This was the great Geffen period when Pat and Lyle had complete artistic control to produce and release content with NO corporate interference from A&R or finance personnel. Geffen basically gave them the keys to the studio and all the time needed for composing, recording, and release.
The PMG were Geffen’s only “jazz” artists at the time, so the company could focus their entire support/promotion on them (ECM and Warner Bros. had numerous other jazz/instrumental artists to promote)
The greatest era for the Pat and Lyle, simply mesmerizing compositions and musicianship. I told my sister when I die I want anything Pat Metheny played at my wake... ANYTHING!
That was the best musical show ever; David Sanborn had the most amazing musical guests from every genre. But nothing this good can last. people were too dumb to appreciate it.
I know it's been a long time ago but I'm still angry that this show went off. Of course now David's no longer with us. I love the end when he would put musicians from different genres together and have them perform a piece
@@petewulforst1786 Exactly, it was the best! Unfortunately the network fools who run things would not risk showing it at a more accessible time. So they doomed it from the start.
While obviously the PMG strongly incorporated jazz into their repertoire, I hesitate to classify them as such. Structurally, this particular number is Blues.
I have seen Pat Metheny several times in concert and he is amazing. When Pat is playing that guy is in the zone. A bomb could go off right next to him and he would not even skip a note.
Actually one time I was at his concert near back of audience. This old lady missed a step and fell down and probably cracked her hip and shot her pants. Very bad fall. Her kids yelled and maybe y actually looked up to see what was happening. Idk if he was soloing at the time tho now that I think about it 🤔
The band played this entire album at the Capital theater in Port Chester NY to "Get ready for the studio recording" it was like nothing I've ever heard before from the group.
@kim burley odd comment... you like pat but not jazz? you like jazz and not pat? like many musical orphans pat gets categorized as jazz - but what genre would you call his music?
kim burley yeah the music is probably best described as some specification of fusion. But the way Pat plays is absolutely akin to jazz guitar. He is a jazz guitarist
@@toodsf1 I'm new to Pat's work, and it's obvious people will/would call it jazz. But, man, this is transcendental to me. A kind of music i've never heard before. I kinda of agree that this is not like any other jazz.
Back in the day this music saved me from insanity and all the crappy gigs I was doing to survive. All those late nights out there in the dark, just me and this band on the road.
I remember watching this episode back in the day. Big Metheny Group fanboy here. RIP Lyle. Of note David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 - May 12, 2024) died after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. RIP.
I"ll never forget the first time I listened to this sound and the perfirmance of this amazing PMG lineup. Pat, Lyle, Armando, Steve, Paul, Pedro... you all changed my vision of the world... and I'll forever appreciate it. Thanks for the magic, guys. Godspeed, Lyle. RIP
One of my favorite songs from my favorite era. Pat is deep in the zone for the his solo, he’s almost possessed. The outro almost made me scream and I’ve listened to this song probably 1000 times. The transition from the guitar solo to Lyle smashing out those chords is so slick I’m not sure that I even can find the cue. I played in a punk band for over 10 years and we used to make fun of other punk bands that would just stand there when they performed and we always tried to have energy on stage. And here this is a jazz group - and look at pat! What an amazing performance!
@@inglejuice Brilliant point!!! Very true ... it's EXACTLY what it is today and the problem with giving people what they already know what they want is that it makes it even harder to experience something truly refreshing and something that could actually open's ones sensibilities to what music can give them.
This performance by The Pat Metheny Group is absolutely electrifying. It's almost impossible for me to put into words. Magnificent, transcendent and phenomenal.
One thing I was just admiring is how percussionist Armando Marcal is visible in almost every shot, and shows his beautiful contribution to the groove along with drummer Paul Wertico. This whole thing is so beautifully shot - every angle shows at least three musicians, and you can tell that they are all totally locked into each other. And the camera catches many specific important musical moments and interactions. And the sound is great. Everything I've ever seen from "Night Music" has first class from a technical and artistic perspective. None of that "showing the singers ear during the guitar solo" kind of concert movie lameness.
hola@@hmlarrain . Creo que en un festival de Rock en Rio de Janeiro. Pedro lo alcanzó en camarines para darle un cassette con cosas suyas. Al poco tiempo Pat lo llamó para unirse a la banda
Pat metheny to me is the greatest guitarist.. you can hear and feel it. He's just like so different.. i think hes from another world lol .. i cant believe what im hearing he reached the highest level of music
From Screaming Jay Hawkins to the Pat Metheny Group and all points in between. Superb performances and show. David Sanborn had the clout to bring any artist to the show and he allowed them to do their own thing within the structure of the show. His personality and his own artistry allowed him to fully appreciate other artists. A cool, smooth, humble and nicely put together chap.
