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MarcNebo
May 06 2026
at 6:22 PM
The other day I realized that this year is the 50th anniversary of the release of Bright Size Life. It holds up really well after all these years and Pat likes to revisit several of the songs with Side-Eye.
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boz
May 16 2026
at 10:35 AM
Bookmark and Share I may have answered my own question in asking the meaning of B & G, those chords are predominant through the song ?
boz
May 16 2026
at 10:33 AM
Bookmark and Share @shenavall is referring to Midwestern Nights Dream for those like me who had to look up what the heck B&G on BSL was ; ) Whats the story behind the initials anyone know ?, (G)ary (B)urton
MarcNebo
May 15 2026
at 6:08 PM
Bookmark and Share I think that’s it’s amazing that Pat’s debut record was in the 2006 Jazzwise Presents "The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World. It was #31. Pat was twenty-one years old when he recorded Bright Size Life. That’s one tour I never saw.
shenavall
May 13 2026
at 5:00 PM
Bookmark and Share The track B & G from that album is one of Pat’s greatest compisitions imho. A bit underplayed in later years although it was the standout track at one gig I went to with his late 2010s quartet. Originally released on Gary Burton’s Passengers album of course
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