In a message dated 4/6/02 2:01:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have a really big admission to make. For years now, I've listened to > people, especially Paz and Fred Simon, rave on in depth about the miracle > and genius of Pat Metheny. I've cringed every time, not at all because I > don't like Metheny, but because I just wasn't getting or seeing what they > were sharing and I've always held Fred's and Michael's musical > sensibilities > in the highest regard. Why wasn't I connecting on Metheny?? What > component > was missing in me? ;-) > I haven't had too much access to his music except for his much loved solo on Joni's Shadows & Light album. It's funny you should mention Pat. Just happened to stumble across this tonight by pure accident after reading Patrick's post about Baez and realized I'd missed her concert here in NJ. He's playing this week 4/10 at The State Theatre in New Brunswick which is a stone throw away for me. Here's my chance....I hope they're not sold out With their self-titled 1978 debut, the Pat Metheny Group (originally Metheny, Dan Gottlieb, Lyle Mays and Mark Egan) crafted guitar-based jazz-fusion forged from electronic and folk-based structures. Sounds like math class, but it wasn't so complex; Metheny's work, solo and with the group, has always been described with words like moody and atmospheric. At his worst, which isn't often, Metheny grows self-indulgent and unfocused. At his best, usually as part of the "group" or working with legends like Ornette Coleman or Sonny Rollins, Metheny's note choice and placement, along with his expert use of silence, enable his music to appeal to (and often befuddle and disgust, respectively) both the masses and the intelligentsia. The current Pat Metheny group only retains Metheny and keyboardist Mays, but it also adds trumpet, vocals and additional percussion. Look out for rhythmic excursions. -- Andy Fenwick Rose from nj
