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Master and apprentice. Predecessor and descendant. Originator and influenced.
None of those descriptions of the musical relationship on Jim Hall & Pat Metheny quite sound right. Nor are they accurate.
After all, in his own way, Metheny has been greatly original and influential as well.
Yet, what we hear on Hall and Metheny’s duo album is certainly an affinity. Hall, who always seemed to be unobtrusively present at critical moments the last generation’s history of jazz, never abandoned his explorative ways. In fact, he extended them, subtly presenting a style of his own that was sympathetic to and yet individual from the numerous musicians he worked with.
Metheny, in spite of his ability to fill a stadium with aural pyrotechnics and his vast musical range, resembles Hall in his chameleon-like ability to assume the colors of the group he’s in.
Known for his interest in checking famous musicians off his list for joint recording ventures, Metheny certainly has elevated the opportunity to record with Hall to a level of adventurous give-and-take that is worthy of repeated listening.
With six of the tracks recorded live at the Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, Jim Hall & Pat Metheny documents—and in its own way thrills—with meditative consideration of each song’s possibilities through chorded or contrapuntal accompaniment or through investigative solos.
Master and apprentice. Predecessor and descendant. Originator and influenced.
None of those descriptions of the musical relationship on Jim Hall & Pat Metheny quite sound right. Nor are they accurate.
After all, in his own way, Metheny has been greatly original and influential as well.
Yet, what we hear on Hall and Metheny’s duo album is certainly an affinity. Hall, who always seemed to be unobtrusively present at critical moments the last generation’s history of jazz, never abandoned his explorative ways. In fact, he extended them, subtly presenting a style of his own that was sympathetic to and yet individual from the numerous musicians he worked with.
Metheny, in spite of his ability to fill a stadium with aural pyrotechnics and his vast musical range, resembles Hall in his chameleon-like ability to assume the colors of the group he’s in.
Known for his interest in checking famous musicians off his list for joint recording ventures, Metheny certainly has elevated the opportunity to record with Hall to a level of adventurous give-and-take that is worthy of repeated listening.
With six of the tracks recorded live at the Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, Jim Hall & Pat Metheny documents—and in its own way thrills—with meditative consideration of each song’s possibilities through chorded or contrapuntal accompaniment or through investigative solos.
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rulo0801 wrote:
a much better collaborative effort than stuff like the Metheny Mehldau and the Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny albums. Both those records have their share of good moments but Metheny really takes up his game on this one. Great album!
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LTHMPLS wrote:
I don't know, but people are missing out or just silently enjoying them. I don't know who is playing which parts, but they play together beautifully. Big surprise.
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bwanaDik wrote:
no shouts? what's wrong here?
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