Nothing to be ashamed of there!! I was lucky enough to be able to get a picture taken with him in 1985 when I was 21 and get my First Circle album autographed. Thrilling.
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv The First Circle is my favorite PMG album. Saw them for the first time November 1984 in Tampa. My life changed permanently that night.
@@davidzack8875 I saw them in Princeton, NJ, before that album came out. They played a number of tunes from the album before the tunes even had titles! Incredible versions to the extreme! One of the most amazing concerts I ever witnessed. I think that was when that band was at its most extreme peak, even though they were always great.
Pat is an Alien-guitar-player !!!!! and Lyle, Pedro and all the band too !!! Thanks for all you do to make my day better !! My english is not good but je vous aime tous !!
I have watched this performance about 15 times tonight I am mesmarized I keep my eyes on those fingers eating that guitar up making that instrument do much more than it ever would have .
Bassists more often than not generally get overlooked by listeners (especially in rock), when in fact a great bassist will always enhance the guitar so much. Guitarists get auditions. Bassists get gigs.
Although obviously the PMG incorporated jazz strongly into their repertoire, I’m not certain I would consider them as such. Structurally, this particular number is blues.
Much as I admire Pat Metheny, it's the individual and collective contributions of the other musicians that really make this an incredible musical experience.
@mayoman100 - I agree! There are other performances of this song, plus the released studio version, and they are all excellent. But THIS performance seems especially sublime - the whole band seems as musically connected to each other and to the music as I've ever heard.
J'écoute pat metheny et son groupe depuis mes 20 ans et je ne m'en lasse pas, comme le disent beaucoup dans les commentaires, ils sont géniaux tous les musiciens 👍. Je me suis mariée sur un morceau de pat)(c'était il y a 30 ans et le jour de mes obsèques il sera là aussi avec son éternelle guitare, c'est mon ange 😇
And how could 101 (as of today) people give it a thumbs-down?? It's so musical and artfully played that even if it wasn't your cuppa tea, I can't imagine why anyone would actively dislike it.
Interesting placement of the drummer right out front. Never to underestimate drummers, of course. Paul Wertico lays down a beautiful groove throughout.
I still remember the 1st time I heard this. 😮 Hold everything! Play that one again! Wow! Here it is, decades later, and it's still one of my favorites of all time!
Wow!!! Even though the bodies and face are aging now, thank heaven for this digital era and the opportunity to hear and see, over and over again, genius at its peak, having more fun than kids in a sandbox. I like this version even better than the studio album. But these guys could play 'chopsticks' and I'd love it.
+Steve Martin - I think you nailed it, The music itself is impeccable, as we would expect from musicians of this caliber, but the thing that really makes this clip special is the palpable sense of joy. You can tell these guys are having a blast!
+rednoise0 Yeah ... can't help but to jump up and down and yell out a whoop when Pat ends with that ear-to-ear, country-boy, Missouri grin! Which kind shocked me when he went all medieval on Kenny G. Not that I disagree with Pat, I just never expected to read or hear anything that angry coming from him. I guess we are all human, but Pat (and a handful of others) are still at the top of the pantheon for me.
It's extremely clear they were either just finished with doing this for the album or were about to - it sounds almost exactly like the CD version. I loved seeing these guys play live, too - back in Dallas when the Still Life (Talking) CD came out. I think it was actually on my birthday too!
For anyone who hasn't heard it, listen to the Pat Metheny Group's "Travels," a very dynamic live collection. Another favorite album of mine is PMG's "Imaginary Day." Just close your eyes and let it take you away.
