What's It All About (Pat Metheny album)

What's It All About
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
Recorded February 2011
Studio Recorded on a single day in February 2011 in NYC, USA
Genre Jazz, folk jazz
Length 55:50
Label Nonesuch
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Orchestrion
(2010)Orchestrion2010
What's It All About
(2011)
Unity Band
(2012)Unity Band2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]

What's It All About is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, released by Nonesuch Records on June 14, 2011. It is Metheny's first album which does not include his own material. On February 12, 2012, What's It All About received a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon)6:33
2."Cherish" (Terry Kirkman)5:28
3."Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)7:46
4."Pipeline" (Bob Spickard, Brian Carman)3:28
5."Garota de Ipanema" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)5:12
6."Rainy Days and Mondays" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams)7:12
7."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman)6:03
8."Slow Hot Wind" (Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel)4:28
9."Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)5:18
10."And I Love Her" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)4:22
Bonus track on LP and digital download
No.TitleLength
11."'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)6:37
Bonus track on LP
No.TitleLength
12."This Nearly Was Mine" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)4:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[3] 1
US Billboard 200[3] 125

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Category
2012 Best New Age Album

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. Pat Metheny: What's It All About > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. Georgievski, Nenad (9 October 2011). "Pat Metheny: What's It All About". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "What's It All About - Pat Metheny". Allmusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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