Pat Metheny Group – American Garage (E/VG+) – LP, JP 1979, With OBI

American Garage is an LP by Pat Metheny Group from 1979 released on the ECM Records label.

About this album

American Garage is one of Pat Metheny Group’s most accessible and enduring statements, balancing lyrical melody with the rhythmic lift of late-1970s jazz fusion. Released in 1979, it followed the trio’s acclaimed debut and helped establish Metheny’s gift for making complex musicianship feel open, fluid and quietly adventurous. The title suite and pieces such as “Airstream” and “The Search” show the group’s gift for spacious themes, interlocking guitars and shimmering keyboard textures, while the whole album points towards the warmer, more melodic sound that would define much of their later work. It remains a key early chapter in Metheny’s catalogue.

Genre: Jazz

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