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Pat Metheny Group - American Garage (1979)

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Pat Metheny - 6 & 12 string guitars; Lyle Mays - piano, oberheim, autoharp, organ; Mark Egan - bass; Dan Gottlieb - drums

tracklist:

1. (Cross the) Heartland
2. Airstream
3. Search
4. American Garage
5. Epic

QUOTE
The back liner photo gives the impression of a grungy Midwestern garage band, but no, that doesn't describe this sophisticated jazz-rock quartet, which was simultaneously breaking into mass-market acceptance and away from the contemplative ECM stereotype. The arrangements are more structured, the playing often more intense and searching, with a more pronounced rock influence. On the title track, Metheny digs in and displays some authoritative rock-oriented licks and intensity, and the rhythms on "The Search" have a slight, at times asymmetrical Latin feeling. The nearly 13-minute "The Epic" finds the Metheny group developing some real combustion in the improvised sections as Metheny, keyboardist Lyle Mays, bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb grow tighter as a unit. In hindsight, some of the music seems a bit too tightly conceived to allow adequate breathing room, but this is still high-quality jazz-rock for its time.


Pat Metheny Group - American Garage

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