Unity Band

Jazz · 2012 · 9 tracks · 1h 5m

Unity Band

A sharp departure from Metheny's lush landscapes, favoring gritty saxophone interplay, dry room acoustics, and restless, high-velocity post-bop energy.

It's Pat Metheny with a killer sax player and a lot less reverb than you're used to.

A high-velocity, intellectually stimulating conversation between master musicians in a small, dry room.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 1h 5m

01

New Year

7:37

02

Roofdogs

5:33

03

Come and See

8:29

04

This Belongs to You

5:21

05

Leaving Town

6:24

06

Interval Waltz

6:26

07

Signals (Orchestrion Sketch)

11:27

08

Then and Now

5:57

09

Breakdealer

8:34

Moments Worth Waiting For

The aggressive, almost jagged unison lines between guitar and tenor sax on Roofdogs that break the artist's usual pastoral mold.

The eleven-minute sprawl of Signals where mechanical Orchestrion textures provide a haunting, clockwork backdrop for improvisational fire.

The sudden shift into a frantic, high-speed bop tempo during the climax of Breakdealer that pushes the quartet to its physical limit.

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