SBB - Wolanie o brzek szkla (1977) [by request]

SBB (the name means "Szukaj, Burz, Buduj" - that can be easyli translated as "Search, Break, Build") is a the most famous Polish rock/hardrock/progrock band. They begun career in 1974* - their magical and very long rock suites was the real "taste of the West" for people living in Soviet controled part of Europe. No wonder SBB became very soon extremely popular - and not only in Poland, but also Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Easter Germany... and than in Western Europe (as I think - especialy in Germany).

"Wołanie o brzęk szkła" (Calling For A Tinkle) shows mature abilities of musicians. After many short or long free-rock jams from 1974-1975 period, their suites became more and more sharp, richly arranged with more visible ideas (still there is a modern poetry included (written by Julian Matej). Recorded after "Pamięć" and "Ze słowem biegnę do Ciebie", it's still filled with fantastic ideas. This time, it was recorded in brotherly Czechoslovakia.

The re-edition got also very fine bonus tracks. Two short pieces from "Wołanie..." sessions and dwo long jams from 1976, recorded with jazz saxophonist - Tomasz Szukalski. It's more than 40 additional minutes!


SBB - Wolanie o brzek szkla (1977)

Tracks
1. Wołanie o brzęk szkła (19:10)
2. Odejście (19:47)
Recorded 12-22.04.1977 w Mozarteum Studio, Praga (Czechoslovakia)

Bonus tracks:
3. Bitwy na obrazach (03:48)
4. Uścisk w dołku (03:38)
Recorded 12-22.04.1977 w Mozarteum Studio, Praga (Czechoslovakia)
Previously released on a single plau 1978

5. Muzykowanie latem (16:50)
6. Fikołek (14:53)
Recorded in 1976, from band's archive


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Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean (1977) w/Allan Holdsworth

Today next amazing recording where Allan is featuring. But this time he definitly do not plays here as a main star. The fantastic music and solos are brought also by Jean-Luc Ponty, Daryl Stuermer on 2nd guitar and Allan Zavod on keyboards. There is also Ponty's collegue from 2nd Mahavishnu Orchestra - bassist Ralphe Armstrong.

"Enigmatic Ocean" is a pure jazz-rock masterpiece, but the construction of the album is rather progrock-like. It's a full story with clear opening with "Overture" and closing with "The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea - Part III". And everything is really floating, like the title "Enigmatic Ocean".

Beyond this you will surely find magnificent and unforgetable improvisations. "Enigmatic Ocean - Part II" is a dialogue of... 4 soloist! And it smoothly changes to very laid-back "Part III" with very creative playing by Holdsworth. Also don't miss "Mirage". Beautiful, although very sad composition with one of the most thrilling solo I've ever heard... and it's not JLP, Holdsworth and Stuermer, but Zavod - his moog is really crying here.


Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean (1977)

Recorded and mixed in June & July, 1977

Tracks:
1. Overture (0:47)
2. The Trans-Love Express (3:56) - solos: Ponty, Stuermer
3. Mirage (4:51) - solos: Ponty, Zavod
Enigmatic Ocean (12:02)
4: Part I (2:20)
5. Part II (3:35) - solos: Ponty, Stuermer, Zavod, Holdsworth
6. Part III (2:24) - solos: Holdsworth, Ponty
7. Part IV (2:24)
8. Nostalgic Lady (5:20) - solos: Ponty, Holdsworth
The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (13:10)
9. Part I (2:32) - solo: Zavod
10. Part II (3:33) - solo: Ponty
11. Part III (6:05) - solos: Armstrong, Stuermer, Smith, Holdsworth

Musicians:
Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin, five-string electric violin, violectra, bells, grand piano on "Nostalgic Lady"
Allan Holdsworth - lead electric guitar
Daryl Stuermer - lead and rhythm electric guitar
Ralphe Armstrong - Electric basses (fretless on "Nostalgic Lady")
Allan Zavod - organ, synthesizer, electric piano, grand piano, clavinet
Steve Smith - drums and percussion.

Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975) w/Allan Holdsworth [rem. +2]

Fantastic pure-fusion album of this GREAT drummer. After realeasing in 1969 the electrifying "Emergency!"(it seems to be a really first jazz band that added a rock elements so the first that can be called a "jazzrock bad" [but not the first fusion band]), where he was playing with debuting John McLaughlin or Larry Young, he goes avant-garde, realeased 2 more album ("Turn It Over"... I'm not able to see anything interesting here...it's really terrible) and... dissapeared. Almost - he played with other musicians but didn't lead the band anymore...

... until the breaking 1975. He was preparing to something new. There were the first sessions, called WildLife, with Jack Bruce (he played on "Emergency!") and... the brand new star in USA - Allan Holdsworth. Sessions weren't released (yes, I've got a bootleg - I'll upload it in future), Williams change a band a little bit and the final line-up was: Williams on drums, Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on piano/clarinet and Tony Newton on bass. And so the great fusion begun...
Well, the idea wasn't fresh. It was '75, so a late time - Mahavishnu Orchestra is ending... but the music... oh boy! What's going there! They're playing really FANTASTIC, and the diamond on a crown is of course - the guitarist. Few words - Holdsworth was known on British rock and progrock scene. He played with Ian Carr's Nucleus on "Belladonna", co-founded hardrock Tempest and joined avant-garde jazz-rock-electronic Soft Machine for more than year. He revealed his incredible technique, but... the British scene was seperate from the gigantic USA market. So I guess, very little fusion fans had heard him.

Everything changes almost one night. Tha Lifetime band went to a club, were many other famous musicians also have been, and played. After this show everybody new who was Allan. The same in the studio - while Lifetime was recording, there was also George Benson recording (yes, this George Benson who has an album where he names himself "The New Boss Of Guitar"). During a break he heard Allans solo and is reported to say "What the hell is that?!" (meaning - it was so iuncredible!). Yeah, Holdsworth IS NOT a typical fusion guitarist, like many side-man's in '70. His technique is so weird, unique and unpredictable that I can compare it only to McLaughlin's.

His way of playing connected with american fusion and funk, is kicking! Don't miss it!


Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975)

Tracks:
1. Snake Oil (6:26)
2. Fred (6:44)
3. Proto-Cosmos (4:00)
4. Red Alert (4:36)
5. Wildlife (5:19)
6. Mr. Spock (6:13)
Bonus Tracks:
7. Celebration (4:00)
8. Letsby (6:35)

Musicians:
Allan Holdsworth - Electric Guitar
Alan Pasqua - Piano, Clarinet
Tony Newton - Electric Bass
Tony Williams - Drums

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Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse! (1976) w/ Allan Holdsworth [aka Expresso]

Anyone doesn't know what is the Gong? For those - the legendary cantenbury progrock band, formed in end of '60s by the (also legendar) Daevid Allen - wicked Australian guitarist and vocalist, who co-founded British progrock band Soft Machine, but due to some emigration problems he was forced to not come back to Britain, so he stayed in France... and so the Gong begins.

But "Gazeuse" is something far different from psychodelic, cosmic, stoned, progressive and hard rock suites played by Gong. After disbanding in middle of '70s the drummer of Gong - Pierre Moerlen - decided to lead the Gong, but not to continue its music but to play his own vision. So in 1975 Gong, know also as Pierre Moerlen's Gong, started to go in western fusion direction. First step - the "Wingful of Eyes" LP - was still progrock-oriented album, but with many ethnical and fusion elements.

"Gazeuse!" is a pure fusion! Fantastic instrumental compositions mixing fine drums and vibraphone playing with fusion bass guitar, saxophone (Didier Malherbe is a maestro!) and..... THE GREAT ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, himself. After starring with Tony Williams Lifetime in USA (2 album in 1975 and 1976) he returned to Europe to record with new Gong.



The effect of this mix is stunning. If any likes Holdsworth technique, but also a good fusion, should try this original ideas. It's full of various gongs and specific flavour I've never taste anywhere else.


Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse! (1976)

Tracks:
1. Expresso
2. Night Illusion
3. Percolation (Part I & II)
4. Shadow of
5. Esnuria
6. Mireille

Musicians:
Mireille Bauer - Vibraphone (1,2,4), Marimba (1,3,5), Glock (5), Toms (4)
Mino Cinelou - Congas (1,4,5), African Bell-Gong (2,4), Cuica, Triangle, Maracas (3), Talking Drum, Temple Blocks (4)
Allan Holdsworth - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Violin, Pedal Steel Guitar (3)
Didier Malherbe - Tenor Sax, Flute (5)
Benoit Moerlen - Vibra
Pierre Moerlen - Drums, Vibra (3), Marimba (3), Timpani (3), Glock (3)
Franciz Moze - Fretless Bass, Gong (3), Acoustic and electric piano (5)

Michal Urbaniak - Fusion III (1975) [First time on CD]

I'm very happy to present a fantastic jazzrock album of a great Polish violinist - Michal Urbaniak. The one who managed to make a career in USA, founded with Billy Cobham "The Glass Menagerie", discovered the talent of Marcus Miller and played with Miles Davis on "Tutu" (while searching appropriate musicians for this recording Miles heard one time Urbaniak and is reported to have said "Get me this fucking Polish fiddler, he's got the sound!")

Born in 1943, Urbaniak was learning classical violin music, but after lessons he played jazz on saxophone (it's good to know that for many years jazz was "forbidden, capitalistic music" in Poland and other countries under Soviet Union occupation). In 1961 he started to play with proffesional bands with legendens of Polish jazz like Krzysztof Komeda, Andrzej Trzaskowski or Zbigniew Namyslowski, including a tour in USA.

In the end of '60s he is starting his fusion adventure, recording Polish and European albums, starring at Montreux 1971 and finally he emigrated with his wife - Urszula Dudziak - to USA, where he still live. USA was a begging of a Michal Urbaniak's Fusion band. "Fusion III" is a mature jazzrock with funk elements - there're both the core elements of American fusion and strong Polish.

Fantastic violin solos are brought by not only Urbaniak, but also John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell and Urszula Dudziak, know also as a Polish Flora Purim (not beacuse she copy her technique, but she used very similar ideas - Flora is also reported to say something about Dudziak, after hearing her... but It's wasn't as gentle as Davis said :)). There is also fantastic bass playing by Anthony Jackson and electric piano/moog by Wlodek Gulgowski.


Michal Urbaniak - Fusion III (1975)

Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NY 1975 - CD reissue 2009

Tracks:
1. Chinatown (Part I)
2. Kuyaviak Goes Funky
3. Roksana
4. Crazy Kid
5. Prehistoric Bird
6. Bloody Kishka
7. Cameo
8. Stretch
9. Metroliner
10. Chinatown (Part II)

Musicians:
Michal Urbaniak - Violins, Violin Synthesizer
Urszula Dudziak - Voice, Percussion, Electric Percussion, Synthesizer
Wlodek Gulgowski - Electric Piano, Moog and Electric Organ
Anthony Jackson - Bass Guitar
Gerald Brown - Drums (on "Bloody Kishka" and "Roksana")
Steve Gadd - Drums
Larry Coryell - Guitar on "Bloody Kishka"
John Abercrombie - Guitar
Joe Caro - Guitar on "Roksana"
Bernard Kafka - Voice on "Stretch"

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Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tide (1970)

Antonio Carlos Jobim (know also as Tom Jobim) is a one of the most influential pop, latin, jazz and movie music composers of all time. Not a virtuoso, not author of avant-garde suites.

First time I heard him I wasn't interested. I found his "Stone Flower" LP as a boring, café-like music that smoothly fits as background of... eating, talking, drinking - whatever. After some time I started to interest more in latin music and soon I discovered that those laid-back recordings have some magical, a bit exotic power. You can seat near the window one summer day and let yourself being surrounded by a gentle breeze of piano, acoustic guitar, soft sound of brass and strings... idyll.

My most favorite track is Tema Jazz. We can hear there such (rising) stars like Hermeto Pascoal and Hubert laws on flutes and Joe Farrell on both flute and saxophone. And I'm very happy, beacasue the remastered CD contains 2 additional alt. takes of this track and the master take in full.


Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tide (1970)

Recorded March, April and May 1970 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, New Jersey

Tracks:
1. The Girl From Ipamena (4:50)
2. Carinhoso (2:47)
3. Tema Jazz (4:35)
4. Sue Ann (3:03)
5. Remember (4:00)
6. Tide (4:03)
7. Takatanga (4:42)
8. Caribe (2:42)
9. Rockanalia (4:45)
10. Tema Jazz - alternative take (2:49)
11. Tide - alternative take (4:00)
12. Teme Jazz - alternative take (5:43)
13. Tema Jazz - master take in full (8:11)

10-13 are bonus tracks

Musicians:
Antonio Carlos Jobim - acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano
Eumir Deodato - arranger, conductor, piano, guitar
Hermeto Pascoal - flute
Hubert Laws - flute
Joe Farrell - flute, soprano saxophone
Ron Carter - bass
Airto Moreira - percussion
and others (brass, drums, strings)


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Herbie Hancock - Flood, Live (1975)

This is one of my favourite albums of "Watermalnon Man" from '70s. The funtastic jazzfunk rhythms from legendary "Headhunters" and "Thrust" albums are now filled with much more content.

Maybe it will sound like a heresy, but some of those HH tunes bores me. I LOVE his music, his ideas, but... well, for example - the "Palm Grease" from "Thrust" lasts for more than 10 minutes and it quickly stops being interesting beacause it lacks gripping solos and on the other hands is too cosmic to be an easy-listening funky stuff.

"Flood" has none of previous problems!!! We are being taken for a wonderful fusion show that mixes a jazzrock with jazzfunk. Classic, beautiful and sometimes little bit unpredictable solo intro with "Maiden Voyage" is smoothly joined with the rest of the band (Maupin on flute) and suddenly changes to gorgeous "Actual Proof" with incredible bass line by Paul Jackson.


Not forceful enough album version of "Spank-A-Lee" got much more power live and it's also supoorted by guitar. The pearl of this show is "Chameleon" - Hancock seams to make a starship take off. Weird!

The rest of tracks is also amazing. Bad that CD features 7 tracks... Herbie live is really doing his best so if you want more try to google some bootlegs


Herbie Hancock - Flood (1975)

Recorded Live at Shibuya Koukaido, June 28 1975 & Nakano Sun Plaza July 1 1975 Tokyo, Japan


Tracks:
1. Introduction/Maiden Voyage (7:58)
2. Actual Proof (8:28)
3. Spank-A-Lee (8:47)
4. Watermelon Man (5:49)
Second show:
5. Butterfly (12:44) [edit - with introdution to Chameleon, known as "Shekere"]
6. Chameleon (10:22)
7. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (19:54)

Musicians:
Herbie Hancock - Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hohner D-6 clavinet, Arp Synthesizer (Oddysey, Soloist, String)
Bennie Maupin - tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion
Paul Jackson- bass
Mike Clark - drums
Bill Summers - congas, percussion
Blackbird McKnight - guitar

John Coltrane - Last Performance At Newport July 2, 1966

Pretty fresh thing, It was released about 1 month ago and I got it on Friday. What's inside? Three previously unreleased tracks!!! Long track, let's add.

Newport festival was a place where "new things" were played. Coltrane gave there a concert in '61, '63 and '65.. and each one was a spiritual journey. The gig in 1965 was even issued on the album named "New Things At Newport", that was shared with Archie Shepp (you can get both '63 and '65 concerts on extended 1 CD "My Favorite Things: Coltrane At Newport" - Amazon / Fan.pl - PL)

In 2009 were lucky.. or we're honoured to have possibility of listening to brand new concert, that was got and remastered from private tapes - though the quality isn't excellent, but it's still very good. Maybe except the thing that Pharoah is too quiet.

Something about that content... well, there isn't much I can say. The tracks speaks for themselves - classical, incredibly exciting "My Favorite Things", more soft "Welcome" but still played with lots of expressions and closing furious "Leo". There is also "my favorite" line-up - Pharoah Sanders on tenor and flute, Alice Coltrane on piano (I like her style more than McCoy Tyner), Jimmy Garrison on bass and Rashied Ali on drums. Perfect!