I saw this lineup at a nice theatre , the sound was stellar but the guy sitting next to me had sinus problems , kept wheezing , sniffling . Talk about someone getting in the way of something so amazing to listen to .
My first Matheny concert was Cullen aditourm 1981 U of H campus Houston Tx RIP Lyle and thank you Pat for the many years of your instrumentals that’s everybody like to call songs 😂
The first time I saw Pat Metheney was in 1987 (First Circle tour). I had never heard him prior to that show. I was blown away of course, but the real standout that night was Lyle Mays.
@@TheRobWay1 The First Circle tour was 1984 (I saw them in Tampa in November of that year). If I’m not mistaken, 1987 would have been Still Life Talking. Also a wonderful record and tour.
For me this is golden era Metheny-Mays/Group music. It's the period of Pat's career (Lyle's, too) that I enjoyed the most and I wish it had lasted longer. But as time went on, it evolved into something different, and it never captured my attention in the same way. The Way Up and Speaking Of Now were the albums that marked the fading of the legendary Pat Metheny Group, at least for me. While I practically wore out every Group album before those two, those two didn't get a lot of replays.
The Way Up is really cool too though. It’s a totally different vibe altogether. I definitely agree it doesn’t have the same kind of synth magic like Last Train Home or the tunes on Letter from Home.
@@Turboy65 My go-to PMG album is First Circle. Maybe it’s because the first time I heard them live (Tampa Theatre, November 1984) was on that tour. Transcendent.
I'm like a kid in a candy store trying to decide witch video to watch next I get to feeling better and happier watching Pat and Lyle and the drummer play this song .
Probably the peak of the Pat's PMG era. All of the PMG eras are great but this lineup (and this album 'Letter From Home') probably marks the zenith in which everything just came together.
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This was the great Geffen period when Pat and Lyle had complete artistic control to produce and release content with NO corporate interference from A&R or finance personnel. Geffen basically gave them the keys to the studio and all the time needed for composing, recording, and release.
So they didn't have that freedom later?? That was a shock!
The PMG were Geffen’s only “jazz” artists at the time, so the company could focus their entire support/promotion on them (ECM and Warner Bros. had numerous other jazz/instrumental artists to promote)
Of course they did. No one said they didn’t
@@peternewman1179 your comment make it seemed like they didn't have that freedom later.
@@volfgankamei5348 read it again. it's not ambiguous but quite clear.
You can see, and hear, the Pure joy of his playing, in his facial expressions.
The greatest era for the Pat and Lyle, simply mesmerizing compositions and musicianship.
I told my sister when I die I want anything Pat Metheny played at my wake... ANYTHING!
Pedro Aznar....here in the States we will never now all his facets, Bass player, Seru Giran, film scores and more, what a talent....the best
Are you telling me that the one doing scatting is Pedro Aznar???? I cried when I realized!!!!!
Yes, the man is amazing check his base playing, it is so melodic,
...song Eita leda or Auto, jets, aviones, barcos.
That was the best musical show ever; David Sanborn had the most amazing musical guests from every genre. But nothing this good can last. people were too dumb to appreciate it.
Yeah I remember. Still too dumb.
The Sunday Night after the late news time slot wasn't exactly the greatest.
Far dumber now
I know it's been a long time ago but I'm still angry that this show went off. Of course now David's no longer with us. I love the end when he would put musicians from different genres together and have them perform a piece
@@petewulforst1786 Exactly, it was the best! Unfortunately the network fools who run things would not risk showing it at a more accessible time. So they doomed it from the start.
I find everything Pat plays is not just amazing , but it’s so damn musical . Fabulous!
Pat Metheny Group was the best in contemporary jazz no doubt.
While obviously the PMG strongly incorporated jazz into their repertoire, I hesitate to classify them as such. Structurally, this particular number is Blues.
I think they could be a jazz fussion band since they played many different styles with a jazzistic basis. However it's difficult to clasify them.
Amen
ABSOLUTELY
I have seen Pat Metheny several times in concert and he is amazing. When Pat is playing that guy is in the zone. A bomb could go off right next to him and he would not even skip a note.
