Kin (<-->) Pat Metheny Unity Group

• 1 On Day One 15:15
• 2 Rise Up 11:56
• 3 Adagia 02:14
• 4 Sign of the Season 10:14
• 5 Kin (<-->) 11:06
• 6 Born 07:51
• 7 Genealogy 00:38
• 8 We Go On 05:33
• 9 Kqu 05:27
• Total Runtime 01:10:14

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Es ist ein gutes Jahr her, dass Pat Metheny mit Chris Potter (Sax), Antonio Sanchez (Drums) und Ben Williams (Bass) eine Band ins Leben rief, die zum ersten Mal seit 1980 das Tenorsaxophon in der Vordergrund stellte. Die Unity Band sorgte dafür, dass der virtuose Gitarrist nicht nur frischen Wind brachte, sondern auch seinen 20. Grammy entgegennehmen konnte! Mit Multi-Instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi hat Metheny die spannende Formation nun um ein weiteres Mitglied ergänzt, das dem Sound der Gruppe eine größere Dimension verleiht – und einen neuen Namen verdient. Pat Metheny tat das Naheliegende und taufte die Band Unity Group.

„Das Herzstück des Quartetts, also Chris, Ben, Antonio und ich, spielte im Jahr der Veröffentlichung unseres Unity Band-Albums über 100 Konzerte“, so Metheny über die Entstehung der Unity Group. „In dieser Zeit wurde aus dieser Band eine der seltenen Musiker-Kombinationen, deren Ganzes viel größer ist als die Summe ihrer Teile: Sie wuchs in alle Richtungen, und das rief einfach nach Expansion und weiterer Vertiefung. Gleichzeitig fühlte ich den Drang nach einem üppigeren und orchestrierten Konzept, das über die klanglichen Grenzen eines Quartetts hinausreicht. Aber ich wollte die Energie, den Fokus und die Intensität erhalten, die die Band erreicht hatte. Ich wollte es weiter bringen. Wenn also das erste Album der Unity Band eine Art Schwarz-Weiß-Dokumentation über vier Musiker war, die im Studio zusammen spielen, ist das neue Album eher in einer Technicolor-IMAX Version dessen gehalten, was die Band sein könnte – aber mit diesem harten Kern, der in der Mitte von allem steht.“

Dieses Album verbindet alles, was den Metheny Kosmos ausmacht und verbindet endlich auch wieder viele Elemente der legendären Pat Metehny Group!

Pat Metheny, electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth, electronics, orchestrionics, synths
Chris Potter, tenor sax, bass clarinet, soprano sax, clarinet, alto flute, bass flute
Antonio Sanchez, drums and cajon
Ben Williams, acoustic and electric basses
Giulio Carmassi, piano, trumpet, trombone, french horn, cello, vibes, clarinet, flute, recorder, alto sax, wurlitzer, whistling and vocals

Recorded June 2013 at MSR Studios, New York, NY
Recorded and Mixed by Pete Karam
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
Produced by Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny
was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility - a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz guitar” sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to re-define the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument.

Metheny's versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. He has been part of a writing team with keyboardist Lyle Mays for more than twenty years - an association that has been compared to the Lennon/McCartney and Ellington/Strayhorn partnerships by critics and listeners alike. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical.

As well as being an accomplished musician, Metheny has also participated in the academic arena as a music educator. At 18, he was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher ever at the Berklee College of Music, where he also received an honorary doctorate more than twenty years later (1996). He has also taught music workshops all over the world, from the Dutch Royal Conservatory to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz to clinics in Asia and South America. He has also been a true musical pioneer in the realm of electronic music, and was one of the very first jazz musicians to treat the synthesizer as a serious musical instrument. Years before the invention of MIDI technology, Metheny was using the Synclavier as a composing tool. He also been instrumental in the development of several new kinds of guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar, the 42-string Pikasso guitar, Ibanez1s PM-100 jazz guitar, and a variety of other custom instruments.

It is one thing to attain popularity as a musician, but it is another to receive the kind of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics and peers. Over the years, Metheny has won countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won eighteen Grammy Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Instrumental Composition. The Pat Metheny Group won an unprecedented seven consecutive Grammies for seven consecutive albums. Metheny has spent most of his life on tour, averaging between 120-240 shows a year since 1974. At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic visions.

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