Question & Answer (Remastered)

Dave Holland, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Pat Metheny With Dave Holland & Roy Haynes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B001ECE6BW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,362 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars With No Doubt His Best Trio Work, September 30, 2003

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Patrik Lemberg (Tammisaari Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Question & Answer (Audio CD)

This album is a long jam of about half-and-half jazz standards and Metheny compositions. Great performance - great musicians. The sound gives you a feeling of being right there as it happens. It's recorded in only one day, and I know...that fact does not sound promising, but you must remember: These musicians are leading figures in modern jazz for a reason and they can definitely pull it off - This is perfect proof! Metheny, Holland and Haynes are extremely alert, you can definitely tell that this is something they've been doing their entire lives.
The standards "Solar," "All The Things You Are," and Metheny's "Three Flights Up" are very up-tempo, but still beautifully laid back in performance - no rushing or overplaying. "Three Flights Up" is played in over 300 bpm but the melody on guitar is very relaxed and doubled with a vibraphone-like sound (possibly an instant effect,) very beautiful. "H&H" is an entertaining piece (nice bass solo.) As far as I'm concerned, this isn't a typical Metheny composition - the solos are played over a blues form, while the theme itself is played over an usual (sort of progressive) form - the simple idea of the ending is great! There are a couple of nice ballads, too. "Never Too Far Away" is a definite highlight. The authentic sounds of the whole recording will give you a warm chill. I wish more of my jazz albums would sound like this.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz guitar - unsynthesized., February 8, 2001

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Douglas T Martin (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Question & Answer (Audio CD)

The best thing about this recording is that the spontaneity of the situation comes through. With some days off, Metheny decided to jam with Haynes and Holland and record the results as though it was a live gig. And that's what it sounds like - a jam session. No studio treatments, no elaborate arrangments, just a guitar, bass, (a lot of) drums, and only one day in which to record them. Roy Haynes hyperactive drums kick things off as the trio runs through the Miles Davis classic "Solar". Throw in some Ornette Coleman (a big Metheny influence), some standards from the 1930s, and five well-written Metheny originals and you've got a real jazz album that stands up with the classics. There is some Synclavier on the last track, "Three Flights Up", but it's only used for background sounds and doesn't get in the way. An excellent recording.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Metheny's very best... Bar None, March 28, 2003

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NDBx "NDBx" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Question & Answer (Audio CD)

Here are three musicians who are perfectly in sync. Creating music of such beauty and depth that now, 12 years after I bought this recording I am still stunned by it. This is some of Pat Metheny's best playing. They are three but sound like more. It would've been easy for these three virtuoso's to let their technique run away with them and make this a chop fest but they didn't.

Here much care is given to listening to one another, to consider the piece, the notes the silence in between. They swing hard when the pieces call for it. The ballads are absolutely stunning. Some of these pieces have become mainstays of the jazz repertoire and you would think that the limits of intepretation would've been reached by now. Not so. These pieces are given new life here.

This is pure jazz which is both accessible, swinging, complex and interesting. The setting is spare which allows for them to explore each piece without the encumberances of over production. They can step out on stage on do these piece live, true to form. This recording is timeless. Twelve years later it holds up well. The pieces are just as fresh. Dave Holland shows why he is the bassist's bassist. His tone is rich and resonant. Roy Haynes is just a national musical treasure. He adds shades and colors. More musical than percussive, though he can be that as well.

This is definitely a must have recording.