Way Up, The - Pat Metheny Group

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1 CD(s) - Fusion - Label: Nonesuch - Distributor: Cinram Logistics - Released: 24/01/2005 - 75597987621 more

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Modern Jazz at its very Best!
A review by redranger42 on Way Up, The - Pat Metheny Group
March 28th, 2008


Author's product rating:   Way Up, The - Pat Metheny Group - rated by redranger42

Originality Groundbreaking 
Lyrics Not applicable 
Quality and consistency of tracks Flawless 
Value for Money Excellent 

Advantages: A groundbreaking highly original Landmark work !
Disadvantages: None

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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Down Beat Jazz Magazine reviewed The Way Up by describing it as the following: " A triumph...ascendant and inspirational...An ambitious work of great depth, beauty and complexity...easily the best album Metheny has made in many years and could turn out to be one of his best ever. **** 4 Stars"
Down Beat

Other Magazine reviews of The Way Up are as the follows:
"A continuous 68-minute piece...Metheny builds the music as a series of interconnected themes that come to fruition near the album's end...THE WAY UP lives up to its name. **** 4 Stars"
Mojo Magazine

"Metheny has been pushing back boundaries for three decades, but never more inspiring than in these four tracks...as accessible as it is intellectually rewarding."
Q Magazine

In my view, This Grammy Award Winning CD is an incredible achievement as well as being an amazing work and one of the Pat Metheny Groups very best. When I first heard the album I thought is was terrific and very intriguing. I felt I had to listen to again and again and I am so glad I did. The album is complex, rich, beautiful and melodic. Yet, It is not overly done and complicated. I like straight-ahead and progressive Jazz. The Way Up is a groundbreaking statement in Jazz. This album is in the place between the cracks, where defined genres disappear into a poetic whole and what emerges is something utterly new, guided and inspired by the limitless creativity of the jazz tradition. 

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