PAT METHENY/TAP: John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20

CD will ship on Friday 5/24! Pat Metheny adds his contribution to John Zorn’s ambitiously expansive Masada Book Two with Tap: The Book of Angels, Volume 20. This album is the first collaboration between the two artists, considered among their generation’s most innovative musicians. Besides his frequent collaborator, drummer Antonio Sanchez, Metheny plays all other instruments—guitars, sitar, tiples, bass, keyboards, orchestrionics, electronics, bandoneón, percussion, flugelhorn, and more—himself.

Track List: The Book of Angels, Volume 20: Tap

1. Mastema
2. Albim
3. Tharsis
4. Sariel
5. Phanuel
6. Hurmiz

Beginning in the 1990s, Zorn wrote 500 songs inspired by traditional Jewish music; they came to be known as two volumes of the Masada Book. He performed the first 200 songs of Book One with the rotating members of the Masada ensemble for a decade before writing Book Two’s 300 tunes in just three months. Over the past eight years, the songs from Book Two have been recorded as volumes of The Book of Angels by a stellar group of musicians, including the Masada Quintet, Masada String Trio, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Marc Ribot.

Zorn says of Metheny’s recording, “Pat is of course a living legend—one of those rare lights in the universe. His incredible facility and dedication, indefatigable energy and focus, imagination, and never-ending curiosity have distinguished him as truly one of the greatest musicians on the planet.” He continues, “Tap is a showcase for Pat’s remarkable imagination, technique, passion, and love for the world. No matter how many times I listen to this recording I am hit with that same sense of exhilaration that hit me the very first time.”

Metheny, who recently won his 20th Grammy Award, adds, “I have admired John Zorn since the late ’70s and have followed his amazing output every step of the way. A few years ago, after contacting me to write some notes for one of his Arcana publications, John and I began an inspired e-mail connection. (As hard as it is to believe, we had never met in person over the years.) I mentioned that I had followed his Book of Angels series from the start and felt like I might be able to contribute something unique to the collection. With his enthusiastic encouragement, he gave me some suggestions as to which tunes were still unrecorded, and I picked the ones that jumped out and spoke to me. Over the next year, in between breaks from the road, I recorded them one by one in my home studio whenever I got a chance.”

Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion Project Double CD

Track Listing:

Improvisation #1
Antonia
Entry Point
Expansion
Improvisation #2
80/81-Broadway Blues
Orchestrion

DISC TWO

Soul Search
Spirit of the Air
Stranger in Town
Sueno Con Mexico
Tell Her You Saw Me
Unity Village

Recorded at a church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, The Orchestrion Project showcases the full evolution of the Orchestrion as documented at the tail end of Pat Metheny’s sprawling 2010 world tour. The two-disc set features all five tunes from Metheny's Orchestrion—“a soaring five-movement suite featuring some of the most intricate music he's ever created" (Boston Globe)—plus eight additional Metheny compositions, which he plays on his phalanx of remarkable, custom-made instruments via solenoid switches and pneumatics. Pre-orders include a limited-edition print signed by Metheny plus an instant download of the album track “Sueño con Mexico.”

“The Orchestrion Project”



**Blu-Ray will play internationally

Available on both 2-disc DVD and single disc 3D Blu-ray format (the latter will play in 2D in non-3D Blu-ray players).

With this project, 19 time Grammy winning guitarist Pat Metheny has created a whole new way to make music. Based on a childhood fascination with his grandfather’s player piano, Metheny commissioned new inventors to build an exciting array of acoustic mechanical musical instruments capable of responding to his touch on the guitar, resulting in a completely unique approach to solo performance. This unusual collaboration between a master guitarist and his wildest imagination has resulted in a fascinating and absolutely one of a kind musical experience.

“The Orchestrion Project” was filmed in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by Grammy and Emmy Award winning directors Pierre & François Lamoureux at the former St Elias Church in November 2010. It features Pat Metheny on guitar performing The Orchestrion Suite. Added to this are other tracks from across Metheny’s prolific career going back to “Unity Village” (from his debut solo album “Bright Size Life” in 1976) and including other tracks from the seventies, eighties and nineties. Also included is over an hour of bonus material containing four featurettes: The Making Of The Orchestrion Project; Pat Metheny Interview; the Original EPK; a Studio Session: “Orchestrion”; a Studio Session: “Expansion”

TRACKLISTING:
Unity Village
The Orchestrion Suite:
- Orchestrion
- Entry Point
- Expansion
- Soul Search
- Spirit Of The Air
Improvisation #2
Sueño con México
Stranger In Town

Bonus Tracks:
Improvisation #1
80/81 – Broadway Blues
Tell Her You Saw Me
Antonia

Special Features:
The Making Of The Orchestrion Project
Pat Metheny Interview
The Original EPK
A Studio Session: “Orchestrion”
A Studio Session: “Expansion”

“The Orchestrion Project”



**FORMAT: NTSC / DVD will only play in N. America

Available on both 2-disc DVD and single disc 3D Blu-ray format (the latter will play in 2D in non-3D Blu-ray players).

With this project, 19 time Grammy winning guitarist Pat Metheny has created a whole new way to make music. Based on a childhood fascination with his grandfather’s player piano, Metheny commissioned new inventors to build an exciting array of acoustic mechanical musical instruments capable of responding to his touch on the guitar, resulting in a completely unique approach to solo performance. This unusual collaboration between a master guitarist and his wildest imagination has resulted in a fascinating and absolutely one of a kind musical experience.

