Pat Metheny Group - Letter from Home - 1989
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1989 / Genre: Jazz-Fusion - Geffen Records - US
One of the timeless highlights of the Pat Metheny Group
The album "Letter from Home" is an album with strong compositions (you will never forget) and a wonderful energetic rhythm and timing. Give this album with an excellent recording quality a try. Enjoy the music!
Note > Some Tracks have no gaps; gapless burning is essential to seamless play the whole album..
Review:
Picking up where "Still Life (Talking)" leaves off (instead of throwing listeners a curve ball like Song X), the equally triumphant "Letter from Home" stresses Brazilian elements with superb results. While a number of these treasures – including "Beat 70," "Have You Heard," and "Every Summer Night" – are light and accessible enough to have enjoyed exposure on some smooth jazz stations, Letter contains the type of depth and honesty that's sorely lacking in most smooth jazz.
Metheny has always known the difference between light and lightweight, and even at his most delicate, he avoids entering "Muzak" territory. True to form, the improviser doesn't shy away from making extensive use of technology, but is insightful enough to do so in a very warm and soulful fashion. Like "Still Life", "Letter from Home" is a fine example of an album that is both a commercial and an artistic success.
Alex Henderson - Allmusic.com 4,5/5
Track Listing:
- 01 Have You Heard
02 Every Summer Night
03 Better Days Ahead
04 Spring Ain't Here
05 45/8 Listen
06 5-5-7 Listen
07 Beat 70
08 Dream of the Return
09 Are We There Yet
10 Vidala
11 Slip Away
12 Letter from Home
Pat Metheny: acoustic & electric guitars, synclavier, synthesizer
Pedro Aznar: vocals, tenor saxophone, pipes, melodica, vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, charango, percussion
Lyle Mays: trumpet, piano, organ, keyboards, synclavier
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass & electric bass
Paul Wertico: drums, percussion
Armando Marcal: percussion
Pedro Aznar: vocals, tenor saxophone, pipes, melodica, vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, charango, percussion
Lyle Mays: trumpet, piano, organ, keyboards, synclavier
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass & electric bass
Paul Wertico: drums, percussion
Armando Marcal: percussion
Linn LP12 with Lingo power supply
Ittok LV II arm
Ortofon MC 20 Super II Cartridge
Accuphase C11 Phono-pre
Cable Talk Broadcast 3 interlink
Tascam US 144 ADC - Audioquest Coffee USB Cable
Wavelab 6 and CD Wave 1.95.2
Tweaks:
Noise Eater
Masterbase (under the feet of the turntable)