Actually one time I was at his concert near back of audience. This old lady missed a step and fell down and probably cracked her hip and shot her pants. Very bad fall. Her kids yelled and maybe y actually looked up to see what was happening. Idk if he was soloing at the time tho now that I think about it 🤔
I think this was my favorite PMG lineup. Love the South American influence with Pedro and Armando.
The Letter from Home was a great album.
The band played this entire album at the Capital theater in Port Chester NY to "Get ready for the studio recording" it was like nothing I've ever heard before from the group.
The years with Pedro were the best...
Agreed - Still Life (Talking), Secret Story, Letter From Home and We Live Here are probably my favorite albums of theirs.
@kim burley odd comment... you like pat but not jazz?
you like jazz and not pat?
like many musical orphans pat gets categorized as jazz -
but what genre would you call his music?
kim burley yeah the music is probably best described as some specification of fusion. But the way Pat plays is absolutely akin to jazz guitar. He is a jazz guitarist
@@toodsf1 I'm new to Pat's work, and it's obvious people will/would call it jazz.
But, man, this is transcendental to me. A kind of music i've never heard before.
I kinda of agree that this is not like any other jazz.
@kim burley Ridiculous comment (do you play?).
Lyle is still here. He lives on through his music and his playing.
❤❤❤❤❤
@@keep_walking_on_grass Lyle ostaje bezvremeno u mom SRCU
Beautiful comment, t/y.
Oh, man...beautiful insight. 100% correct.
I cry EVERY time I hear this...
It's like hugging a deeply loved one you haven't seen for a while...& realize how much they mean to you.
Oh...& thank you for uploading this, rednoise0... :-)
Lyle Mays rest in Peace🙏🎼
Back in the day this music saved me from insanity and all the crappy gigs I was doing to survive. All those late nights out there in the dark, just me and this band on the road.
Re: crappy gigs
An interview Pat has said that if a musician is decidedly the best player in a band, they should try to join a better band.
I remember watching this episode back in the day. Big Metheny Group fanboy here. RIP Lyle. Of note David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 - May 12, 2024) died after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. RIP.
I"ll never forget the first time I listened to this sound and the perfirmance of this amazing PMG lineup.
Pat, Lyle, Armando, Steve, Paul, Pedro... you all changed my vision of the world... and I'll forever appreciate it.
Thanks for the magic, guys. Godspeed, Lyle. RIP
Letter from Home, and Still Life Talking are two of my absolute favorites. Simply amazing recordings!
Who’s listening in 2020? Here from Seoul, Korea. Yay.
There’s a pretty good PMG tribute band from Japan. I think they’ve gigged Seoul.
2024, Brazil 😊😊
2024 SoCal
2024
2024
Pat, Lyle, Paul, Pedro, Armando - the best ever!
Steve ?
One of my favorite songs from my favorite era. Pat is deep in the zone for the his solo, he’s almost possessed. The outro almost made me scream and I’ve listened to this song probably 1000 times. The transition from the guitar solo to Lyle smashing out those chords is so slick I’m not sure that I even can find the cue. I played in a punk band for over 10 years and we used to make fun of other punk bands that would just stand there when they performed and we always tried to have energy on stage. And here this is a jazz group - and look at pat! What an amazing performance!
Incredible Comradery & Musicianship here
@@doctorgarbonzo2525 I can’t believe this has 44 likes. Might be a record - had no idea. PMG fans are clearly a brotherhood. Thank you all!
Listen to the symbals
I have seen Pat several times and am always amazed at how he can hold his pick the way he does and still be so fluid.
thank you Lyle Mays, for all the years of awesome playing you did
Always amazed how Paul Wertico played those 5Bs with such lightness and volume control.
The great Steve Rodby ,one of the world's best supportive bass player!!!👍👍👍👍👍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🙏🙏🙏⛪⛪⛪
They need to bring this kind of show back !
Never gonna happen. It’s all about giving the people what they already know they want now rather than showing people what they might actually like.
@@inglejuice Brilliant point!!! Very true ... it's EXACTLY what it is today and the problem with giving people what they already know what they want is that it makes it even harder to experience something truly refreshing and something that could actually open's ones sensibilities to what music can give them.
This performance by The Pat Metheny Group is absolutely electrifying. It's almost impossible for me to put into words. Magnificent, transcendent and phenomenal.
