As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls Music Cd

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As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls      Artist : Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays      List Price : $17.98 USD        Your Price : $13.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-02-29      Studio : Ecm Records      Label : Ecm Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (89 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls      It's better than most PMG - insipid in places but has some good moments      Rating:      This is just a matter of taste, but I have never quite 'got' the PMG. Mostly I find the music very simple and saccharine. I find tracks like 'Phase Dance' unbearable. But there are some excellent tracks here and there, eg. 'Are You Coming with Me?', or 'The Heat of the Day', and Metheny can produce some great soloing. I think the title track is a very good piece of music. It starts atmospherically and has some interesting dynamics throughout. 'September 15th' is above average for PMG. The other tracks are, again, just a bit too twee for my tastes. For those wanting longer pieces with more emotional oomph and musical interest, try Yes's 'Close to the Edge' or Allan Holdsworth's 'The Unmerry-Go-Round'.     Customer Reviews for As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls Cd      Mesmerizing stuff indeed      Rating:      This classic from 1981 is one of my favourites from the Metheny/Mays partnership and is a must-have for any fan of their music. It's mesmerizing stuff indeed. The title track is very experimental even by today's standards let alone back then and as one might predict, it got (and still gets) very mixed reviews. Personally, I love it though and, according to Metheny himself in a magazine article, many of the ideas employed on the Pat Metheny Group's 2005 album The Way Up actually had their genesis on this recording 24 years earlier! I find that amazing. The album speaks to me in so many different ways and though I've had it on vinyl since 1987 (the brilliant title track takes up the whole of side one!), I just had to get the CD because this is the kind of music I love playing in the car while driving late at night. "September Fifteenth", a dedication to Bill Evans and ""It's For You"" are also personal favourites as is the closing vocal track, "Estupenda Graça", sung by Nana Vasconcelos, whose vocals can also be heard in other places on the album. At 2mins 41secs it's much too short, though I have read somewhere that it was expanded on during a subsequent live tour that included the singer & percussionist in its lineup. Vasconcelos also plays berimbau, percussion and drums on this recording. Lyle Mays plays piano, synthesizer, organ and autoharp and Pat Metheny plays electric & acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars and bass. These dudes are simply the best. They've had me enthralled for well over 20 years now and I applaud them for refusing to adhere to the narrow definitions of jazz that many would prefer them to.