PAT METHENY — Imaginary Day Live

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Movie · 2001

Filed under World Fusion
By PAT METHENY

Tracklist

1. Into the Dream
2. Follow Me
3. A Story Within The Story
4. Imaginary Day
5. Heat of the Day
6. Across the Sky
7. The Roots of Coincidence
8. Message to a Friend
9. September Fifteenth
10. Minuano (Six Eight)

Line-up/Musicians

Pat Metheny (acoustic, electric & synth guitar)
Lyle Mays (acoustic piano, keyboards, guitar)
Steve Rodby (acoustic & electric bass)
Paul Wertico (drums)
Mark Ledford (vocals, trumpet, percussion, guitar)
Philip Hamilton (vocals, percussion, guitar)
Jeff Haynes (percussion)

About this release

Eagle Vision ‎– EREDV265 (EU)

Filmed and Recorded Live at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga, Ca. July 21-23, 1998

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Matti P
The gig date is July 1998 and the venue is not-so-ordinary stage at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California. The film is beautifully directed and edited by Steve Rodby, the bassist of the seven-piece group. The composition credits are shared by Metheny and keyboardist Lyle Mays. The main body of the set is from the then-latest album Imaginary Day (1997), which is one of the finest and most eclectic Pat Metheny Group albums.

On the opening solo number 'Into the Dream' Metheny plays peculiar 42-string "Pikasso" guitar that produces sounds reminiscent to kantele or zither. The group joins him on the groovy, bright & happy 'Follow Me' that features also some wordless singing from multi-instrumentalists Mark Ledford (trumpet, guitar, percussion) and Philip Hamilton (percussion, guitar). The frontman himself throws in his trade mark high-pitched guitar sound.

The 10-minute title track is an impressive example of the way this wonderful group builds exciting sonic textures and eclectic musical vocabulary without ever losing a certain positively charged accessibility and emotion. 'Heat of the Day' is a hectic piece full of percussive vitality but also a more serene pianism of Mays. Mellow 'Across the Sky' approaches a song structure in a nice way. The warm-spirited gig ends with three pieces outside of Imaginary Day. 'Message to a Friend' is a moody acoustic guitar solo.

Extra features on the 93-min. DVD include a Metheny interview, discography (featuring album covers and track lists), band member biographies, and Notes About the Album / Instrumentation / Tracks / Writing Process. Reading it all can be a bit exhausting, but in the end these extras help this DVD deserve a sincere recommendation for all fans of Pat Metheny. Musically speaking, this is one of the most enjoyable jazz/fusion live DVD's I have ever viewed.

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