Pat Metheny is my favorite guitar player and one of the most creative jazz composers in the last 30 years. Always writing, playing, recording and touring, he has won Grammy after Grammy for almost each record he’s released with his group. This track, a very slow, mellow ballad played live featuring Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcellos, is from his 1983 double album of the same name.
Metheny and his band, also featuring Lyle Mays on keyboards and Mark Egan on bass, had a string of albums for the ECM record label that were proof that human beings are not on the verge of self-destruction. Travels was the live compilation that included some new tunes, like the title track: a melody that puts you right there in the middle of Kansas, watching falcons fly by. Enjoy!
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