Quartet (Pat Metheny album)
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| Studio album by Pat Metheny Group | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | May 1996 | |||
| Studio | Right Track Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 66:01 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Pat Metheny | |||
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Quartet (1996) is an 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. Most of the tracks were loosely written or improvised, using several unusual instruments. The Group itself never played these songs live, though Metheny played "When We Were Free" with his trio and recorded a live version on the album Day Trip. "As I Am" was played during trio concerts with Michael Brecker.
Metheny remarked in a podcast retrospective that the improvisational late-middle portions of, Quartet contain some of the darkest music the Group has ever recorded. He also stated that "When We Were Free" is a personal standout for him, especially Mays's piano solo.
Track listing
All tracks written by Pat Metheny except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Introduction" | 0:56 |
| 2. | "When We Were Free" | 5:39 |
| 3. | "Montevideo" (Metheny/Mays/Rodby/Wertico) | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Take Me There" (Metheny/Mays) | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Seven Days" | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Oceania" (Mays) | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Dismantling Utopia" (Metheny/Mays/Rodby/Wertico) | 6:52 |
| 8. | "Double Blind" (Mays) | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Second Thought" | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Mojave" | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Badland" (Metheny/Mays/Rodby/Wertico) | 7:31 |
| 12. | "Glacier" (Mays) | 1:25 |
| 13. | "Language of Time" (Metheny/Mays) | 7:33 |
| 14. | "Sometimes I See" | 6:01 |
| 15. | "As I Am" | 5:04 |
Personnel
- Pat Metheny – 12-string guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, guitar synthesizer, 42-string Pikasso guitar
- Lyle Mays – autoharp, celeste, Clavinet, harmonium, piano, electric piano
- Steve Rodby – double bass, piccolo bass
- Paul Wertico – drums, percussion
Production
- Rob Eaton – engineer, mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Joe Lizzi – assistant engineer
- David Oakes – associate producer, technical coordinator
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Quartet - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.