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"The Way Up - Live" DVD hits New Zealand

I should be saying buy it at Amazon so I get some commission or at The Warehouse so helps my salary but if you’re in NZ you can click below to get the local Region 4 DVD version of "The Way Up - Live"... Read more →

I Missed The Way Up!

This arrived today but nobody was home so it sits in the courier depot overnight. Saturday delivery is a wonderful thing Read more →

Pat Metheny's Flash New Home Page

Pat Metheny Group have a new homepage and it’s great. Loads of content but by far the best feature: Pat Metheny Radio – All Pat Metheny music, Streaming all day! Pat Metheny: Home Page - w... Read more →

J.B. Spins "The Way Up Live" DVD - Pat Metheny Group

Back in February 2005 I seriously considered flying to Tokyo, Seoul or San Diego just to see a concert. At that stage I hadn’t seen Pat Metheny perform other than on DVD. Pat Metheny Group’s “The Way... Read more →

Pat Metheny Group "The Way Up" Live DVD due in October

I found the following item at CDJapan and thought you might be interested in it… IT’S THE DVD OF THE CONCERT OF THE BEST PAT METHENY GROUP RECORDING EVER RELEASED* c h a n d r a s u t r a: Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Tour Review “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” Pat Metheny Group – "The Way Up" Live DVD Release Date:2006/10/18 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VABG-1216 Running Time: 90mins, NTSC Format, Layers: single-sided/dual-layered, Aspect Ratio(s): 16:9LB, Regional... Read more →

Pat Metheny - Are You Going With Me

Another Pat Metheny masterpiece, thanks to jazzmannl for sharing these. Compare this, more faithful to the original on the album Offramp, with Anna Maria Jopek's impressive vocal version. Read more →

Pat Metheny - Minuano with the Metropole Orchestra

Pat Metheny - Minuano - with the Metropole Orchestra (Live from North Sea Jazz 2003) is just awesome. It’s one of Pat’s best tracks and works nicely with the orchestra. Can you buy this on DVD somewhere???? For comparison, there is a clip of the original Minuano (Six Eight) from the album Still Life (Talking) at Amazon. Read more →

42 strings, not an orchestra, just a guitar

Over on “A Welsh View” Robert Gale asks “Think you can play this?” (42 string guitar). Well, no, but I’ve seen someone who can! One the highlights of Pat Metheny’s recent New Zealand concert was a solo on the 42 String Pikasso Guitar. You can see a brief clip of it in action, not sure where it was filmed, below… Read more →

Anna Maria Jopek & Pat Metheny

The beautiful Anna Maria Jopek with Pat Metheny - Are You Going With Me? Quote from Anna Maria Jopek interview by Marco Losavio about making UPOJENIE “This was the most rewarding and beautiful time in our lives, yet at the same time the most exhausting, we hardly survived the tension and the suspense. When Pat eventually arrived in Warsaw for a week in October 2002 it all vanished – and the purest joy of making music with your greatest hero of all time remained. How he works is another story. It would be wise to publish a book on that... Read more →

Pat Metheny Group Podcast

Seems like today is podcast discovery day as discovered the Pat Metheny Group podcast. The first discusses the re-mastered SONG X and there are iTunes and RSS subscriptions for future editions. I have to admit I tried to like SONG X when it was released but never really got it. Perhaps it’s time for another attempt. Pat Metheny Group Listener Network - Podcasts Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of the historic recording SONG X featuring Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette & Denardo Coleman Read more →