Music of Pat Metheny

Bob Curnow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mama Records
• ASIN: B0000018LY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,127 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How did I miss this gem!, July 19, 2000

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A. Davis "astandavis" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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When I first stumbled upon this recording, I thought someone was playing a trick on me. Pat Metheny's music with a big band is a natural fit. This recording bristles with energy and thought. The gorgeous melodies are savored and surrounded by big brass and strong rhythms. I can imagine that Metheny and Mays smiled when they listened to this disc. I saw The Pat Metheny Group live two years ago and they blew me away. I have been a fan of his since the Pastorious recordings, and he keeps getting better and better. This CD takes his music to another level. Let's pray that Mr. Curnow will round up the big band in 2000 and do a follow-up recording of Pat's more recent work. I would love to see Pat collaborate with Curnow to do a live double CD that would send us all to 7th heaven. This is a truely found treasure.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here is a review for you., May 2, 2004

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B. Radley (Arlington, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Music of Pat Metheny (Audio CD)

Exhilarating! PMG fans and Big Band Fans rejoice. After hearing some of my favorite groups' tunes mutilated in elevators and grocery stores, I could be a little gun-shy of this album. Fortunately, our local Jazz College's radio station plays it often. At some point I knew I had to own it. This album combines the intricate, thoughtful and emotional composing of Metheny/Mays, Curnow's expert arranging, and brilliant performances by a line up of the best players around.

As a huge PMG fan, I am very familiar with the music. To hear these compositions played by a super talented big band is much like my first listen to Switched On Bach. What? Bach with a electronic tone generator? When I heard Minuano (Six Eight), I first retrieved and reinserted my popped out eyes, then searched around on the floor for the jaw I dropped. It is startling to hear these favorites redone so well. Even the collage album art is reminiscent of many PMG albums.

What is not surprising is that a dedicated Jazz educator like Curnow is associated with the MAMA foundation. Copies of the album and its charts are donated to music schools and museums. Profits are plowed back into to foundation to produce more great music. (...)

Outstanding audio quality, soaring solos, richly textured arrangements, excellent guitar and piano where it is needed. These all add up to a fresh and uplifting take on some of the finest music ever written. Now you buy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Current, fresh, and it swings.., May 15, 2005

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inland sailor "inlandsailor" (Wooster, OH USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Music of Pat Metheny (Audio CD)

This is a rich CD that you can listen to over and over again.
My favorite is Always and Forever where Bobby Shew's flugelhorn is funky and beautiful. Every Summer Night is light and interesting with a rhythm that moves it along. In Her Family is haunting.
The rhythms and orchestrations still sound fresh after over a decade.
Although I have not been a Pat Metheny fan nor a fan of the guitar in jazz, this music goes beyond just soft jazz that one hears in an elevator...
Is it a curse or a blessing that jazz is being picked up for background use? Just when we thought younger listeners would delve into the richness of Miles, Ella, Kenton, Gil Evans and Basie after being exposed to jazz, I hear it dismissed as dental office music !!
This is a richly orchestrated CD that supplies a strong background for soloists like Shew and Bill Cunliffe.
One can hear Curnow's roots in the Kenton orchestra and as has been mentioned before.."Is this CD what Kenton might have been doing now?"
Incredibly interesting rhythms and a great rhythm section to execute them.