 Jun 26 2020 at 11:30 PM	New album from Marcin Wasilewski Trio and Joe Lovano on ECM called "Arctic Riff".
Gyuri Jun 25 2020 at 4:24 AM	Thanks, MarcNebo. They’re on my radar.
tiny_tim Jun 24 2020 at 9:26 AM	For some years I have been following Sophie Hunger (from Switzerland, but now based in Berlin).....here’s a chart from her latest album recorded in Abbey Lane Studios......https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=fmmu6ys0qho&fbclid=IwAR29Ip_A1zIIunDkVBFeEZH50Q_sRrz3hbMGdxgdtz7S7py3wIT2B13paNs
Dortboy Jun 23 2020 at 9:15 AM	The Amazon Fairy brought us some good s****t last week: "Swallow Tales" by John Scofield is amazing, but of course we knew it would be; ditto "Rough And Rowdy Ways" by Bob Dylan... but the two most recent albums by Norah Jones - "Pick Me Up Off The Floor" and "Begin Again" - have commanded the most speaker time in our house, not least because NJ is Dortgirl’s Fantasy Lesbian Lover (which I encourage) but also because they are absolutely brilliant - great writing, great performances, tasteful production and, of course, Brian Blade. Check ’em all out. Peace from Porkopolis and stay safe, y’all...
MarcNebo Jun 21 2020 at 8:49 PM	Yesterday I listened to Pilgrimage, Michael Brecker’s last recording. Pat, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, John Patitucci and Jack DeJohnette are the all-star band. It was recorded just before Michael died and he was very sick. In the liner notes Pat says he considers that Brecker’s best release and was amazed with his solos. It’s worth buying just for the tune Tumbleweed with Pat and Michael dueling and everyone else playing their butts off. I have been playing a lot of my Pat cd’s and other recordings he is on. Is helping me get through the shutdown. My life isn’t the same without live Jazz. Last year I saw 235 bands live (multiple bands some days and jam session bands). This year I am stuck on seventeen bands, since February.
MarcNebo Jun 21 2020 at 8:34 PM	Gyuri: Check out his most recent recordings. A Moment’s Peace with Larry Goldings (piano & organ), Scott Colley (bass) and Brian Blade. More laid back Scofield and very good. Past Present with Joe Lovano, Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart. Great combination of Lovano/Scofield and variety of material. Saw the band live two or three times. Country For Old Men with Larry Goldings, Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart. Great band playing Jazzed up Country tunes. Scofield’s guitar sings the vocals. Combo 66 with Gerald Clayton, Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart. Pretty much straight ahead great Jazz. New Scofield cd Swallow Tales is in the mail, due this week. I also saw Combo 66 twice last tour. I like all four of the records above. Like Pat each cd is very different from the previous one.
Gyuri Jun 21 2020 at 11:31 AM	Roughly half of John Scofield’s output back to back. Having purchased dirt cheap and fallen in love with his 5 Original Albums box set, I quickly bought another 8 albums and can’t stop listening to them - "Who’s Who", the "Überjam" band stuff (including "Up All Night" and "Überjam 2"), "Blue Matter", "Loud Jazz" and "Electric Outlet" - and I haven’t finished yet. At the moment "Still Warm" from 1986 is playing. I already had "Quiet", "A Go Go" and the very recent "Hudson" (saw them in Budapest last year). He is pure genius.
MarcNebo May 08 2020 at 4:36 PM	franksexton First thank you. Sariel is hard to describe. Starts like a chorus of ouds and morphs into rock-like wailing electric guitar and then back to the oud chorus and electric guitar to finish. I would have loved being in the studio with Antonio and Pat to see it being put together. I saw a John Zorn project several years ago at the Art Institute of Chicago. He had organized mostly Jazz musicians into groups that played in about a dozen galleries in the museum. I saw Julian Lage and another guitarist playing in front of Picasso’s famous painting of a guitarist. If I remember John Zorn composed all the songs, but let the musicians improvise. For the Picasso show I was sitting on the floor directly across from John Zorn sitting on the floor. I probably watched Zorn’s reactions half of the time during the performance. Lots of smiling going on.
franksexton May 08 2020 at 10:15 AM	MarcNebo, I second you on Tap and esp. on Sariel. Killer tune, one of my Pat favorites.
MarcNebo May 07 2020 at 9:17 PM	I revisited Pat Metheny/Tap John Zorn’s Book of Angels Volume 20. John Zorn composed all the songs but gave Pat a lot of freedom to make them his own. In the liner notes Zorn raves about Pat and vice versa. I don’t know much about John Zorn but I thought they were from different planets. I was wrong, it is very impressive and emotional music. One tune Sariel features some of Pat’s special guitars and it starts out with an oud chorus and morphs into electric guitars rocking out.Pat plays all the instruments except for Antonio Sanchez on drums. He even uses some of the Orchestrion instruments. I highly recommend that you track it down, you won’t be disappointed.
naut May 01 2020 at 3:15 PM	Any of ’em are good, frank. I lean toward "Home Again," or you could do as David says on "What You Whispered" and "Start with the Ending." hehe Good listening, amigo.
franksexton May 01 2020 at 12:09 PM	naut, thanks for the additional input, MELCAT has these other titles, I put the year in parenthesis : Reverie (2010), Open hand(2009) , Airstream(2008), What you whispered(2000), The very best of David Wilcox(2001), Underneath(1999), Turning point(19977), East Asheville Hardware(1995), Home again(1991)
naut Apr 30 2020 at 9:23 PM	frank, that "Best of David Wilcox" is a laudable collection of songs, but I can’t recommend "Big Horizon" too highly, if you can find it. And many fans believe his ultimate best is the early "How Did You Find Me Here," a selection I would agree with wholeheartedly. The early "Home Again" is pretty top-notch too, though I think "HDYFMH" is a little stronger. -- "The Works" is good Jonatha, for sure, Rob. I like all her reocrds, but I’m particularly fond of "Steady Pull." The groove she gets on that title track is among my favorites of hers. (I also love the tune "When Two and Two Are Five," for its portrait of oblivion as much as anything. Not to diminish the brilliance of "So Much Mine," "At the Still Point," the title track of that fine angel album, and many more ....)
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facing west
May 20 2022
at 10:13 AM

