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New Chautauqua
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
New Chautauqua is guitarist Pat Metheny's first solo album. He recorded it in August 1978 and ECM released it in April 1979. Manfred Eicher was the producer and Jan Erik Kongshaug the engineer. On the record he plays everything himself: six- and twelve-string electric guitar, acoustic guitar, a fifteen-string harp guitar and electric bass. The layers are thus built up not by a band but by a single musician.
The reception was mixed. The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote that there is much to enjoy, but that the album is above all an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, the paper said, it drifts away, taking the listener's attention along with the music.
Listening
Track list
- 1New Chautauqua5:25Apple Music ↗
- 2Country Poem2:36Apple Music ↗
- 3Long Ago Child / Fallen Star10:21Apple Music ↗
- 4Hermitage5:42Apple Music ↗
- 5Sueño Con Mexico6:00Apple Music ↗
- 6Daybreak8:40Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