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Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman - Song X (1986)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 5 Mar 2024 15:58:45

Guitarist Pat Metheny had long expressed admiration for Ornette Coleman's music, had recorded his compositions, and had worked extensively with bassist Charlie Haden, so a collaboration was not totally unexpected, though who would have guessed that it would be on the Geffen label? Metheny's almost rock star status has worked against him in other partnerships from time to time (notably, his overbearing playing on his project with Derek Bailey, The Sign of 4), but here he happily sublimates his showier instincts and works as sympathetic co-leader, deferring to Coleman's experience and genius. The music itself bears strong similarities to that of Coleman's Prime Time ensembles wherein all players solo at once, bracketed by the themes of the piece. Metheny often manages to be a quite expressive second voice, racing along beside the master saxophonist, offering alternative strategies and never showboating. The tandem percussion team of Jack DeJohnette and Coleman's son Denardo are ferocious when need be, and Charlie Haden is his standard exemplary self. Metheny fans owe it to themselves to listen to some of his most exploratory and least "pastel" playing and, in fact, the album also contains some of Coleman's best work since the mid-'70s.

Review by Brian Olewnick, Allmusic.com

I've always regarded Metheny as a harmless, well-meaning talent whose interests are as far from mine as, I don't know, Nino Rota's. It was nice that he admired Ornette, but his jazz was still way too tame. Well, never mind–this collaboration is the best pure jazz album Coleman's made since I started keeping track in the early '70s. No rock moves, and no funk, harmolodic or otherwise–it's all sweet lyricism, sonic comedy, and headlong invention. Metheny obviously doesn't deserve top billing, but he holds his own, especially on guitar synth, where his duet responses, ensemble parts, and choo-choo noises all fit in. And while rhythm stalwarts Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette make everything swinging, it's Metheny's taming effect that keeps the music in trim.

Review by Robert Christgau

Pat Metheny at Allmusic
Pat Metheny at Wiki

Ornette Coleman at Allmusic
Ornette Coleman at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Song X (05:38)
02. Mob Job (04:13)
03. Endangered Species (13:19)
04. Video Games (05:21)
05. Kathelin Gray (04:15)
06. Trigonometry (05:09)
07. Song X Duo (03:08)
08. Long Time No See (07:37)

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EAC extraction logfile from 12. December 2014, 12:44

Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman / Song X (GED 24096)

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