American Garage
Pat Metheny Group - CD
- Artist: Pat Metheny Group
- Format: CD
- Year: 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- UPC: 4988005382535
- Item Number: MSI538253
- Release date: 05/15/2011
- 1. (Cross The) Heartland
- 2. Airstream
- 3. Search
- 4. American Garage
- 5. Epic
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American Garage by Pat Metheny Group on CD
The back liner photo gives the impression of a grungy Midwestern garage band, but no, that doesn't describe this sophisticated jazz-rock quartet, which was simultaneously breaking into mass-market acceptance and away from the contemplative ECM stereotype. The arrangements are more structured, the playing often more intense and searching, with a more pronounced rock influence. On the title track, Metheny digs in and displays some authoritative rock-oriented licks and intensity, and the rhythms on "The Search" have a slight, at times asymmetrical Latin feeling. The nearly 13-minute "The Epic" finds the Metheny group developing some real combustion in the improvised sections as Metheny, keyboardist Lyle Mays, bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb grow tighter as a unit. In hindsight, some of the music seems a bit too tightly conceived to allow adequate breathing room, but this is still high-quality jazz-rock for its time. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
- Artist: Pat Metheny Group
- Format: CD
- Year: 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- UPC: 4988005382535
- Item Number: MSI538253
- Release date: 05/15/2011
- Label: ECM Records, Universal Distribution
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Fusion, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
- Album Time: 35:21
- Album Type: Instrumental
- SPARS Code: AAD
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