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Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary

Read "Song X: Twentieth Anniversary" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
September 16, 2005

Metheny fans who hadn't already caught the clues on 80/81 (ECM, 1980) or Rejoicing (ECM, 1984) were in for an electric shock when they hit play on the original Song X back in 1986... and more than a few copies immediately landed in resale bins as a result. The truth, not exactly a mystery--but still a ...

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Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary

Read "Song X: Twentieth Anniversary" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 9, 2005

Back in 1985 when Pat Metheny released Song X, his collaboration with free jazz/harmolodics progenitor Ornette Coleman, it came as a big shock to fans familiar with the more overt melodicism of the Pat Metheny Group. Sure, there'd been hints that Metheny's seemingly insatiable appetite to experience all things musical also included excursions into free territory, ...