Always brings joy to my eyes... In the form of tears.
Best song from the best Metheny group ever!!!!
One thing I was just admiring is how percussionist Armando Marcal is visible in almost every shot, and shows his beautiful contribution to the groove along with drummer Paul Wertico. This whole thing is so beautifully shot - every angle shows at least three musicians, and you can tell that they are all totally locked into each other. And the camera catches many specific important musical moments and interactions. And the sound is great. Everything I've ever seen from "Night Music" has first class from a technical and artistic perspective. None of that "showing the singers ear during the guitar solo" kind of concert movie lameness.
the only problem is they don't show the horn section. Those 2 could play a cornet and sing like no other
PEDRO AZNAR! Fantastic and total artist! And that voice, THAT VOICE!
virginia janneth roldán monsalve yep, that voice!
I am a huge fan of Pedro
Grande Pedro!
El gran aporte de Pedro Aznar a la identidad del grupo. Me pregunto cómo y cuándo se encontraron Pedro y Pat
hola@@hmlarrain . Creo que en un festival de Rock en Rio de Janeiro. Pedro lo alcanzó en camarines para darle un cassette con cosas suyas. Al poco tiempo Pat lo llamó para unirse a la banda
Unmatched, unparalleled, unbelievable……The Pat Metheny group….
RIP The magnificent LM.
❤
Lyle is the man
Totally agree. RIP LYLE
Clearly…the finest musicians on the planet. RIP Lyle Mays
Excelente grupo musical o escucho varias veces.
Pedro voice is amazing
Kimberly Shaw 200% so correct....
Kimberly Shaw It really is. Such a cool quality to it.
I never saw Pedro miss one single note. Not even one.
I believe this young Argentinian cat is vocalizing through some modal scales.....is he not?
His voice has definitely been a main aspect of Pat’s music! Amazing
They were all at the top of their game at this time,
This is so bad ass it blows away mostly any guitar and band work, that I've heard in the last 50 years...
Oh ya...Paul and his flat shimmery Paistes....carved a place in music history....great band....great memories..thanks for posting!
Don't forget Dan Gottlieb and his Paiste's, though.
Amazing... Pedro is a great musician, and Pat band is incredible.
Pat metheny to me is the greatest guitarist.. you can hear and feel it. He's just like so different.. i think hes from another world lol .. i cant believe what im hearing he reached the highest level of music
I think the only other guitar player to get there is McLaughlin.
Yer right, it's not fair to compare his playing to Wes or Tal Farlow. It's as though he's taken the guitar to new levels and musical horizons...
Pat Metheny Group is glorius. They are the best
Joe pass
Pedro's vocie is beautiful its like from another world.. and pat reached the highest level of playing. The worlds greatest
From Screaming Jay Hawkins to the Pat Metheny Group and all points in between. Superb performances and show. David Sanborn had the clout to bring any artist to the show and he allowed them to do their own thing within the structure of the show. His personality and his own artistry allowed him to fully appreciate other artists. A cool, smooth, humble and nicely put together chap.
Paul Vertigo's touch on those rides is just ethereal.
Wertico!(Not that spelling matters on TH-cam!)
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv His skills on the drums often gave me vertigo.
Nothing to be ashamed of there!! I was lucky enough to be able to get a picture taken with him in 1985 when I was 21 and get my First Circle album autographed. Thrilling.
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv The First Circle is my favorite PMG album. Saw them for the first time November 1984 in Tampa. My life changed permanently that night.
@@davidzack8875 I saw them in Princeton, NJ, before that album came out. They played a number of tunes from the album before the tunes even had titles! Incredible versions to the extreme! One of the most amazing concerts I ever witnessed. I think that was when that band was at its most extreme peak, even though they were always great.
Pat and Lyle, the biggest hair in fusion.
Talented too :)
I did not appreciate Night Music at the time. Thank goodness for youtube so I can truly appreciate it now
Everyone was at the top of their game at this point. Paul f-ing Vertico is amazing. I saw this tour and I’m still effected by it.
i heard it..!! so many times,why? Because this Types of Music is POSITIVE
I was hoping for a reunion with the Group with Lyle and Pedro.
