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First Circle (album)
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| Studio album by Pat Metheny Group | |||||
| Released | 1984 | ||||
| Recorded | 15-19 February 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz, Fusion | ||||
| Length | 49:54 | ||||
| Label | ECM | ||||
| Producer | Vance Anderson | ||||
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| Pat Metheny Group chronology | |||||
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First Circle is a Grammy Award winning album by the Pat Metheny Group released in 1984. On the album Pat Metheny is joined by Lyle Mays on piano and keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass guitar, drummer Paul Wertico and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1985.
Of note is the peculiar opener "Forward March". Sounding like a middle school concert band's first practice together, the piece, which features keyboardist Lyle Mays on trumpet, uses many dissonant, out-of-tune chords and notes, along with shifting time signatures.
Contents |
- "Forward March" (Metheny) – 2:49
- "Yolanda, You Learn" (Mays w/additional material by Metheny) – 4:49
- "The First Circle" (Metheny, Mays) – 9:16
- "If I Could" (Metheny; in memory of Wes Montgomery) – 7:01
- "Tell It All" (Metheny, Mays; based on an idea by Metheny & Wertico) – 7:59
- "End of the Game" (Metheny, Mays) – 8:02
- "Más Allá (Beyond)" (Metheny; Spanish lyrics by Aznar) – 5:40
- "Praise" (Metheny, Mays) – 4:18
- Pat Metheny - Guitar, Sitar, 12 String Guitar, Guitar Synth, Classical Guitar, Synthesizer, Synclavier
- Lyle Mays - Piano, Organ, Synclavier, Keyboards, Trumpet, Synthesizer, Bells, Oberheim, Agogo
- Steve Rodby - Bass Guitar
- Paul Wertico - Drums
- Pedro Aznar - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Vocals, Whistle, Bells
Album - Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard Top 100 | 102 |
| 1984 | Top Jazz Albums | 2 |
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 1985 | Pat Metheny Group | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance |
| Pat Metheny Group |
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| Pat Metheny | Lyle Mays | Steve Rodby | Antonio Sanchez | Cuong Vu | Grégoire Maret | Nando Lauria |
| Mark Egan | Dan Gottlieb | Nana Vasconcelos | Pedro Aznar | Paul Wertico | Armando Marcal | David Blamires | Mark Ledford | Luis Conte | Richard Bona |
| Discography |
| Pat Metheny Group | American Garage | Offramp | Travels | First Circle | The Falcon and the Snowman | Secret Story Still Life (Talking) | Letter from Home | The Road to You | We Live Here | Quartet | Imaginary Day | Speaking of Now | The Way Up |