Pat Metheny Group – Pat Metheny Group (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1978

Pat Metheny Group is an LP by Pat Metheny Group from 1978 released on the ECM Records label.

About this album

Pat Metheny Group introduced the ensemble’s distinctive jazz-fusion voice and remains a foundational statement in Pat Metheny’s catalogue. Released in 1978, the album set out the group’s hallmark blend of lyrical melody, elastic rhythm and open-ended improvisation, with tunes such as Phase Dance and San Lorenzo showing how accessible themes could unfold into intricate ensemble dialogue. Pat Metheny’s guitar, Lyle Mays’s keyboards and the band’s fluid interplay helped define a more melodic strain of fusion that stood apart from the genre’s flashier excesses. Widely admired by critics, it established the sound and identity of one of contemporary jazz’s most influential groups.

Genre: Jazz

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