A young multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer called Sly5thAve. Everything he does is worth checking out. Some of it has a Miles Davis meets Gil Evans vibe. His latest, Agua de Jamaica, was recorded in Mexico City. I’ve never been, but this album makes me feel like I’m right there on the streets.

naut
May 20 2022
at 4:58 AM

Joey Alexander’s new one, Origin. Larry on bass, Kendrick on skins, Gilad on six-string on three tracks, and Chris on soprano & tenor on three tracks. Pat’s bound to like this one. I sure do.

Dudely
May 14 2022
at 9:23 PM

Check out The Mighty Oaks; Just One Day

MarcNebo
May 07 2022
at 4:04 PM

Air by Martin Wind New York Bass Quartet. I believe five of the songs feature only the four bassist playing and the other songs are with Lenny White, Matt Wilson on drums and Gary Versace (piano, organ, accordion). Beautiful compositions and arrangement and excellent playing by all. The record starts and ends with Air by JS Bach (first four bass version and trio version at the end. Only three originals from Martin Wind, a Beatles Medley, Birdland (Weather Report), Tell Her You Saw Me (Pat) and Silence (Charlie Haden). It’s an excellent feel good record with a lot of surprises. Amazing how four bassist playing together can generate such high & low volume. I highly recommend it.

Oystein
May 05 2022
at 2:59 AM

Jazz Sabbath vol. 1 and 2. Interesting approach, and a great tribute to the pioneers of heavy rock. ...for those of us who enjoy multiple musical genres.

naut
Mar 25 2022
at 9:14 PM

It’s astounding just how terrific a pianist Michel Petrucciani was.

bluepno
Mar 15 2022
at 11:42 AM

Creation...Jarrett

BobSmith1
Mar 15 2022
at 11:12 AM

Oystein- Ditto on San Lorenzo. That was the one that got me on-board with Pat and company. It was the song that made me realize that there are no boundaries in music. Still as as exciting as it was the first time I heard it on the radio and said to myself, what was that!!??

Oystein
Mar 14 2022
at 1:14 PM

San Lorenzo. Again. Still the best composition and most beautiful melody from the Golden Era of PMG. Sounding just as fresh as the first time I unboxed the new vinyl in -78.

patsfan
Feb 27 2022
at 10:14 PM

To the End of The World ….. the ultimate hypnotic and soothing composition to take anywhere, even to the end of the world ….

naut
Feb 24 2022
at 6:44 PM

Distant hands in foreign lands / Are turning hidden wheels / Causing things to come about / Which no one seems to feel / All invisible from where we stand / The connections come to pass / And though too strange to comprehend / They affect us nonetheless, yes -- JT

MarcNebo
Feb 24 2022
at 10:48 AM

molesoulsandal : I’ve discovered several young tenor saxophonists that I believe will have an incredible future. But after reading Pat’s "Tribute to Michael Brecker" at Community : Writings at this website and the Michael Brecker biography I don’t think there will be another saxophonist to equal Brecker. If you read Pat’s tribute you will see how I formed my opinion. I do know that if there is another great saxophonist out there Pat will find him. I just watched the Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light DVD with Pat, Lyle, Jaco, Don Alias and Michael Brecker from 1980. What a amazing band and show. Extremely tight band and great recording, everybody can be clearly heard. Brecker did’t play on every song, but when he did his playing was excellent.

molesoulsandal
Feb 22 2022
at 4:05 PM

here’s a humble, but considered prediction: the heir apparent to mike brecker is here, and he is lucas pino. i think pat might even lean towards agreeing.

MarcNebo
Feb 12 2022
at 11:33 PM

Vijay Iyer Trio "Uneasy" excellent piano trio record. Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums. Beautiful music from a great trio. No solos, just great pianist with strong support by the bass and drums. Check it out.

naut
Feb 12 2022
at 8:10 PM

A Bros - "At Fillmore East." As it says on a Barq’s container: "IT’S GOOD"

molesoulsandal
Feb 10 2022
at 2:06 PM

i was just telling a friend that, on utube, there’s a 27 minute interview w/carlos santana & the entire thing is carlos talking about miles. it’s truly hilarious (since miles was always VERY funny) and comes highly recommended for all lovers of miles davis, high ferking humor, and the sweet, sweet heart of carlos santana.

molesoulsandal
Feb 09 2022
at 8:16 AM

on utube: the ’hero trio’, featuring rudresh mahanthappa, francois moutin, & rudy royston doing a killer version of ’missouri uncompromised’ that we’re pretty sure pat would applaud.

