Released 1996 Length 66:01 Release date 19 November 1996 Producer Pat Metheny | Recorded May 1996 Quartet
(1996) Imaginary Day
(1997) Label Geffen Records | |
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Studio Right Track Studio, New York City Artists Pat Metheny, Pat Metheny Group Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion, Post-bop Similar Pat Metheny Group albums, Jazz albums | ||
Pat metheny brad mehldau don t wait metheny mehldau quartet 2007
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.
Contents
- Pat metheny brad mehldau don t wait metheny mehldau quartet 2007
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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
- "Introduction" (Metheny) – 0:57
- "When We Were Free" (Metheny) – 5:39
- "Montevideo" (Metheny, Mays, Rodby, Wertico) – 2:55
- "Take Me There" (Metheny, Mays) – 3:39
- "Seven Days" (Metheny) – 4:05
- "Oceania" (Mays) – 3:47
- "Dismantling Utopia" (Metheny, Mays, Rodby, Wertico) – 6:53
- "Double Blind" (Mays) – 4:15
- "Second Thought" (Metheny) – 2:51
- "Mojave" (Metheny) – 3:38
- "Badland" (Metheny, Mays, Rodby, Wertico) – 7:31
- "Glacier" (Mays) – 1:26
- "Language of Time" (Metheny, Mays) – 7:33
- "Sometimes I See" (Metheny) – 6:01 (includes a :45 hidden track)
- "As I Am" (Metheny) – 5:05
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Introduction0:57
2When We Were Free5:39
3Montevideo2:55