Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1.01 | Above the Treetops | 2:43 |
| 1.02 | Facing West | 6:05 |
| 1.03 | Cathedral in a Suitcase | 4:52 |
| 1.04 | Finding and Believing | 9:58 |
| 1.05 | The Longest Summer | 6:31 |
| 1.06 | Sunlight | 3:53 |
| 1.07 | Rain River | 7:09 |
| 1.08 | Always and Forever | 5:24 |
| 1.09 | See the World | 4:48 |
| 1.10 | As a Flower Blossoms | 1:53 |
| 1.11 | Antonia | 6:11 |
| 1.12 | The Truth Will Always Be | 9:15 |
| 1.13 | Tell Her You Saw Me | 5:06 |
| 1.14 | Not to Be Forgotten (Our Final Hour) | 2:22 |
| 2.01 | Back in Time | 5:18 |
| 2.02 | Look Ahead | 1:15 |
| 2.03 | Understanding | 4:01 |
| 2.04 | A Change in Circumstance | 2:14 |
| 2.05 | As If It Were the End | 3:39 |
News & Reviews
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NPR's All Things Considered: Pat Metheny's "Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20" a "Stunningly Vivid Sound World"
Pat Metheny’s recording of John Zorn’s Tap: The Book of Angels, Vol. 20 from Zorn’s Masada Book Two was released yesterday on Nonesuch Records and Tzadik. The album was featured on NPR's All Things Considered last night. "Metheny takes what's on the page and goes to work conjuring," says NPR's Tom Moon. "The result is an ornate, stunningly vivid sound world that neither artist would have found on his own." Listen to the complete All Things Considered review here.
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Pat Metheny’s Recording of John Zorn’s "Tap: The Book of Angels, Vol. 20" Out Now
Pat Metheny’s recording of John Zorn’s Tap: The Book of Angels, Vol. 20 from Zorn’s Masada Book Two is out now, their first collaboration. The New York Times calls it "audacious ... an impressive feat of imagination, and a strikingly clear distillation of both artists’ distinctive languages." The Independent says it's "dazzlingly virtuosic and evocative." All About Jazz calls it "a suite of half a dozen cinematic pieces, some of truly epic proportions ... the work of an artist who is doing anything but resting on his considerable laurels and accomplishments."
About this Album
1992 Grammy Award Winner
The New York Times called Pat Metheny’s 1992 Grammy-winning Secret Story “the most sweepingly ambitious album that the jazz guitarist has yet recorded … a nearly 80-minute world-music suite with symphonic underpinnings.” Includes five previously unreleased tracks restored by Metheny.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Original release:
Pat Metheny, acoustic guitars (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9), synths (1-4, 6-10, 12, 13), electric basses (2), keyboards (2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12), electric guitars (2-4, 6, 7, 11, 13), guitar synth (3, 5, 12), keyboard bass (3), electric percussion (3, 4, 12), electric sitars (4, 7), piano (4, 5, 10, 11), electric piano (6-9), pikasso guitar (10), Synclavier accordion (11)
Charlie Haden, acoustic bass (1, 8)
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion (1, 4, 5, 10-12)
Armando Marçal, percussion (1-7, 9, 12)
Lyle Mays, acoustic piano (1, 6)
Steve Ferrone, drums (3, 4 [pt 1], 5 [pt 2], 12)
Mark Ledford, voice (3, 4)
Danny Gottlieb, cymbal roll (3, 11)
Will Lee, electric bass (4 [pt 1], 6, 12)
Steve Rodby, acoustic bass (4 [pt 3], 5-7, 9, 11), electric bass (6)
Paul Wertico, drums (4 [pt 3], 5 [pt 1], 7-9, 11)
Gil Goldstein, accordion (4), acoustic piano (7, 9)
Sammy Merendino, drums (6)
Andy Findon, flute (7)
Michael Mossman, Mike Metheny, Ryan Kisor, trumpets, flugelhorn; Tom Malone, trombone; Dave Taylor, bass trombone; Dave Bargeron, trombone, tuba; John Clark, French horn; Anthony Jackson, contrabass guitar (9)
Akiko Yano, voice (10)
Skaila Kanga, harp (13)
Bonus disc:
Pat Metheny, acoustic guitar (1, 4), keyboards (1, 4, 5), guitar (2, 5), electric guitar (4), piano (5)
Charlie Haden, bass; Toots Thielmans, harmonica (1)
Skaila Kanga, harp (2)
Lyle Mays, piano, keyboards; Steve Rodby, acoustic bass; Paul Wertico, drums; Armando Marçal, percussion; David Blamires, voice; Mark Ledford, voice (4)
Will Lee, bass; Paulo Braga, drums; Members of the Quebec Children’s Choir (5)
Both discs:
Members of the London Orchestra, conducted by Jeremy Lubbock (all tracks)
Gavin Wright, orchestra leader and concertmaster
Isobel Griffiths, contractor
Mike Townsend, librarian
Gil Goldstein, New York Horn leader and contractor
Tommy Kamp, lead sheet preparation, preproduction transcriptions
Steven Cantor, Niki Gatos, preproduction transcriptions
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Pat Metheny
Co-produced by Steve Rodby and David Oakes
Associate Producer: Steve Cantor
Recorded fall-winter 1991-92 at The Power Station, New York, NY
Recorded by Rob Eaton and Dan Gellett
Assistant Engineers: Dan Gellett, Todd Whitelock
Orchestra Recorded by Hayden Bendall at Abbey Road Studios, London
Additional Recording in Cambridge, MA; Willow, NY; Leblon, Rio de Janeiro
Engineer for Cambodia ensemble: Jacques Brunet
Mixed by Rob Eaton at The Power Station
Assisted by Dan Gellett and David Oakes
Editing on AMS Logic 1: Tony Pipitone
Editing Assistants: Cornelius Wildner, Steve Morris
Synclavier Technical Assistance: Niki Gatos
Production Assistance: Carolyn Chrzan, David Oakes
Production Coordinator: David Sholemson
Mastered 2007 by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
Nana Vasconcelos appears courtesy of Prince Vasconcelos des Bois Records.
Bonus disc:
Produced by Pat Metheny
Additional Recording in New York, NY
Mixed by Rob Eaton at Right Track Recording, New York, NY
Session Restoration and Preparation: Pete Karam
Additional Orchestration by Pat Metheny
All compositions and arrangements by Pat Metheny
Orchestral arrangements by Jeremy Lubbock
Track 9 horn arrangements by Pat Metheny, transcribed and conducted by Gil Goldstein
Track 1 is based on the traditional Cambodian hymn “Buong Suong”
Track 10 lyrics by Akiko Yano
Creative Direction: Robin Sloane
Art Direction / Design: Kevin Reagan
Photography: Richard Litt