naut
Feb 09 2022
at 3:39 AM

hahaha. Had to utoob that one. Nice little ditty. I think he’s got a famous brother. / Check out the group/duo Street Pajama, molester, esp. "I Get Peculiar."

molesoulsandal
Feb 08 2022
at 4:05 AM

’i’ve got my pajamas on’, by livingston taylor

franksexton
Feb 07 2022
at 6:43 PM

Classical days and jazzy nights - WRCJ in Detroit

Willbur
Feb 07 2022
at 4:49 PM

Tim Berne - Bloodcount, David Torn - Polytown, Nels Cline Singers - Share The Wealth (my 2020 album of the year)

JamesInNC
Feb 02 2022
at 6:29 PM

Juana Molina, ANRMAL (Live In Mexico) 2020

bhal
Jan 31 2022
at 3:15 PM

Just got in my late January, it’s cold as heck care package to myself. Pat Metheny - Side Eye NYC V1.IV, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Oystein
Jan 25 2022
at 3:07 AM

"Goodnight Kiss" from the superb Ibrahim Maalouf. My favourite Libanese trumpeter :) Interesting time signatures and excellent skills. My advise is to check out his albums "Red & Black Light" and "Illusions".

facing west
Jan 24 2022
at 2:12 PM

Lots of Tall Black Guy, j dilla, Madlib & Kiefer. Also, ’With Love, from Glasgow,’ by Rebecca Vasmant. Just great stuff.

patsfan
Jan 23 2022
at 10:01 PM

I always come back to John McGlaughlin’s The Promise (1995). He had a reservoir of great guest musicians.. My favorite tune is ‘ Shin Jin Rui ‘ …. David Sanborn on alto sax and Don Alias ( and others) on percussion were predominant contributors to this incredible tune.. One of my favorites !

Kooltrane
Jan 21 2022
at 8:15 AM

Charles Lloyd and The Marvels. Frisell on guitar. Some serious funk here.

MarcNebo
Jan 20 2022
at 8:36 AM

More like What are you watching now? I saw a NPR Tiny Desk Concert video of guitarist Yasmin Williams. Watch the entire video, the best part is a the end. I don’t know how she does it. Another video of hers is with a Harp Guitar.

molesoulsandal
Jan 17 2022
at 2:11 PM

sixty-six, by pat

franksexton
Jan 12 2022
at 6:14 PM

Disturbed’s cover of Sounds Of Silence. Suprisingly good.

facing west
Jan 09 2022
at 4:01 PM

Theo Croker - Blck2Life, A Future Past. My god, what an album. Just astounding.

Antoñete
Jan 02 2022
at 7:22 PM

Heart of Stone, Daryll Hall & Dave Stewart

MarcNebo
Jan 01 2022
at 9:52 AM

After reading the Michael Brecker biography "Ode To A Tenor Titan" I re-listened to Brecker’s last record, Pilgrimage. I think that knowing that he was dying inspired Michael and the other musicians to create his best record and I real masterpiece. Every time I listen to Michael and Pat dueling on Tumbleweed the hair on my neck stands up.

molesoulsandal
Jan 01 2022
at 9:21 AM

’further to fly’ - one of the deepest of ’deep cuts’, and one o the most butiful songs i’ve ever heard. leave it to naut, a true man of wealth & taste, to come up with thissun!

naut
Dec 29 2021
at 4:48 AM

’Further to Fly’ - Paul Simon

Kooltrane
Dec 16 2021
at 1:14 PM

Swallow Tales: John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart. All compositions by Swallow. Ethereal complex beauty wrapped in simplicity.

Oystein
Dec 13 2021
at 4:30 AM

Fictionary, from Lyle`s "Fictionary". I just love the intro of this composition, where Lyle so brilliantly floats over the piano keys. Perfect music while I`m sitting in for my third vaccine dose :-)

BobSmith1
Nov 13 2021
at 9:41 PM

"Confluence - guitar duets" by Mick Goodrick and Randy Roos. Great playing and love that Mick Goodrick sound!

shockandwoe
Nov 11 2021
at 10:39 PM

Thanks, Marc! Will surely check that out. At the moment I’m kind of stuck and just can’t get past the melancholic elegance of Weber’s Tea on a White Horse, Moana I, and the forward-looking Left Lane (Ode to Wokeness?).

MarcNebo
Nov 11 2021
at 8:47 AM

shockandwoe : You should check out Pat’s record Hommage A Eberhard Weber. Go to the PM website Store for a description of the record. The CD is excellent as is the DVD, Eberhard Weber The Jubilee Concert. Really cool seeing all the great Jazz musicians paying tribute to Eberhard. You could tell Eberhard was moved by the concert. I saw/heard the US debut of the Hommage at the Detroit Jazz Festival complete with a big band and video of Eberhard playing his bass. It was a great composition.

shockandwoe
Nov 09 2021
at 2:18 AM

1970s Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning, Yellow Fields, The Colours of Chloe; stemming from Lyle’s stunningly beautiful final work. One can hear Weber’s influence in Pat/Lyle’s music especially from the Wichita album and even the later ones. Maybe I’m imagining things. I don’t know.

molesoulsandal
Nov 02 2021
at 6:37 AM

pat martino

Oystein
Oct 25 2021
at 3:01 AM

My birthday present from me to myself today, the 25th, is spinning San Lorenzo from my vintage vinyl White Album :-)

Gyuri
Sep 16 2021
at 1:16 AM

"Electric Ladyland", "Cry For Love" and "Crash Landing" by Jimi Hendrix

BobSmith1
Sep 11 2021
at 1:57 PM

"Timeline" from Pat’s new Side-Eye NYC V1.IV. Man, it doesn’t get any better than this!