“The Orchestrion Project” was filmed in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by Grammy and Emmy Award winning directors Pierre & François Lamoureux at the former St Elias Church in November 2010. It features Pat Metheny on guitar performing The Orchestrion Suite. Added to this are other tracks from across Metheny’s prolific career going back to “Unity Village” (from his debut solo album “Bright Size Life” in 1976) and including other tracks from the seventies, eighties and nineties. Also included is over an hour of bonus material containing four featurettes: The Making Of The Orchestrion Project; Pat Metheny Interview; the Original EPK; a Studio Session: “Orchestrion”; a Studio Session: “Expansion”

TRACK LISTING:
Unity Village
The Orchestrion Suite:
- Orchestrion
- Entry Point
- Expansion
- Soul Search
- Spirit Of The Air
Improvisation #2
Sueño con México
Stranger In Town

Bonus Tracks:
Improvisation #1
80/81 – Broadway Blues
Tell Her You Saw Me
Antonia

Special Features:
The Making Of The Orchestrion Project
Pat Metheny Interview
The Original EPK
A Studio Session: “Orchestrion”
A Studio Session: “Expansion”

TRACK LIST:

1. NEW YEAR 7:37
2. ROOFDOGS 5:33
3. COME AND SEE 8:28
4. THIS BELONGS TO YOU 5:20
5. LEAVING TOWN 6:24
6. INTERVAL WALTZ 11:26
7. SIGNALS (ORCHESTRION SKETCH) 11:26
8. THEN AND NOW 5:57
9. BREAKDEALER 8:34

TO READ PAT'S INTERVIEW ABOUT THE RECORD GO HERE.

Pat Metheny-Unity Band World Tour 2012 Charcoal T-Shirt

Pat Metheny-Unity Band World Tour 2012 Blue T-Shirt

This is a Pat Metheny Black Unity Band Hat in black with white stitched lettering. One size fits all.

Pat Metheny-Unity Band Brown Hat

Featuring the album artwork from “Pat Metheny Unity Band” this black hooded zipper sweatshirt is destined to become an instant classic. Available in all sizes.

50% cotton | 50% polyester

Heavyweight 11 oz. 80% cotton/20% polyester fleece blanket. This comfortable blanket is great for summer concerts, picnics or as an extra blanket for your home. Size 54" x 84" in black or grey

TRAVELS WATER BOTTLE: Hi quality 24 oz H2Go water bottles made of single wall 18/8 stainless steel. Designed for cold liquids only.

Original Release Date: February 29, 2000

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Disc 1:
1. Are You Going With Me?
2. The Fields, The Sky
3. Goodbye
4. Phase Dance
5. Straight On Red
6. Farmer's Trust

Disc 2:
1. Extradition
2. Goin' Ahead / As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
3. Travels
4. Song For Bilbao
5. San Lorenzo

From our limited edition Vintage Collection!

This 80/81 T-Shirt is available for the first time!
Printed on 100% cotton, USA made American Apparel shirts.
These T-Shirts are cut about 1 size smaller than Haynes or Jerzee's so please order accordingly.

**CD Sold Separately

Original Release Date: May 26, 1980

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Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Two Folk Songs
2. 80/81
3. The Bat
4. Turnaround

Disc 2:
1. Open
2. Pretty Scattered
3. Every Day (I Thank You)
4. Goin' Ahead

Men’s 100% cotton t-shirt with the title of the new record on the front and Pat's name on the back.

The new acoustic solo guitar album from Pat Metheny features classic tunes from songwriters like Paul Simon, Lennon & McCartney, Burt Bacharach, and Henry Mancini. Pat describes it like this: “I wanted to record some of the music that was on my radar before I ever wrote a note of my own, or in a few cases, even before I played an instrument. Every one of these tunes has something going on that is just hip on a musical level, no matter how you cut it. They have all stuck with me over the years."

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CD Track Listing:
1. The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon) 6:33
2. Cherish (Terry Kirkman) 5:25
3. Alfie (Burt Bacharach & Hal David) 7:41
4. Pipeline (Bob Spickard & Brian Carman) 3:23
5. Garota de Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes) 5:07
6. Rainy Days and Mondays (Roger S. Nichols & Paul H. Williams) 7:10
7. That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (Carly Simon & Jacob Brackman) 5:57
8. Slow Hot Wind (Henry Mancini & Normal Gimbel) 4:23
9. Betcha by Golly, Wow (Thomas Bell & Linda Creed) 5:12
10. And I Love Her (John Lennon & Paul McCartney) 4:22

Here is the official Tokyo Day Trip T-Shirt! Perfect for a day out or relaxing around the house.

Transcriptions to all the tracks from Metheny's 2008 one-day-long recording session with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez: At Last You're Here • Calvin's Keys • Day Trip • Dreaming Trees • Is This America? • Let's Move • The Red One • Snova • Son of Thirteen • When We Were Free. Also includes these songs from the live album Tokyo Day Trip: Back Arm & Blackcharge • Inori • The Night Becomes You • Traveling Fast • Tromso.

This Songbook is for pre-sale and will be shipped during the week of September 13, 2011. Your credit card will be charged when you place your order. The nature of pre-order sales prohibits order modifications and cancellations. All pre-order sales are final.

One of the most common questions Pat is asked by students is, “What kinds of things do you do to warm up before a concert?” Over the years, in many master classes and workshops around the world, Pat has demonstrated the kind of daily workout he puts himself through. This book includes a collection of 14 guitar etudes he created to help you limber up, improve picking technique and build finger independence.

The new stainless steel coffee mug features artwork designed by Pat Metheny himself. We added a handle to the design for convenience. Like the Travels mug, it is your best option for keeping hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold. Perfect for traveling, at home, or at the work place!

White mug features Pat Metheny Trio Day Trip artwork on the outside.

Pat Metheny-Women's Unity Band World Tour 2012 Charcoal T-Shirt

Pat Metheny-Women's Unity Band World Tour 2012 Teal T-Shirt