Review of The Way Up Tour - Toronto - Pat Metheny Group
c h a n d r a s u t r a has superb reviews of Pat Metheny Group’s "The Way Up Tour - Toronto"” and the CD. While you are there, or if not a PMG fan, check out the other content and photo albums. It’s a lovely blog.
c h a n d r a s u t r a: Pat Metheny Group takes Toronto all The Way Up “Even James Joyce, music lover that he was, couldn't help me come up with the adjectives to describe the experience of seeing Pat Metheny Group, on tour” c h a n d r a s u t r a: Going all The Way Up with Pat Metheny Group “For those of us who love jazz as a living thing, as an organic and vital form, TWU represents an epic achievement in jazz form”
but, unfortunately, comes nowhere near New Zealand. Tokyo is the closest however 8,809km is a long way to go for a concert. The only way I’ve seen PMG perform to date is on DVD & I hope there will be one of this tour. Experiencing PMG Live is high on my “Must do before I die” list but arranging to be on the other side of the world at the right time is tricky.
A long way to “The Way Up” for me!
Auckland to Tokyo 8809 km 332° true
Auckland to Seoul 9597 km 324° true
Auckland to San Diego 10462 km 51° true
PS: This post is green with envy 
The compliments about your Blog are justified.
I rarely meet people who know about PMG here. Even the import shops don’t stock many titles so I have to get them via Amazon. The net is great for that!
I asked Pat (via the Q&A section on www.patmethenygroup.com) if he would tour here. Search for "Pacific Tour" to see the post. Small fan base means its unlikely so I'll have to get to him!
If you like First Circle his response to my question "Forward March" may also be of interest. I love that track as it freaks people out.
He doesn’t respond much now but if that means more time spent creating masterpieces link TWU then I don’t mind!
If regions aren’t a problem I have found the DVD's recorded in Japan are available via:
www.cdjapan.co.jp
They are released in Japan well before the US releases (sometimes years).
Posted by: Robin Capper | 24 February 2005 at 22:17
Wow! Thanks for all the compliments (colour me blushing) and hello back to you from Canada (::waves::). Yesterday I'd done a search to see if any other bloggers were talking about PMG and TWU and only found a few. Yours was the best thing- everything else was in Japanese!! (goes to show you how much of a presence PMG has there, eh). Was so pleased to find this post today but sad to see that you will not be able to see the tour :-( That really sucks. If you can, I hope you will, see it. It's worth it. But if you can't I have a feeling they'll do a DVD of this - they HAVE to. Probably won't until after the tour though so you'll have to sit tight. In the meantime, just enjoy TWU. If you're anything like me you're probably being inspired by it on a regular basis. I'm finding now when I put it on it's over so quickly! 68 minutes just flies by. The music just kind of just fuses with the listener ...
Posted by: Mel | 24 February 2005 at 05:30