BobSmith1
Aug 27 2021
at 12:44 PM

I’m really digging the Side-Eye version of Better Days Ahead. I really like the the way it comes in so unexpectedly out of the sort of Phase Dance-like intro. The slower speed of this version really lets you savor the beautiful melody! When I played it for someone cold they immediately said Phase Dance and gradually puzzled out Better Days as the song progressed.

Twilly Spree
Aug 27 2021
at 7:45 AM

Eberhard by Lyle Mays

ranhiu
Aug 19 2021
at 10:53 PM

Vince Mendoza/Czech National Symphony Orchestra - Freedom Over Everything with Joshua Redman, Antonio Sanchez and others. Highly recommended listening for the times we are living in.

franksexton
Aug 16 2021
at 12:39 PM

Denys Baptiste - The Late Trane - very nice reworking of "late" Coltrane music.

tiny_tim
Aug 13 2021
at 8:18 AM

Having a wonderful re-listen to "The Way Up"....with each passing year, since its release it gains more and more traction with things that have happened, changes in the world, et.al.

Oystein
Aug 04 2021
at 4:06 PM

Digging into the universe of the brilliant bass player/ composer/ band leader Avishai Cohen. He seemes to be able to handle a variety of styles, from his "1970" album with a lot of vocals and cool time signatures, to his latest one, "Two Roses" with Gothenburg Symphony orchestra. ...and some excellent trio stuff in between. I like artists that surprise me every time they release something new, just like Pat :-) By the way; I just pre-ordered Lyle Mays` last recording "Eberhard" on one-sided vinyl. ... and the latest from Pat, also on vinyl, of course. Exciting days ahead

molesoulsandal
Aug 04 2021
at 2:39 PM

james francies’ new album called ’purest form’. lights out . . . . . . also, ’on dark horses’ by emma ruth rundle. these two albums have new info that is most welcome ’round here.

MarcNebo
Jul 28 2021
at 7:45 PM

molesoulsandal : Thank you for the Lyle Mays record alert. I will pre-order tonight. I read the review at Bandcamp and it sounds like it is going to be fantastic.

molesoulsandal
Jul 27 2021
at 2:00 PM

everyone stayed tuned for ’eberhard’, by lyle mays - out on 8/27.

BobSmith1
Jul 27 2021
at 11:24 AM

Taylor Eigsti’s latest "Tree Falls". Just a mega-talented pianist and an amazing, very musical record. Check out "Skylark" for a mind-bending key-change extravaganza. Lots of heavy-hitters on here including the great Eric Harland on drums.

MarcNebo
Jul 24 2021
at 10:03 PM

Cicadas, not a band, the insect. Not music, but music to the female Cicadas. They are loud with the windows closed and really loud with open windows. Listening to Julian Lage’s new trio record Squint with his longtime bassist Jorge Roeder and Dave King (The Bad Plus). Excellent and diverse record. Young guitarist with a long career already. There was a short documentary of him, Jules At Eight (?). He has played with Carlos Santana and has at least six records as a leader. Like Pat each one is different than the previous (or next one). Julian has his own distinct sound. I caught him in 2011 with his band during the Gladwell tour. I spoke with him after the show and again after a guitar duet show as part of John Zorn’s special project. Both times a very nice and down-to-earth person. There is a great article on him in the July Downbeat.

Oystein
Jul 19 2021
at 4:11 AM

It starts when we disappear ...obviously :-)

BobSmith1
May 19 2021
at 10:38 PM

"Sunrise Reprise" by Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio (James Francies and Eric Harland). Brand new album. Mind blowing, high energy jazz of the highest order. Overflowing with ideas. Parts of it remind me of mid-seventies Weather Report.

bhal
May 19 2021
at 8:02 PM

Pepper Adams - Encounter Featuring Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter& Elvin Jones

shockandwoe
May 11 2021
at 8:53 AM

James Beckwith live at Ronnie Scott’s

BobSmith1
May 05 2021
at 11:41 AM

The White Album. I wonder if Pat has ever considered a 42-string Pikasso version of April Wind?

Kooltrane
Mar 26 2021
at 11:48 AM

Charles Lloyd’s "Tone Poem" and Dr. Lonnie Smith’s "Breathe." The Guru of The Sax meets The Soul/Jazz-Master w/a guest appearance by Iggy Pop! For guitar fans out there, Jonathan Kriesberg is a monster player.

hman01
Mar 25 2021
at 12:22 PM

I I have been revisiting the John Zorn Book of Angels recordings. I love Pat’s Volume 20 Tap recording. Also, John Zorn’s 50th BirthdayCelebration recordings are live with 3 hours plus of great jams by a group called Bar Kokhba.

BobSmith1
Mar 24 2021
at 1:58 PM

"The Fields, The Sky" from Travels then "If I Could" from First Circle. All I can say is that the Pat Metheny Group is a national treasure and I’m just grateful the fates allowed me to chance onto them all those decades ago. Thanks Pat.