Now everything's changed.
The only constant is change,let's see what happens and hope for the Best, something Good is just up ahead
@@bc1885bc I like your attitude.
More than 25 years since I was first introduced to this song and I still enjoyed it.
One of the best groups of all time!
パットメセニーを知った、初めての
曲。
いつ聴いても最高❗️
some of the best ever created!
How do I inject this into my veins? This is another level.
Pat is an Alien-guitar-player !!!!! and Lyle, Pedro and all the band too !!! Thanks for all you do to make my day better !!
My english is not good but je vous aime tous !!
thanks to my dad for raising me with such music
I have watched this performance about 15 times tonight I am mesmarized I keep my eyes on those fingers eating that guitar up making that instrument do much more than it ever would have .
Everyone always seems to forget Steve Rodby on bass
Bassists more often than not generally get overlooked by listeners (especially in rock), when in fact a great bassist will always enhance the guitar so much.
Guitarists get auditions. Bassists get gigs.
That bassline definitely goes in hard.
Pat likes jazz that sound like bells and horns from heaven just cool man.
Pat Metheny Group - Incredible group of musicians.
Brian McBride I literally cannot stop smiling 😁, fresh indeed 😉
I’ve listened to this at least two times a week on my porch for the last 30 years. The most perfect the universe could be.
That’s the good life sitting on the porch with this. You win!😎✌️
Thank You 😊 Appreciate It !!!! I Have Metheny and Metheny Group and The Metheny and Lyle and Metheny Quartet !!! LOL 😂 Great Music 🎵
Listen to the vocals; amazing!!!
Pedro Aznar
There will never ever be a band as great as this jazz band ever!
Although obviously the PMG incorporated jazz strongly into their repertoire, I’m not certain I would consider them as such. Structurally, this particular number is blues.
@@kramalerav whatever style you think they are, they are the best!
R.I.P. Maestro Lyle Mays. One of the greatest keyboardists of all times.
And composers!
Much as I admire Pat Metheny, it's the individual and collective contributions of the other musicians that really make this an incredible musical experience.
@mayoman100 - I agree! There are other performances of this song, plus the released studio version, and they are all excellent. But THIS performance seems especially sublime - the whole band seems as musically connected to each other and to the music as I've ever heard.
My favorite Pat music is what he and Lyle wrote together.
Have you heard? Well, now I have. GREAT FRICKIN SONG!!!!!!!!!!!
J'écoute pat metheny et son groupe depuis mes 20 ans et je ne m'en lasse pas, comme le disent beaucoup dans les commentaires, ils sont géniaux tous les musiciens 👍. Je me suis mariée sur un morceau de pat)(c'était il y a 30 ans et le jour de mes obsèques il sera là aussi avec son éternelle guitare, c'est mon ange 😇
Très jolie commentaire !
Love your music man love your music 🎵🎶🎵🎶❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ from Hampton Virginia USA
Pedro Aznar...one of the most talented musicians ever...period
How could anyone give this a thumbs down? 🤦♂️ smh...what an amazing performance and song!!
And how could 101 (as of today) people give it a thumbs-down?? It's so musical and artfully played that even if it wasn't your cuppa tea, I can't imagine why anyone would actively dislike it.
Pat’s music has wings.
Interesting placement of the drummer right out front. Never to underestimate drummers, of course. Paul Wertico lays down a beautiful groove throughout.
I still remember the 1st time I heard this. 😮 Hold everything! Play that one again! Wow! Here it is, decades later, and it's still one of my favorites of all time!
Damn how I miss the 20th Century! Incredible Musicianship here! The Bands best period for sure! RIP Lyle Mays
Yes is special for me long time coming 🙏
😂 at the end Pat with crystal ball … thank 💕💕💕 you so much for posting this stunning version!!! …. and may Mays RIP forever for ALL he gave us!
Wow!!! Even though the bodies and face are aging now, thank heaven for this digital era and the opportunity to hear and see, over and over again, genius at its peak, having more fun than kids in a sandbox. I like this version even better than the studio album. But these guys could play 'chopsticks' and I'd love it.
