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Principally recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, New York in 1994. WE LIVE HERE won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance. The Pat Metheny Group have always been on the move. Previous album titles such as ... Full DescriptionTHE ROAD TO YOU, OFFRAMP and LETTER FROM HOME indicate a proclivity for motion, and on their latest production, WE LIVE HERE, they show that their home is a constant state of travel. Throughout these nine songs they challenge the listener to not go with them.
The Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays composition team works with hooky structures which provide foundations for thoughtful, and, at times, passionate improvisations. The rousing riff behind "Stranger In Town" serves as a jumping-off point for one of Pat's many stunning solos. With a full, warm sound, he masterfully develops his improvisations as if he were telling tales, weaving lines through carefully fabricated collages of harmonic color. Thematic and motivic development are standard in Metheny's playing, and he expresses his ideas with such conviction and craft that you may find yourself humming them later.
Another highlight of WE LIVE HERE is the propelling percussion of Luis Conte. From the hip-hoppish groove of "Here To Stay" to the fierce, tribal soundscape supporting the title track, Conte always adds the right juice to the mix.
The Pat Metheny Group are at home when they are playing with fire--sometimes smoldering, sometimes blazing, but always burning.
Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny (guitar, guitar synthesizer); David Blamires (vocals); Mark Ledford (vocals, whistles, flugelhorn, trumpet); Lyle Mays (piano, keyboards); Steve Rodby (acoustic & electric basses); Paul Wertico (drums); Luis Conte (percussion).
Pat Metheny Group: Mark Ledford (vocals, whistling, flugelhorn); David Blamires (vocals); Pat Metheny (guitar, synthesizer); Lyle Mays (piano, keyboards); Steve Rodby (upright bass, bass guitar); Paul Wertico (drums); Luis Conte (percussion).
Additional personnel include: Dave Samuels.
Recording information: 1994.
Additional personnel: Dave Samuels (cymbals); Sammy Merendino (drum programming).Entertainment Weekly (1/20/95, p.53) - "...With a sure instinct for sleek grooves, Metheny travels a path between jazz, Latin-esque ideas, and, this time out, soft-core R&B--with winning musicality..." - Rating: A- Hide Description Pat Metheny We Live Here Songs Purchase We Live Here CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gino Vannelli Storm At Sunup CD (1990)
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Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York in 1989.
Pat Metheny Group: Pedro Aznar (vocals, acoustic guitar, charango, panpipes, melodica, tenor saxophone, marimba, percussion); ...
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"The Road To You" won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Contemporary Jazz Performance."
One the thing the Pat Metheny Group has always been known for is being able to pull off everything it can do on record in front of a live audience. THE ROAD TO YOU captures Metheny and his men on a European tour playing for ecstatic fans that even sing along to the guitarist's enchanting melodies. For their enthusiasm they are treated to explosive performances of many of Metheny's best works. Longtime members Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, and Paul Wertico and multi-instrumentalists Armando Marsal and Pedro Aznar round out the group.
All of the group's "hits" are here, including the blistering "Have You Heard," which opens the show with a first-of-many jaw-dropping solos by the leader. The dramatic "First Circle" makes for an exciting live piece as Aznar's vocal work and May's delicate piano styling offer many pleasing moments. The crowd erupts at the first notes of the favorite "Last Train Home, " long a Metheny chestnut. The grandest moments, however, come with the exhilarating "Beat 70" and the stunning closer "Third Wind." Also included are some new compositions like the eclectic "Half Life Of Absolution" and Metheny's tender acoustic piece "Solo From 'More Travels'."
All songs written or co-written by Pat Metheny.
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The current Pat Metheny Group, which includes keyboard wizard Lyle Mays and the rhythm section of Steve Rodby and Paul Wertico, is a family of artists that has spent more than a decade developing and exploring its own musical terrain. On QUARTET, Metheny fans will find many familiar tonal colors and aural landscapes, but a new geography of ethnic influences brings a different, more stark background to the free improvisations, especially in the middle section of the disc. While much of this band's previous material has taken its inspiration from the horizontal, spacious phrasing and harmonies of Brazilian music, other sources appear here, as on "Badland," which has an Arabic tonality and a darkness that is new (and welcome) to the Metheny canon.
While many of the songs begin with a free improv section, they confound expectations of something mysterious by settling fairly quickly into "tunes." But whichever you prefer--compositions or improvisations--if you're looking for reflective, mature music played by a top notch "family" ...
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Personnel include: Donovan Thompson (guitar); P. "Wrongmove" Crosdale, T. Brown (guitars, keyboards); Ian "Beezie" Coleman, W. Bowell, M. Khan, R. "Fire Ball" Gordon, D. Brownie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, R. Gordon, W. Armond, M. Chin (guitars); J. Williams (violin); Errol Herd (flute); D. Fraser (saxophone); E. Hird (horns); B. Myaz, D. Dennis (keyboards, bass ...
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We Live Here Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Sensational
All of Metheny's stuff is great. This particular set has such sparkle. Often when a group plays together playing the same type of stuff for so long, a kind of staleness arises; not so with these guys. Man oh man, can Pat play. Metheny is the most decorated guitarist in jazz history, and this one is among his best work. Every song is a gem: they swing, they're funky, they're tricky, and yet Pat's as fresh as a teenager in his American Garage. Whether you think you've heard it all from Metheny, or you're just discovering him, you should really love this one, and if you don't, you have no ear!
Submitted by St. Davey (Windham, Me.)
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It took me about 6-months to find this cd. I beleve the group switch to different label and was in a legal despute. I finally found the Cd.
Thanks,to CD Universe
Leonard..
Submitted by lenjil (Phila, Pa, USA) 
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"We live here", is the PMG's best cd.I remember when this cd first came out and Pat Metheny gave this cd a new sound which was at this time fresh for the group. This is their best cd.
Submitted by swhitney1 (Pearl Harbor,Hi USA)
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DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR TRAVELING OR CLEANING THE HOUSE THIS CD PUTS YOU IN A GOOD MOOD TO DO WHATEVER. MY DAUGHER IS 18 YRS OLD AND MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN PLAYING THIS CD VERY OFTEN, SHE HAS FELL IN LOVE WITH AND THEN I KNEW, THIS IS MY FAVORITE ALSO KEEP IT GOING PAT YOUR GGGRRREEEAATTT!!!!!!!
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I RETURN ONE I COMFIRMATION THAT YOU GOT THE OTHER.PAT METHENY,WE LIVE HERE
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