Oystein
Feb 01 2021
at 1:02 PM

Jungle City. With drummer Alex Acuña, Jan Gunnar Hoff on keys and Per Mathisen on the fretless. This South American/ Norwegian jazz power-trio has it all.

Gyuri
Dec 30 2020
at 4:40 AM

Wayne Shorter’s "Speak No Evil" from 1964. Wow...

webtrotter1958
Dec 18 2020
at 7:11 PM

Humbly I am coming back here, after probably years being out of this forum. So , going directly to the point, recently I listened for the first time, a live recording of the PMG, a concert at Besançon, France, 1991. It`s almost the same setlist of More Travels, and the same lineup, with Pedro and Marçal. Aparently, it was recorded enterely for make a selection for the official live release , "More Travels". The sound quality is very good, , and the interpretation is superb! I know that "pirate" releases are bad thing, but the feeling and emotion of hearing that PMG era, at their peak, is unmeasurable.. Again, as usual, sorry for my poor english, being argentinian , not much opportunityof practicing it.

molesoulsandal
Dec 18 2020
at 2:33 PM

the splendid multi-level guitarist matthew stevens also plays a lot with esperanza spalding, who seems to be someone, rather like jacob collier, who the world just doesn’t seem quite ’ready for’ as of yet . . . . nobody really talks much about espy, altho pat has referred to her as ’the X-factor’, but she just continues to do precisely what this ’jazz’ thing has always, presumably, been about: creating from the head and the heart, neverending and with no, as in ZERO, boundaries . . . . same thing with collier - he’s maybe even more ’weird’ for the general public to figger . . . . i think he scares most so-called ’jazz’ folks . . . . herbie has talked about JC’s exalted sense of harmony - an otherworldly sense of harmony at that . . . i think it sounds so ’impossible’ that people just can’t/won’t wrap their heads around it. but anyway, back to matthew stevens: his contributions to many projects are way down deep in the groove(s), particularly what he does w/esperanza’s stuff . . . . . ’course, his solo records are killer, too!

harn
Dec 18 2020
at 8:43 AM

franksexton - I have the album, but I’d forgotten about his version of Last Train Home so thank you, it’s made me listen again to the whole thing. Contemporaries (guitarists) of Hekselman who I’m also really enjoying are Ant Law, Rob Luft, Matthew Stevens (plays a lot with Linda Oh) Hristo Vichev, Chris Montague.

Kooltrane
Dec 17 2020
at 11:53 AM

Beethoven. Symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas. Happy 250th Ludwig!

franksexton
Dec 16 2020
at 10:06 AM

FYI, Gilad Hekselman - Homes has a cover of Last Train Home

molesoulsandal
Dec 14 2020
at 6:54 PM

dino saluzzi . . . . all his stuff.

BobSmith1
Dec 14 2020
at 3:54 PM

harn--Trio Grande--this is a great record. Antonio is amazing and the sound of the recording is superb and it’s a real sonic treat. It appears that the guitarist Hekselman is playing the bass parts too. Thanks for the heads-up!

harn
Dec 13 2020
at 6:36 AM

Trio Grande. Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman and Antonio Sanchez. Superb stuff, Hekselman has become one of my favourite current guitarists. Unfortunately there are quite a few tracks only available on the vinyl version which is expensive. I’m not sure I see the logic in that as not everyone wants to revert back to vinyl. But I really want to hear those tracks!

BobSmith1
Nov 18 2020
at 1:30 PM

Elina Duni-Lost Ships, new on ECM, recorded Feb 2020. Elina Duni-voice, guitarist Rob Luft, great young talent. Fred Thomas on piano and drums, Matthieu Michel on horn. This recording reveals more and more with each subsequent listen and the group has great synergy.

Gyuri
Nov 17 2020
at 10:49 AM

Chick Corea’s "The Vigil" and "Chinese Butterfly"

bsl8081
Nov 13 2020
at 10:42 PM

Frank Zappa “Over-Nite Sensation” Big Brian Blade fan and I also dig Yellowjackets, no apologies here. Forum subject: What are you listening to now?

molesoulsandal
Nov 11 2020
at 6:07 PM

brian blade - mama rosa

bluepno
Nov 11 2020
at 12:38 PM

Pet Sounds...

Oystein
Nov 10 2020
at 5:00 PM

That`s totally ok, Mole, I can easily take a music discussion any time :) That`s just the spice of life, isn`t it? While writing this, I`m listening to the latest release from my favourite Lebanese trumpeter; Ibrahim Maalouf - 40 melodies. More than two hours of duets with well-known and not-so-well known musicians; Trilok Gurtu, Kronos Quartet, Richard Bona, Arturo Sandoval etc. I.M. is a truly outstanding artist, with a tone and technique unmatched by anyone I have heard before. For those interested in exploring this phenomenal artist, I would recommend "Illusions" or "Red and Black Light" to start with.

molesoulsandal
Nov 10 2020
at 2:36 PM

i do want to add that at no time did i mention ’jazz’, or use the word ’jazz’ . . . . i bleeding loathe the ’jazz police’ . . . . i was knocking ’fusion’, a word i DID use, and like pat, lyle, and many others, i shall continue to knock it for the duration . . . . . i’m not looking for ’jazz’ - am only interested in creative music . . . . . . . therefore, from ornette to stravinsky to joni i will always, and have done so since knee pants, remain attentive to improvisational endeavors and expressions of the heart & soul . . . . . . however, that doesn’t acquit me from my embarrassing rant about yellowjackets, etc . . . . . . once more, i cannot apologize enough for such carelessness . . . . i prefer to think that such foolishness is ’not like me’ (haha) . . . . . . maybe i was just having a bad day - (ha again!)

molesoulsandal
Nov 10 2020
at 8:01 AM

i sincerely apologize for my less than favorable comments about yellowjackets. it was stupid and i’m sorry. that group has certainly evolved over the years and just ’cause i don’t listen to em don’t mean that they’re not super players/writers. again, sorry.

