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Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories By Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny (CD)

By: Charlie Haden (Artist) and Pat Metheny (Artist)

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Charlie Haden Artist Snapshot:

With the exception of Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden is perhaps the most important post-bop jazz bassist. His work with Ornette Coleman's original groundbreaking quartet helped establish the blueprint for free jazz, a blueprint that Haden himself augmented with his own Liberation Music Orchestra. Haden is as well known for his collaborations and work as a sideman--with Hampton Hawes, Pat Metheny, and Michael Brecker, among others--as he is for his own projects, and has been an inspiration for a host of diverse bass players in various genres. He is also the father of Petra, Tanya, Rachel, and Josh Haden, four talented musicians in their own right.

Pat Metheny Artist Snapshot:

Jazz guitar innovator Pat Metheny first appeared in the mid-'70s as a prodigy in Gary Burton's band, and soon thereafter he was leading his own group. He is among the few jazz artists who've become household names--his music has appeal well beyond the typical jazz audience, yet his artistic integrity is unquestionable, and he has used his success to pursue many less-commercial side projects. Ever the explorer, Metheny has been a pioneer of the guitar synthesizer, a champion of the avant garde, and a unifier of musical styles, incorporating rock, folk, world music, and even country influences into his unique musical paradigm.

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DISC 1 for Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories By Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny (CD) Album By Charlie Haden (Artist) and Pat...
1   Waltz For Ruth
2   Our Spanish Love Song
3   Message To A Friend
4   Two For The Road
5   First Song
6   Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The
7   Precious Jewel, The
8   He's Gone Away
9   Moon Song, The
10   Tears Of Rain
11   Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
12   Cinema Paradiso: Main Theme
13   Spiritual
 

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Q (5/97, p.122) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...some of the most elegant, eloquent duets you could wish for..."
Down Beat (4/97, p.50) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Almost hypnotically slow and whispered, the 13 'short stories' of BEYOND THE MISSOURI SKY have a cumulative lulling effect that induces relaxation at the least, and total stupor at best..."

Title Note

Personnel: Charlie Haden (bass); Pat Metheny (various instruments, acoustic guitar).

Principally recorded at Right Track Studio, New York, New York in 1996. Includes liner notes by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny.

BEYOND THE MISSOURI SKY won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group.

Metheny and Haden have a lot in common. They're two of the most respected musicians at the vanguard of contemporary jazz, and they've worked together in Metheny's own band as well as with people like Ornette Coleman, Abbey Lincoln and Michael Brecker. They're both innovators who've blazed new trails on their respective axes. They're also both from small towns in Missouri, which is the underlying theme of this collaboration. Essentially an acoustic duet album, MISSOURI SKY finds these old friends joining together to paint an aural landscape that evokes the wide open spaces and heartland Americana of the place where they grew up.

The album mixes original tunes by Haden and Metheny with some carefully chosen outside material, including Jimmy Webb's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" and Roy Acuff's "Precious Jewel." All the tunes on the album benefit from the precision and grace of Metheny's acoustic guitar and the thoughtful fluidity of Haden's bass.

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