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Pat Metheny: Day Trip
by Francis Lo Kee
Pat Metheny's -Day Trip gets underway with the up-tempo “Son of Thirteen," bringing to mind the best of his playing, which combines the seemingly contradictory qualities of explosive virtuosity and tender lyricism. In his wheelhouse, the guitarist also knows how to feature the talents of collaborators (eg, Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 1976 ECM debut as a ...
Joshua Redman: Back East
by Russ Musto
Saxophonist Joshua Redman's Back East is a multi-tiered concept album that simultaneously fêtes a person--Sonny Rollins; a place--the East--and a thing--the number three, while documenting the leader's continuing development as a saxophonist, composer and arranger. The date celebrates Rollins' classic Way Out West (OJC, 1957) somewhat ironically with its title and several songs associated with the ...
Pat Metheny: Day Trip
by Doug Collette
Pat Metheny has not recorded with a trio for upwards of eight years, but Day Trip certainly makes the wait worth it. The simplicity of its approach will, no doubt, appeal to those fans of the guitarist who relish his primary virtues as an improvising instrumentalist. But it will no doubt foster revelations in Pat Metheny ...
Pat Metheny: Day Trip
by John Kelman
While the trio format isn't new to guitarist Pat Metheny, Day Trip does represent a number of firsts. And with only one minor quibble, if it's not the best trio record he's released since Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976), it's pretty darn close. It's his first trio record to consist of all-original ...
2007 Contributor Picks
by AAJ Staff
We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 1,000 nominations, the following 2007 releases garnered the most votes. New Releases Maria Schneider Orchestra Sky Blue (ArtistShare) Review Michael ...
Phish: Phish: Vegas '96
by Doug Collette
Recorded on the Vermont band's first visit to Sin City, Vegas '96 captures Phish at the point in their career where performance art was still a large part of the presentation (the ultimate extension of which would turn out to be their multi-day events such as “IT" and “Big Cypress"). It's not the stuff that will ...
Pat Metheny: Secret Story: Deluxe Edition
by John Kelman
If The Way Up (Nonesuch, 2005) is Pat Metheny Group's magnum opus, then Secret Story is the guitarist's greatest achievement as a solo artist to date. A sprawling, 76-minute epic featuring a wealth of guest artists, members of a symphony orchestra and Metheny playing countless parts on an arsenal of guitars and keyboards, its only flaw ...
Monk Moods: Monk Abstractions, Plays Monk, Play Monk & Live 2007
by Donald Elfman
Sam Newsome Monk Abstractions self-published 2007 Amendola/Goldberg/Hoff Plays Monk Long Song 2007 Stan Tracey/Bobby Wellins Play Monk Resteamed 2007 SF Jazz Collective ...
Ry Cooder: My Name is Buddy
by John Kelman
Veteran multi-instrumentalist/musical archivist Ry Cooder follows up his concept album Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch, 2005) with another narrative, My Name is Buddy. This time, with a similarly large cast of players, he suggests joining “...Buddy the Cat, Lefty Mouse and Reverend Tom Toad as they journey through time and space in the days of labor, big bosses, ...
Joshua Redman: Back East
by John Kelman
For Back East, his first all-acoustic album in six years, saxophonist Joshua Redman returns from the west coast to the Big Apple, collaborating with a group of largely New York-based musicians. But the album's title refers to more than geographic relocation. A series of songs--original and otherwise--reflect an interest in Eastern harmonies and rhythms, with a ...