Oystein
Nov 10 2020
at 7:54 AM

Molesoulsandal - I hope we`re not going back to the "what is jazz and what is not" - discussion from so many years ago, when the Jazz Police still existed :-) We`ve come a long way since then, and in here we can talk about Prog or Metal or Classical or Avantgarde or Rap ...eeh, not Rap, but a variety of music that has shaped us into Patheads. Pat himself told me many years ago during a talk we had, that he was a big Beatles fan. It surprised me a bit back then, but as I grow into his music over the years, I can fully relate to that. None of us were born jazz- aficionados. When it comes to the Jackets, they are just as jazzy as anybody. Have you been listening to any of their records (...other than their first two fusion records)? Pat himself has collaborated during the years with a number of non-jazz musicians, released albums with pop- covers, and he is still my friend... So, let`s be open minded

molesoulsandal
Nov 08 2020
at 7:50 PM

yellowjackets? really? really? remember, this is the pat metheny website. this ain’t about fusion. hey! i guess ’fusion’ is ok, but really? . . . . there ain’t no way that guys from the soul (like naut) are gonna put up with this....

molesoulsandal
Nov 08 2020
at 7:36 PM

anybody remember ’faith healer’? what an extremely generous offering from pat, grenadier, and bill stewart. nobody talks about it - they mostly never have - but, fer me, it’s still the fucking shit, man! i remember my, if i may, dear friend ’naut’, and he knows what i speak of. he has a soul massively larger than the deficit between politicians . . . . . i know that he understands what was going on w/faith healer . . . . . ’naut’ is/was no dummy - he just worked there, that’s all. i’ve known very, very, very few folks as compassionate as mr. naut. fine.

MarcNebo
Nov 08 2020
at 6:26 PM

Recently I ordered new earpads for my Grado Headphones. The earpads are not only much more comfortable, but the also improved the bass and overall sound. I have been listening to many of Pat’s CDs from Bright Size Life to From This Place. I am really enjoying hearing them in a different way and little nuances are much clearer. One example is how Steve Rodby’s bass stands out more and the cymbals and drums have more clarity. It’s a great way and excuse to explore my collection of Pat and my other favorite Jazz musicians. I also have been checking out some of the Live Streaming shows from the Village Vanguard and other NYC clubs. It’s not the same as hearing live Jazz in person, but for 2020 it works well enough.

Oystein
Nov 08 2020
at 2:10 PM

The latest from Yellowjackets; Jackets XL. A collaboration with WDR Big Band, and a successful one, IMO. The Jackets are brilliant as ever, and seem to really have fun doing this record. I`m also listening a lot to stuff from the earlier PMG catalogue, like Imaginary Day and Speaking of Now.

Gyuri
Nov 08 2020
at 5:32 AM

Keb’ Mo’s stuff back to back

Oystein
Oct 26 2020
at 4:40 PM

Genesis - Trespass. This brilliant prog album has its 50th anniversary this year! Spinning the vinyl after many years of hibernation... :-)

patsfan
Oct 22 2020
at 11:05 PM

Follow me ..... a definitive melody from Imaginary Day

BobSmith1
Oct 22 2020
at 12:29 AM

Oregon: "Hungry Heart" from Roots in the Sky.

tiny_tim
Oct 19 2020
at 4:17 PM

The 80s were pretty cool.....including Level 42.....check out this gig in 2009 in Utrecht, Holland...brother Gary Husband on the Kit=major pedigree......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB5QGi1Dvw0

Gyuri
Oct 18 2020
at 2:05 PM

"Before we were so rudely interrupted", a reunion album by The Animals from 1977. Great great blues music, a real gem.

molesoulsandal
Oct 01 2020
at 6:47 PM

the truth will ALWAYS be . . . . . . . . . .

Gyuri
Oct 01 2020
at 4:52 AM

Secret Story. Pure beauty and joy

Tyler Durden
Sep 24 2020
at 8:14 PM

Holly Bowlings Wilderness Sessions. Youtube. An amazing talent on the Piano, her music goes way deep.

tiny_tim
Sep 18 2020
at 2:53 PM

This remastered gem...through headphones...such a prog rock band...so so fine all of them on this blazin’ chart....https://youtu.be/ydAANC7sl0Y...

