Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now Live

Product Description Pat Metheny, is a prolific jazz guitarist, whose work ranges from avant-garde to commercial fusion. With Speak of Now - Live In Concert, the Pat Metheny Group launches a tight, intense, uplifting, and musically complex assortment of sounds that has never been put together before and can be enjoyed by all in one outstanding performance. The band features Metheny (guitar), Lyle Mays (keyboards), Steve Rodby (acoustic bass, cello), Richard Bona (vocals, percussion, guitar, bass), Cuong Vu (trumpet, vocals) and Antonio Sanchez (drums). PMG marks their 25th Anniversary with the release of "Speak Of Now" - Live In Concert. Track Listing: 1. Last Train Home 2. Go Get It 3. As It Is 4. Proof 5. Insensatez (How Insensitive) 6. The Gathering Sky 7. You 8. A Place in the World 9. Scrap Metal 10. Another Life 11. On Her Way 12. Are You Going with Me? 13. The Roots of Coincidence 14. A Map of the World ~ In Her Family 15. Song for Bilbao Amazon.com There's nary a flaw to be found in this lengthy (135 minutes) concert performance by guitarist Pat Metheny and his sextet, recorded in Tokyo in 2002. The musicianship is superb, the material (much of it drawn from the Metheny Group album of the same name) strong, the sound and visuals impeccable, the audience respectful... and therein lies the problem, such as it is. The whole effect is a bit sterile; there's little of the communication between listeners and players that can ignite jazz or rock shows in more intimate, less formal settings. Co-founders Metheny and keyboardist Lyle Mays, longtime bassist/co-producer Steve Rodby, and the three more recent members (multi-instrumentalists Richard Bona and Cuong Vu and drummer Antonio Sanchez) are all brilliant, versatile players. And it's nice to hear their interpretations of Jobim's "How Insensitive" and Metheny's lovely title tune from the film A Map of the World. But unless you get off on seeing a lot of close-ups of Metheny's facial contortions, listening to the PMG's recordings should suffice. --Sam Graham
ASIN: B0000E2W0U
VSKU: DBV.B0000E2W0U.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Pat Metheny|Lyle Mays|Steve Rodby
Binding: Dvd
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