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
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Nonesuch Releases Pat Metheny Unity Band Album June 12; Band to Launch Summer, Fall Tour
For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity Band, due out June 12, introduces a new Metheny ensemble with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass. The album features nine new Metheny compositions. The Pat Metheny Unity Band will tour the US this summer and fall, with stops in 39 cities. Pre-orders of Unity Band are available now in the Nonesuch Store with a signed print and an instant download of the opening track, “New Year.”
- Monday, February 13, 2012
Pat Metheny Wins His 19th Grammy Award; Judith Sherman Named Producer of the Year, Classical
Congratulations to Pat Metheny, who has won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for his 2011 Nonesuch release, What's It All About. This year's win marks Metheny's 19th Grammy Award. Watch his performance of The Beatles' "And I Love Her" here. Congratulations also go to Judith Sherman, who won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical, for work including two Nonesuch albums: John Adams's Son of Chamber Symphony and Steve Reich's WTC 9/11.
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
