TagsTagsPat Metheny wrote this beautiful piece for the people of New Orleans. Yes, that's Bill Clinton with Elvis Costello, listening on the side of the stage.
Tonight's insanity break: Pat Metheny and The Metropole Orchestra at the 2003 North Sea Jazz Festival, with a fantastic rendition of "Third Wind" from the album Still Life (Talking). (The 720p HD version looks great in full screen mode.) UPDATE at 2/18/11 5:37:39 pm By the way, don't tell anybody, but registration ...
Here's a no-frills open thread for a Thursday evening, featuring some killer blues from Joe Bonamassa performing live at London's Royal Albert Hall. [Video]
Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau play the jazz standard “All The Things You Are” at the 2007 San Sebastian Jazz Festival. And by “play” I mean: exhibit a level of telepathic communication beyond most mortal human beings. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Jazz, Video, Guitar, Piano
Acoustic/classical/jazz guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner in a beautiful performance of “Tale of Saverio,” from one of his best solo albums, Ana. [Video] Here’s an Amazon widget to hear more music from this excellent ECM recording. [Video]
A terrific duet on the jazz standard “All the Things You Are,” by Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Guitar, Brad Mehldau, Piano, Jazz, Video
A flawless live performance of Pat Metheny’s epic jazz-fusion suite The Way Up, recorded in Seoul, South Korea in 2005. This embedded YouTube playlist has the whole concert; the video's aspect ratio is a bit stretched vertically, but the audio is very good. Youtube Video
This solo guitar arrangement of Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why” is from Pat Metheny’s One Quiet Night. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Guitar, Jazz, Video
Pat Metheny with Christian McBride (bass) and Antonio Sanchez (drums), tearing through a tune called “Lone Jack,” from the album, Pat Metheny Group. [Video]
Music, Pat Metheny, Guitar, Jazz, Video
Via YouTube, here’s another impressive virtuoso — at video editing. [Video]
Nickel Creek rips through “Ode to a Butterfly,” on the PBS show “Austin City Limits.” This is from their first album, Nickel Creek. (Hit the “HQ” button for better audio and video.) [Video]
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[Video] (Hat tip: Michael.)
Erik Mongrain playing a Rainsong carbon fiber guitar. [Video]
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Antoine Dufour: Song for Stephen, from his latest album [Amazon Link]. [Video]
Canadian wizkid Erik Mongrain performs “AirTap.” [Video] More videos at erikmongrain’s Channel.
Here’s part 2 of a completely amazing 21 minute medley with Chris Thile on mandolin and Bryan Sutton on guitar. The video breaks up but the sound track is good throughout the recording. They get to the telepathic level in this one. The other parts: Part One. (Better video, but the audio ...
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“Inspirations” by [Amazon Link]. [Video]
Don Ross is one of the most accomplished finger-style guitarists on the neo-acoustic scene, with a propulsive rhythmic sense and a lyrical melodic gift. This one is called Elevation Music, available on the record [Amazon Link]. [Video]