Don't forget to buy it after listening :). Maybe we will get more and more unreleased cocnerts of great J.C. And there're also interesting liner notes, explaining some issues (for ex - the 1st piece wasn't recorded from the begging, so the publisher decided to take a cut from the ending)

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John Coltrane - Last Performance At Newport July 2, 1966

Tracks:
1. My Favorite Thins (21:56)
2. Welcome (11:02)
3. Leo / closing announcements (23:05)

Musiacians:
John Coltrane - soprano sax, tenor sax & percussion
Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, piccolo & percussion
Alice Coltrane - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Rashied Ali - drums

George Duke - Don't Let Go (1978)

The funk. THIS is "the funk". Well... maybe Herbie Hancock was called, or re-called, as "Mr. Funk", but George Duke is surely his brother-in-funk.

This album is a pure fire, riding on a funky, jazzy and latin beats. There are plenty of moment full of energy, but also very fine Duke's solos (yes, his technique is unique!) and masterpiece arrangements. There's much more than few disco hits. Check blowing intro piece "We Give Our Love", smoothly changes into "Morning Sun". Or "The Way I Feel" where kind of sleepy mood all of sudden changes into strong latin-funk... for a while.

"Don't let miss" beautifull ballad "Movin' On", funky pre-hiphop title track (weird!) and soft closing with untypical sound of acoustic guitar.

George Duke - Don't Let Go (1978)

Tracks:
1. We Give Our Love
2. Morning Sun
3. Percussion Intrelude
4. Dukey Stick
5. Starting Again
6. Yeah, We Going
7. The Way I Fell
8. Movin' On
9. Don't Let Go
10. Preface
11. The Future

Musicians:
George Duke - keyboards, vocals, narration
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums; narration on "Dukey Stick, timbales
Charles "Icarus" Johnson - guitar; narration on "Dukey Stick"
Sheila Escovedo - congas, misc. percussion; narration on "Dukey Stick", vocals
Josie James - vocals, lead vocals on "The Way I Feel"
Napolean Murphy Brock - vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Let Go"
Roland Bautista - rhythm guitar on "Don't Let Go"
"Wah Wah" Watson - Hot Licks on "We Give Our Love"
Carol Shive - violin;
Jody Geist - viola on "Preface"
Petsye Powell, Pattie Brooks - background vocals.

Jaco Pastorius - Live In New York - Volume Four (1985)

Everybody know Jaco. And everybody know he's a real bass-titan! Yes, he is. Those who can't find his virtuosity on Weather Report albums, can easily discover it in his solo albums. Like this.

After collboration with Zawinul, Jaco started his solo career touring and recording with big-band (with such stars Michael & Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans or Don Alias). In the early '80s he quited the big-band and started to record in a smaller groups. Most famous series is "Live In New York" which features a number of live gigs in small clubs with various line-up.

Volume Four was recorded with great guitarist - a young blood of '80s fusion - Hiram Bullock. What he play here is OUTSTANDING! Jaco and Hiram are supported by 3 various drummers . Check it out! Especially "Teen Town" - Jaco specialty from WR years.

Jaco Pastorius - Live In New York - Volume Four (1985)

Tracks:
1. Fannie Mae (3:54)
2. Dolphin Dance (12:10)
3. Teen Town (9:22)
4. Mercy Mercy Mercy (8:58)
5. Freedom Jazz Dance (6:35)
6. Late Night Talk With You (5:44)
7. Equinox (6:07)
8. The Medley: Changes, Purple Haze, Simple Song (9:44)

The Musicians:
Jaco Pastorius - el. bass, vocals (1)
Hiram Bullock - el. guitar, vocals (6,8)
Victor Lewis - drums (1,5)
Steve Ferrone - drums (2,6,7)
Kenwood Dennard - drums (3,4,8)

Iceberg - Tutankhamon (1975)

Fantastic progrock/jazzrock album recorded in Spain in 1975 by band of 5 musicians. What's the flavour of freezing iceberg mixed with burning Egyptian sun from ancient lands of Tutenkhamon? Well... mix Santanas "Caravanserai" with Mahavishnu Orchestra or Di Meola's technique. That's it!

Not whole album is great. From track nr 7 we can clearly hear that it's slowly finishing... despite there're 11 track. But first 6 first pieces are pure fire. Love JML, Santana or Di Meola, but like also more rock arrangements and singing? You will at least like also THIS.

