2005 studio album by Pat Metheny Group
The Way Up Pat Metheny Group . It was released in 2005 and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2006. It is the last album in the prolific three-decade collaboration of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays .
Background
The album consists of one 68-minute-long piece, split into four tracks. The piece is through composed , featuring complex shifts of dynamics and meter , and precise transitions between solo improvisation sections.
Swiss multi-instrumentalist Gregoire Maret is showcased on the harmonica and joined the Group for the album's world tour. The tour included a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival , and an official concert recording of the Seoul, South Korea appearance was released on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Title 1. "Opening" 5:17 2. "Part One" 26:27 3. "Part Two" 20:29 4. "Part Three" 15:54
Personnel
Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer , slide guitar , toy guitar, producerLyle Mays – piano, keyboards, toy xylophone, producerSteve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass, cello, violin, producerCuong Vu – trumpet, vocals, toy whistleGrégoire Maret – harmonicaAntonio Sánchez – drums, toy xylophoneAdditional musicians
Technical personnel
Pat Metheny – producer
Steve Rodby, Lyle Mays – co-producers
Rob Eaton – recording, mixingTed Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound , NYC, USADoyle Partners – design, photography
Awards
Grammy Awards
References
Group albums
As leader
As group member/side man
Solo albums Collaborations
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Mays )Song X Coleman )Electric Counterpoint I Can See Your House from Here Scofield )Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) Haden )Jim Hall & Pat Metheny Hall )Upojenie Jopek )Metheny Mehldau Mehldau )Metheny Mehldau Quartet Tap:John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20 Zorn )Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny Vu )
