New Pat Metheny album: Kin () #FT #Music #PatMetheny
New Pat Metheny album: Kin (<-->) #FT #Music #PatMetheny
This came alive in GPMAA (Google Music!) this week and is (for me) a return to form after the recent Orchestration projects (which left me cold). I love nearly all of PM's work (solo, trio, collaborations, side-man and especially love the PMG).
Great review by John Kelman over at AAJ who nails the context of this band and album:
"That Metheny is consolidating past efforts, as he enters his sixties, is really nothing new. Are there hints of First Circle (ECM, 1985) or The Way Up to be found on Kin (<—>)? Absolutely. Anyone who has followed his career knows that almost every step Methney has taken forward has also been about bringing along what's come before. Kin (<—>) may not be Pat Metheny Group of old, but with nearly a decade gone by, like it or not, that group is now a thing of the past. Pat Metheny Unity Group is the new PMG, and Kin (<—>) is as strong a statement as could be expected from an artist who has, over the decades, consistently pushed himself into new territories with fresh colors, previously unheard compositional constructs, growing acumen as a guitarist—and new musical partners to help him realize wherever his muse is taking him."
See also: http://www.patmetheny.com/current-release/
Tour brings him to London (10th) and Manchester (11th) in June. I should really get along.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46249#.Uvnhb3Vf0jA
This came alive in GPMAA (Google Music!) this week and is (for me) a return to form after the recent Orchestration projects (which left me cold). I love nearly all of PM's work (solo, trio, collaborations, side-man and especially love the PMG).
Great review by John Kelman over at AAJ who nails the context of this band and album:
"That Metheny is consolidating past efforts, as he enters his sixties, is really nothing new. Are there hints of First Circle (ECM, 1985) or The Way Up to be found on Kin (<—>)? Absolutely. Anyone who has followed his career knows that almost every step Methney has taken forward has also been about bringing along what's come before. Kin (<—>) may not be Pat Metheny Group of old, but with nearly a decade gone by, like it or not, that group is now a thing of the past. Pat Metheny Unity Group is the new PMG, and Kin (<—>) is as strong a statement as could be expected from an artist who has, over the decades, consistently pushed himself into new territories with fresh colors, previously unheard compositional constructs, growing acumen as a guitarist—and new musical partners to help him realize wherever his muse is taking him."
See also: http://www.patmetheny.com/current-release/
Tour brings him to London (10th) and Manchester (11th) in June. I should really get along.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46249#.Uvnhb3Vf0jA
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