Kooltrane
Aug 06 2020
at 12:34 PM

King Crimson. Especially the Belew years i.e. Indiscipline, Beat, Three of A Perfect Pair. Belew’-guitar-wizard, Levin- The Stick Man, Bruford-Master percusssionist and Fripp-Genius.

dm6759
Aug 03 2020
at 12:32 AM

You’re welcome....and thanks for your additional suggestions. One other group that I have begun following is Champlin Williams Friestedt. The group is comprised of former Chicago and Sons Of Champlin member Bill Champlin, Joseph Williams from Toto and Swedish guitarist and noted LA session player Peter Friestedt. They have released 2 albums and an EP. Their latest album, CWF 2, just came out about 3 months ago.

popcorn
Aug 02 2020
at 1:54 PM

Thanks much for The Explorers Club recommendation, dm6759. Some of the best 60s-inflluenced pop/rock I’ve heard in a while. Perfect music to brighten our dark times. Reminds me most of The Wondermints, a ‘90s group that ended up backing Brian Wilson…First and foremost, I’m a fan of guitar-driven fusion. Along those lines, a few recent releases I recommend: the upcoming album “The Ritual Begins at Sundown” by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who enlisted a bunch of former Zappa band members for a foray into jazz; Andrew Synowiec’s “Second Story,” a debut release from a session guitarist for the Who, Gordon Goodwin, and many others; and Kingsley Durant’s “Point of Reference.”

dm6759
Jul 28 2020
at 4:53 PM

Because of how depressing the current state of the country is in with the virus and political & social unrest, I’ve turned to a band that I previously had not heard of, The Explorers Club. They’ve apparently been around for about 15 years. They play "sunshine pop music" in the vein of The Beach Boys, The Turtles & The Zombies among others. They just released two new albums last month. One is an album of made up of covers of 60’s songs. That album is titled is "To Sing And Be Born Again". Their other new album is self-titled and is original songs....but done in the 1960’s styles. I think that their stuff is great....maybe because, at this point, I long for the simpler, happier days of my youth. The band itself is originally from Charleston, SC, but they are now based in Nashville. Has anybody else heard their stuff?

tiny_tim
Jul 28 2020
at 2:24 PM

Chase... all Hail a game changing group...twas from that period (including blowing a B flat trumpet myself)... but never had a chance to see them live in the greater OKC area (or touching surrounds).....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXCABW9L5u8.....check them out... beyond this amazin’ album....

broph
Jul 15 2020
at 5:01 AM

Nir Felder’s new release II. Never heard of him until I listened to a recent episode of the Chasing Frets podcast. The "Fire in August" track is what caught me with it’s great groove. Listening to the rest of the release lots of other gems.

facing west
Jul 13 2020
at 6:44 PM

Pat Metheny meets Martin Simpson? Didn’t think it was possible. But Scottish guitarist Stuart McCallum pulls it off on albums like Solitude and The Space Between. Brilliant stuff.

MarcNebo
Jul 10 2020
at 11:35 AM

franksexton: I also have been rediscovering many of Pat’s records (CDs) in my extensive collection from Bright Size Life to From This Place. ZTFS is the only one that I can’t get past the second track. I haven’t been able to figure out what Pat was trying to achieve, but on the first track I was amazed how he could shred for such a long time. One of these days I might get all the way through it, maybe if I pickup where I left off. Also during the Shutdown I brought out my box of magazines featuring Pat on the cover starting with 1979 Downbeat to 2019 Downbeat (over 30 magazines). I wish I had a way to post the Neil Tesser analysis of Pat in the 1979 Downbeat. He was very impressed by his talent and vision at such a young age (22). I did find it very funny that Neil said that he didn’t think he would sell more records than Chuck Mangionne.

djangocat
Jul 10 2020
at 9:35 AM

I have a flash drive with all of Pat’s Cd’s and most of the Cd’s that he is a sideman on. It also has whatever Miles Davis I have on it also. So I have been listening to a lot of that.

franksexton
Jul 09 2020
at 3:39 PM

MarcNebo ,I was stuck in traffic yesterday, luckily I had my JAZZ flash drive with most of Pat’s music on it. Random selection gave me Bad Hombre from Antonio that then caused me to listen to Sariel from Tap which then led me to Faith Healer from Trio live which in turn led me listen to Zero Tolerance for Silence Part 1. Only thing was given that Road Rage shooting are happening here on Detroit freeways , I didn’t feel safe to up the volume to much. ZTFS is maybe the least liked music that Pat has made and I don’t always get into it . by playing it as I did I was able to relate some of it’s elements to other of Pat’s more experimental works.

bhal
Jul 01 2020
at 11:15 AM

Pat Metheny Trio>Live, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers W/Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane & Don Cherry-The Avant- Garde, Dexter Gordon-Homecoming Live at the Village Vanguard

BobSmith1
Jun 26 2020
at 11:30 PM

New album from Marcin Wasilewski Trio and Joe Lovano on ECM called "Arctic Riff".

Gyuri
Jun 25 2020
at 4:24 AM

Thanks, MarcNebo. They’re on my radar.

tiny_tim
Jun 24 2020
at 9:26 AM

For some years I have been following Sophie Hunger (from Switzerland, but now based in Berlin).....here’s a chart from her latest album recorded in Abbey Lane Studios......https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=fmmu6ys0qho&fbclid=IwAR29Ip_A1zIIunDkVBFeEZH50Q_sRrz3hbMGdxgdtz7S7py3wIT2B13paNs

Dortboy
Jun 23 2020
at 9:15 AM

The Amazon Fairy brought us some good s****t last week: "Swallow Tales" by John Scofield is amazing, but of course we knew it would be; ditto "Rough And Rowdy Ways" by Bob Dylan... but the two most recent albums by Norah Jones - "Pick Me Up Off The Floor" and "Begin Again" - have commanded the most speaker time in our house, not least because NJ is Dortgirl’s Fantasy Lesbian Lover (which I encourage) but also because they are absolutely brilliant - great writing, great performances, tasteful production and, of course, Brian Blade. Check ’em all out. Peace from Porkopolis and stay safe, y’all...

