Author: PAT METHENY GROUP
Title: The Way Up
Description: New York: Nonesuch, 2005. Audio CD. Disc in excellent condition. Jewel box like new. Full liner notes. 4 tracks. 'The Way Up is the Pat Metheny Group's debut offering for Nonesuch Records. Comprised of a single, sprawling, 68-minute composition by Metheny and Lyle Mays -- divided into four sections on CD -- it is an unprecedented new direction for the band. The lineup is the same as on Speak of Now from 2003 -- Metheny and Mays on keyboards, bassist Steve Rodby, drummer Antonio Sanchéz, and trumpeter/vocalist Cuong Vu. New to the roster is Swiss/American harmonicat Gregoire Maret. While the sound here is instantly recognizable as PMG, it is dazzling and labyrinthine in shape, sound, and texture. Painstakingly composed, The Way Up also offers large open sections for solo improvisation and group interplay..' Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny, acoustic, electric, synth, and slide guitars ; Lyle Mays, piano, keyboards ; Steve Rodby, acoustic & electric bass, cello ; Cuong Vu, trumpet, voice ; Gregoire Maret, harmonica; Antonio Sanchez, drums ; with additional musicians.. Near Fine .

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