Pat Metheny - Secret Story

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Music Review: The 'War and Peace' of jazz?
Rating: 5 Stars

Pat's compositional skills are on display just as much as his phenomenal guitar work. "Facing West" soars above a vast landscape of lush green forests. "Finding and Believing" is Oriental funk, if such a thing even exists. A dreamy piano drifts through "The Longest Summer," painting pictures of blue cloudless skies. "See the World," the most similar to the songs on Pat's other albums, could have come straight from Offramp or Travels. I won't stretch this out by going track-by-track, but every piece here creates its own individual exotic atmosphere while contributing a vital part of the grand whole. Even 76 minutes seems like a short running time, considering just how much is packed into this little piece of plastic.

If you're not turned off by the description of new-age classical world-beat jazz (and you're prepared to give it a good while to grow on you), you'll find more feeling and depth to this album than I can sum up in words. It stands alone in the Metheny catalogue and in the world of jazz itself. This can be unassuming background wallpaper if you need to relax, or it can captivate your senses if you give it your full attention. It's sonic poetry of the highest order. Take a listen and hear what you've been missing.

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Jazz CDs

• Music > Styles
• Pop