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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.”

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.

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