Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Cichy Zapada Zmrok (Here Comes the Silent Dusk) (Trad., arr. Anna Maria Jopek / Pat Metheny) | 3:26 |
| 2 | Mania Mienia (So May It May Secretly Begin) (Pat Metheny / Andrzej Poniedzielski) | 3:40 |
| 3 | Biel (Whiteness) (Marcin Kydrynski) | 3:22 |
| 4 | Przyplyw, Odplyw, Oddech Czasu... (High Tide, Low Tide, The Breath of Time ...) (Pat Metheny / Magda Czapinska ) | 4:45 |
| 5 | Are You Going with Me? (Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays) | 8:35 |
| 6 | Czarne Slowa (Black Words) (Anna Maria Jopek) | 5:13 |
| 7 | Lulajze Jezuniu (Polish Christmas Carol) (Trad., arr. Pat Metheny) | 5:14 |
| 8 | Upojenie (Ecstasy) (Anna Maria Jopek / Stanislaw Grochowiak) | 4:44 |
| 9 | Zupelnie Inna Ja (The Different Me) (Pat Metheny / Marcin Kydrynski) | 3:56 |
| 10 | Piosenka Dla Stasia (A Song for Stas) (Marcin Kydrynski) | 3:48 |
| 11 | Letter from Home (Pat Metheny) | 2:46 |
| 12 | Me Jedyne Niebo (My Only Heaven) (Pat Metheny / Marcin Kydrynski) | 3:16 |
| 13 | By On Byl Tu (Let It Stay) (Pat Metheny / Andrzej Poniedzielski) | 6:53 |
| 14 | Polskie Drogi (Polish Paths) (Andrzej Kurylewicz) | 2:25 |
| 15 | Tam, Gdzie Nie Siega Wzrok (Further Than the Eye Can See) (Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Magda Czapinska) | 3:49 |
| 16 | Na Calej Polaci Snieg (The Snow Falls All Over the Place) (Jerzy Wasowski / Jeremi Przybora) | 1:47 |
| 17 | Szepty i Lzy (Whispers and Tears) (Wojciech Kilar / Marcin Kydrynski ) | 4:47 |
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
This first US release of the 2002 European hit offers previously unavailable bonus tracks. The set features evocative Polish singer Anna Maria Jopek reimagining well-known Metheny instrumentals with lyrics and vocals. All About Jazz praised "the intensity and creative spark" of Metheny's playing.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Anna Maria Jopek, vocals (1-10, 12, 13, 15-17), “soap opera” vocals (5), backing vocals (6, 8, 12, 15), Fender Rhodes (6)
Pat Metheny, 42-string Pikasso guitar (1, 6), electric guitar (2, 8), baritone guitar (3, 9), classical guitar (3, 7, 13), soprano guitar (4, 14), Roland guitar synthesizer (5, 6, 12, 16, 17), keyboards (5, 10), acoustic guitar (6, 10, 15), soprano acoustic guitar (16, 17)
Leszek Mozdzer, piano (2, 4-8, 11, 13, 15-17)
Pawel Bzim Zarecki, keyboards (2, 4-6, 8, 12, 15-17), percussion (4), loops (4, 5), keyboard programming (10)
Bernard Maseli, vibes (2)
Darek Oleszkiewicz, acoustic bass (2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12-14)
Cezary Konrad, drums (2, 4-8, 10, 12, 13, 15-17)
Piotr Nazaruk, backing vocals (2), recorder (2), flutes (4-6, 15), additional shaker (4), hammered dulcimer (5)
Wojciech Kowalewski, shaker (2, 4-6, 15), temple blocks (2, 6), timpani (4), crotales (4, 6, 12), bongos (4, 6), tambourine (5), bells (5), vibraslap (5, 12), claves (6)
Mateusz Pospieszalski, keyboard (2), loops (2, 12), orchestral chart (2, 12), conductor (2, 12)
Marek Pospieszalski, turntables (2)
Marcin Pospieszalski, Fender jazz bass (5, 6, 15), loops (15)
Marek Napiorkowski, classical guitar (8), strumming guitar (16, 17)
Henryk Miskiewicz, soprano saxophone (8, 9)
Mino Cinelu, udu drum (8), triangle (8), shakers (8, 12), crotales (8), conga (12), wavedrum (12), percussion (16, 17)
Robert Kubiszyn, double bass (16, 17)
Barney, “alien voices” (5)
String Ensemble (2, 12)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Marcin Kydrynski & Pat Metheny
Co-produced by Anna Maria Jopek & Pawel Bzim Zarecki
Sequenced by Matt Pierson
Recorded July–October 2002 at S4 and Pueblo People Studios, Warsaw, Poland
Piano recorded at S1 Concert Hall, Warsaw
Guitar technician and assistant to Pat Metheny: Carolyn Chrzan
Piano tuner and technician: Robert Gniadek
Recorded by Tadeusz Mieczkowski
Main additional recording at Pueblo People Studios: Pawel Bzim Zarecki
Additional recording: Mateusz Pospieszalski and Marcin Pospieszalski
Digital transfer & MP3: Marcin Knobloch (Izabelin Studio)
Studio manager at S4 & S1: Ewa Dluzniewska
Mixed and mastered by Tadeusz Mieczkowski, S4
Track 5, 12, 15 mixed by Andrzej Karp, Izabelin Studio; assistant engineer: Piotr Laskowski
Artwork: Piotr Dumala
Photography: Jacek Poremba
Design: Kasia Mrozewska
Executive Producer, A&R: Jacek Zurawski
