Pat Metheny: Live In The '70s auf 5 CDs

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Having played with Gary Burton, Jaco Pastorius and other leading fusion musicians, the prodigious Pat Metheny made his solo recording debut in 1976 with the classic ›Bright Size Life‹.

The following year he released ›Watercolors‹, marking the start of his long collaboration with pianist Lyle Mays and the forming of The Pat Metheny Group. That summer they played various dates (together with bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb). They were swiftly acclaimed as one of America's foremost fusion bands. Their second album, ›American Garage‹, appeared in June 1979, and reached #1 on the Billboard jazz chart soon afterwards, propelled by the up-tempo '(Cross the) Heartland', which became their signature tune.

The superb tracks featured here, performed live and broadcast on FM radio, include material from ›Watercolors‹, the ›Pat Metheny Group‹ album and ›American Garage‹, presented here together with background notes and images.

• The entire original WBCN, KJAZ, WNYU and WLIR FM Radio Broadcasts
• Covering live performances Boston (1976), San Francisco * Seattle (1977), New York (1978 & 1979)
• Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos.

Disc One
Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA, 21st September 1976 Wbcn-fm
Disc Two
The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 31st August 1977 & Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA 4Th September 1977 KJAZ-FM
Disc Three
The Bottom Line, Manhattan, NYC, 26th September 1978 WNYU-FM
Disc Four
Hofstra Playhouse, Hempstead, NY 17tTh November 1979 WLIR-FM
Disc Five
Hofstra Playhouse, Hempstead, NY 17th November 1979 WLIR-FM