MarcNebo
Jun 21 2020
at 8:49 PM

Yesterday I listened to Pilgrimage, Michael Brecker’s last recording. Pat, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, John Patitucci and Jack DeJohnette are the all-star band. It was recorded just before Michael died and he was very sick. In the liner notes Pat says he considers that Brecker’s best release and was amazed with his solos. It’s worth buying just for the tune Tumbleweed with Pat and Michael dueling and everyone else playing their butts off. I have been playing a lot of my Pat cd’s and other recordings he is on. Is helping me get through the shutdown. My life isn’t the same without live Jazz. Last year I saw 235 bands live (multiple bands some days and jam session bands). This year I am stuck on seventeen bands, since February.

MarcNebo
Jun 21 2020
at 8:34 PM

Gyuri: Check out his most recent recordings. A Moment’s Peace with Larry Goldings (piano & organ), Scott Colley (bass) and Brian Blade. More laid back Scofield and very good. Past Present with Joe Lovano, Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart. Great combination of Lovano/Scofield and variety of material. Saw the band live two or three times. Country For Old Men with Larry Goldings, Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart. Great band playing Jazzed up Country tunes. Scofield’s guitar sings the vocals. Combo 66 with Gerald Clayton, Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart. Pretty much straight ahead great Jazz. New Scofield cd Swallow Tales is in the mail, due this week. I also saw Combo 66 twice last tour. I like all four of the records above. Like Pat each cd is very different from the previous one.

Gyuri
Jun 21 2020
at 11:31 AM

Roughly half of John Scofield’s output back to back. Having purchased dirt cheap and fallen in love with his 5 Original Albums box set, I quickly bought another 8 albums and can’t stop listening to them - "Who’s Who", the "Überjam" band stuff (including "Up All Night" and "Überjam 2"), "Blue Matter", "Loud Jazz" and "Electric Outlet" - and I haven’t finished yet. At the moment "Still Warm" from 1986 is playing. I already had "Quiet", "A Go Go" and the very recent "Hudson" (saw them in Budapest last year). He is pure genius.

MarcNebo
May 08 2020
at 4:36 PM

franksexton First thank you. Sariel is hard to describe. Starts like a chorus of ouds and morphs into rock-like wailing electric guitar and then back to the oud chorus and electric guitar to finish. I would have loved being in the studio with Antonio and Pat to see it being put together. I saw a John Zorn project several years ago at the Art Institute of Chicago. He had organized mostly Jazz musicians into groups that played in about a dozen galleries in the museum. I saw Julian Lage and another guitarist playing in front of Picasso’s famous painting of a guitarist. If I remember John Zorn composed all the songs, but let the musicians improvise. For the Picasso show I was sitting on the floor directly across from John Zorn sitting on the floor. I probably watched Zorn’s reactions half of the time during the performance. Lots of smiling going on.

franksexton
May 08 2020
at 10:15 AM

MarcNebo, I second you on Tap and esp. on Sariel. Killer tune, one of my Pat favorites.

MarcNebo
May 07 2020
at 9:17 PM

I revisited Pat Metheny/Tap John Zorn’s Book of Angels Volume 20. John Zorn composed all the songs but gave Pat a lot of freedom to make them his own. In the liner notes Zorn raves about Pat and vice versa. I don’t know much about John Zorn but I thought they were from different planets. I was wrong, it is very impressive and emotional music. One tune Sariel features some of Pat’s special guitars and it starts out with an oud chorus and morphs into electric guitars rocking out.Pat plays all the instruments except for Antonio Sanchez on drums. He even uses some of the Orchestrion instruments. I highly recommend that you track it down, you won’t be disappointed.

naut
May 01 2020
at 3:15 PM

Any of ’em are good, frank. I lean toward "Home Again," or you could do as David says on "What You Whispered" and "Start with the Ending." hehe Good listening, amigo.

franksexton
May 01 2020
at 12:09 PM

naut, thanks for the additional input, MELCAT has these other titles, I put the year in parenthesis : Reverie (2010), Open hand(2009) , Airstream(2008), What you whispered(2000), The very best of David Wilcox(2001), Underneath(1999), Turning point(19977), East Asheville Hardware(1995), Home again(1991)

naut
Apr 30 2020
at 9:23 PM

frank, that "Best of David Wilcox" is a laudable collection of songs, but I can’t recommend "Big Horizon" too highly, if you can find it. And many fans believe his ultimate best is the early "How Did You Find Me Here," a selection I would agree with wholeheartedly. The early "Home Again" is pretty top-notch too, though I think "HDYFMH" is a little stronger. -- "The Works" is good Jonatha, for sure, Rob. I like all her reocrds, but I’m particularly fond of "Steady Pull." The groove she gets on that title track is among my favorites of hers. (I also love the tune "When Two and Two Are Five," for its portrait of oblivion as much as anything. Not to diminish the brilliance of "So Much Mine," "At the Still Point," the title track of that fine angel album, and many more ....)

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