+Steve Martin - I think you nailed it, The music itself is impeccable, as we would expect from musicians of this caliber, but the thing that really makes this clip special is the palpable sense of joy. You can tell these guys are having a blast!
+rednoise0 Yeah ... can't help but to jump up and down and yell out a whoop when Pat ends with that ear-to-ear, country-boy, Missouri grin! Which kind shocked me when he went all medieval on Kenny G. Not that I disagree with Pat, I just never expected to read or hear anything that angry coming from him. I guess we are all human, but Pat (and a handful of others) are still at the top of the pantheon for me.
It's extremely clear they were either just finished with doing this for the album or were about to - it sounds almost exactly like the CD version. I loved seeing these guys play live, too - back in Dallas when the Still Life (Talking) CD came out. I think it was actually on my birthday too!
Pedro Aznar. Wow. The whole damn thing is great.
This still for me is his best music ever of this great musician and also the best band of Metheny, no doubts.
It's the first time I have listened to a group who plays live as wonderfully as it were in the studio! I'm spellbound!
Pat's music is as beautiful as you..
+Ted Hernandez Thank you!
The live versions are usually awesome especially
up close and in person
To me the greats deliver better live than studio because the energy is so high and it propels them to greater heights
For anyone who hasn't heard it, listen to the Pat Metheny Group's "Travels," a very dynamic live collection. Another favorite album of mine is PMG's "Imaginary Day." Just close your eyes and let it take you away.
I saw this lineup at a nice theatre , the sound was stellar but the guy sitting next to me had
sinus problems , kept wheezing , sniffling . Talk about someone getting in the way of something
so amazing to listen to .
this is one of the live guitar preformences of all time
Qué hermoso ❤
My first Matheny concert was Cullen aditourm 1981 U of H campus Houston Tx RIP Lyle and thank you Pat for the many years of your instrumentals that’s everybody like to call songs 😂
Loved Night Music! Great show that sadly did not last very long.
This is what I call "soul music" cause that's how it touches me.
It still baffles me why Pat metheny didn't make a live song of "Minuano", on a cd. Such a beautiful song should be recordable. 🙂🙂🙂
The first time I saw Pat Metheney was in 1987 (First Circle tour). I had never heard him prior to that show. I was blown away of course, but the real standout that night was Lyle Mays.
@@TheRobWay1 The First Circle tour was 1984 (I saw them in Tampa in November of that year). If I’m not mistaken, 1987 would have been Still Life Talking. Also a wonderful record and tour.
Amazing performance!! I like this great guitar player
Yeah, he's pretty good. If he keeps it up he may be able to find a career in show business.
this track is the soundtrack of my live
For me this is golden era Metheny-Mays/Group music. It's the period of Pat's career (Lyle's, too) that I enjoyed the most and I wish it had lasted longer. But as time went on, it evolved into something different, and it never captured my attention in the same way. The Way Up and Speaking Of Now were the albums that marked the fading of the legendary Pat Metheny Group, at least for me. While I practically wore out every Group album before those two, those two didn't get a lot of replays.
The Way Up is really cool too though. It’s a totally different vibe altogether. I definitely agree it doesn’t have the same kind of synth magic like Last Train Home or the tunes on Letter from Home.
@@Turboy65 My go-to PMG album is First Circle. Maybe it’s because the first time I heard them live (Tampa Theatre, November 1984) was on that tour. Transcendent.
I'm like a kid in a candy store trying to decide witch video to watch next I get to feeling better and happier watching Pat and Lyle and the drummer play this song .
merci pat!
Loved it going on 40 years now 💓💓💓 addition of Pedro Aznar vocals 💖💖💖
Still takes my breathe away!
This is so great the best I can say is his talent is supernatural and the drummer my brother is making videos with Eric bikales , Larry Knight.
Pat Metheny, Steve Howe are my guitar heros!!
Tremenda formación, con el crack de Pedro Aznar
I don't know why.I hear you everyday. You tell storys.
The greatest Jazz guitarist of our generation
Probably the peak of the Pat's PMG era. All of the PMG eras are great but this lineup (and this album 'Letter From Home') probably marks the zenith in which everything just came together.
so so true
Lyle Now you play the best music ever and the angels stop flying to listen to you