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Quartet

Pat Metheny Group

Label: Geffen Records
Released: 1996
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Tracks

Introduction; When We Were Free; Montevideo; Take Me There; Seven Days; Oceania; Dismantling Utopia; Double Blind; Second Thought; Mojave; Badland; Glacier; Language of Time; Sometimes I See; As I Am.

Personnel

Pat Metheny Group

band / ensemble / orchestra

Additional Personnel / Information

Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, 42- string Pikasso guitar Lyle Mays – autoharp, celeste, clavichord, harmonium, piano, electric piano Steve Rodby – double bass, piccolo bass Paul Wertico – drums, percussion Pat Metheny – producer David Oakes – associate producer, technical coordinator Rob Eaton – engineer (mixing) Ted Jensen – engineer (mastering) Joe Lizzi – assistant engineer

Album Description

Quartet (1996) is the eighth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. The album features Pat Metheny on guitar, Lyle Mays on keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass, and Paul Wertico on drums. The approach for the album was to not write lengthy compositions before recording but instead use merely sketches and rely mostly on improvisation in a setting with just acoustic instruments. A departure from the usual thoroughly orchestrated sound using synthesizers and sequencing the Group is usually known for. The result is experimental, moody, and loose, even dark in some moments. The instrumentation relies mostly on acoustic instruments including various keyboard instruments such as the spinet piano, Harmonium, Fender Rhodes, autoharp and various guitars including the 42-string Pikasso guitar. The Roland GR-303 makes appearances on "Oceania" and "Language of Time".

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