In the long time that guitarist Pat Metheny has been making music, he has recorded many albums and already showed us many sides of his musicality. He has made a significant series of records with his trio, as well as award-winning solo albums, music for Hollywood films, duets with artists such as Charlie Haden and Jim Hall, and collaborations with avant-garde celebrities such as Ornette Coleman and
… Steve. Reich. On his eleventh studio album with his Group there are major personnel changes to report. Three of the six members are new: Richard Bona (vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, and fretless electric bass), Cuong Vu (trumpet, vocals), and Antonio Sanchez (drums) join veterans Lyle Mays (keyboards), Steve Rodby (acoustic bass, cello), next to of course Pat Metheny himself (guitars and synthesizer guitar). However, the ingredients have remained the same, with Metheny and Mays writing six tracks together and Metheny herself, who accounted for the three remaining songs. The music is as we are used to from the PMG: intelligent multi-layered mellow jazz of the highest level. (RM)more