Iceberg - Tutankhamon (1975)

Recorded in Madrid, Spain at 5-15 May 1975

Tracks:
1. Tebas
2. Prologo
3. Sacerdotes De Amon
4. Amarna
5. Lying On The Sand
6. Amenofis IV
7. Himno Al Sol
8. La Muerte
9. Close To God
10. Too Young To Be A Pharaoh
11. Tebas

"Max" Joaquim Sunyer - Guitar
Agel Riba - Vocal, Sax
"Primi" Primitiu Sancho - Bass
Jordi Colomer - Drums, Percussions
"Kitflus" Josep Mas - Fender Piano, Moog, Mellotron

Hail to the King

Goodbye!

Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer, Live (1967)

Gabor Szabo is a bit forgotten musician. His gypsy style of music, that he had taken from his homeland in Hungary, mixed with American jazz made him appreciated in '60s. He started to play with vibraphonist Chico Hamilton and in '65 recorded his first solo LP.

From that time on he started to be more and more popular. On his early studio recordings he presented rather short gypsy compositions or covers, but the real power he show during live performences. That especially made him a hero in San Francisco, from where came many blues and rock bands like Santana or Jefferson Airplane.

Sorcerer was recorded in a small club in '67. It's important - a small places where the best place to feel this gypsy atmosphere in music and also the best place to lenghten music. There are some cheerful tunes and some longer, more mystic jams like "Space" and "Stronger Than Us". Listen carefully, so you can discover inspirations for later "Abraxas" and "Santana III" albums of Santana Band (especially "Jungle Strut").

There was also second live LP from the some time, called "More Sorcery". It's hardly available, but 3 tracks were included to 1997 Impulse! remaster. "Los Matadoros" lasting for 12 are quite impressing.


Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer (1967)

Recorded live at The Jazz Workshop in Boston on April 14 % 15, 1967

Tracks:
1. The Best Goes On (4:52)
2. Little Boat (O Barquinho) (4:23)
3. Lou-ise (4:17)
4. What Is This Thing Called Love (5:15)
5. Space (6:35)
6. Stronger Than Us (4:13)
7. Mizrab (6:58)
8. Comin' Back (1:53)
9. Los Matodoros* (12:09)
10. People* (5:18)
11. Corcovado* (3:22)

* Bonus tracks, issued on LP "More Sorcery"

Musicians:
Gabor Szabo, Jimmy Stewart - Guitars
Louis Kabok - Bass
Marty Morrell - Drums
Hal Gordon - Percussion.


My editions:
- CD, Impulse!, 1997 remaster 20bit, digipack (photo of Gabor inside), 12-page booklet (photos of musicians, original poster, essay, album info).

Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (1978)

I don't know how the weather looks like in your country, but in Poland eventually we have spring! You need only 1 day to feel the springtime magic. As the weather change, it also changes our mood and way of feeling music. And it's absolutely suitable time to start again listening to great magician - Pat Metheny!

Despite he does not play heavy riffs, use tapping or many electronic devices he IS a real magician. His technique isn't as fast as Larry Coryel or Di Meola has, it also ain't so unpredictable like McLaughlin's. He doesn't play rock, rhytm'n'blues, funk, traditional jazz... he developed a specific kind of poetic fusion, very original.

But it's not only the way Metheny plays. His great pianist - Lyle Mays - have also a unique way of playing piano and feets to his compadre like they were twins.. or have some kind of soul brotherhood. Mays brings to band fantastic backgrounds and nice acoustic solo. The sound of Pat Metheny Group is last, but not least, fulfilled by fantastic fretless by Mark Egan and very "rich" way of playing on drums by Dan Gottlieb.

It's again hard to describe. And it's hard to call yourself a "jazzfan" and don't know Pat Metheny :).


Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (1978)

Tracks:
1. San Lorenzo (10:16)
2. Phase Dance (8:25)
3. Jaco (5:40)
4. Aprilwind (2:09)
5. April Joy (8:15)
6. Lone Jack (6:43)

Musicians:
Pat Metheny - Guitar (6- & 12-string)
Lyle Mays - Piano and Keyboards, Autoharp
Mark Egan - Bass
Dan Gottlieb - drums, percussion