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"This book offers a richly textured view of Metheny's early recordings. Named as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2018, he has attained something of the status of an elder statesman of jazz. As with, for example, Herbie Hancock's recordings during this time, Metheny's ECM output ranged between pop-influenced music and more straight-ahead jazz contexts, with all of it reflecting a high degree of improvisational prowess and integrity. Giving the recordings the serious scholarly attention they deserve, Cooke presents the story lucidly, with a balance of technical and general information likely to appeal to a wide readership." --Keith Waters, Music & Letters"I've now read Cooke's account twice, always with the music to hand, and it's revelatory. Jazz studies of this quality are still rare, but quite a few of them are in the same Oxford series, which ought to be on every collectors' shelf." --Brian Morton, Jazz Journal"The fact that Cooke only illuminates Pat Metheny's ECM years and thus captures only a quarter of the work that has since been released (44 albums) is by no means a disadvantage. Often he looks beyond the horizon, to the years 1985 and following; and draws connecting lines from there to the investigation periodEL The result is a massive accumulation of original compositions to which he can relate to without even the slightest hint of stylistic disagreement." --JazzCity

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About the Author

Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, where he teaches courses in twentieth-century music, jazz, film music and composition. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Music and King's College Cambridge, he is the author and editor of numerous and widely translated books on jazz, film music and the life and works of Benjamin Britten.

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Product details

Series: Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz

Paperback: 328 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press; UK ed. edition (July 3, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0199897662

ISBN-13: 978-0199897667

Product Dimensions:

8.2 x 0.7 x 5.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.6 out of 5 stars

7 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#173,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

I'm a long time Pat Metheny Group fan -- I met him just before he released Offramp at the Molson Ampitheater in Toronto after a concert and we chatted. I've followed his music for 3 decades since. I've seen him in concert 4 times in two countries. So, I'm a pretty die hard fan, having read most of his interviews, listened to a lot of his podcasts, and even play his music in jazz groups I've formed for that purpose. I'm a bass player, but I learn his licks and try to emulate his solo development in my playing.I found this book THICK to read. I was more interested in the backstory to his group members, why they left, why he went in certain musical directions, his relationship with this labels, his leadership style -- about Pat Metheny the man and the people he worked with. I was less interested in the intricacies of the music, which I can hear and decide for myself what I think of it.I would say 75% of the book is an analysis of the music, with actual notation provided. You need to actually listen to the music as you read it to really understand it. And even then, I'd rather form my own impressions. There was some value in understanding why Pat chose certain styles, shunned or embraced certain technologies and musical styles, but it was buried in pages of analysis.But there were some good tidbits in the book I'll remember -- why he left Burton's group, why he left ECM, the dynamics of the ECM Producer and Pat Metheny, and what he liked about some of the musicians, and how he "trained" some of them, particularly drummers to play rock without the rock beat (using cymbals). Also interesting was his impression of the quality of certain albums he made, why he liked them, and why he didn't.I also wasn't aware of much of his work beyond his solo work and Pat Metheny Group over the years. I learned about his collaborations and tours with past Gary Burton musicians, musicians he respected, as well as reasons he would branch off into solo or other work that was a departure from his early White Album and American Garage work. All that was interesting.But I found myself skipping most of the analysis and notation pages, even though I can read musical notation. In spite of being pretty well educated, I found myself reaching for the dictionary in a few spots, and of course, there were a lot of words such as "ostensibly", "palpable" and other higher academic words that I find distracting rather than helpful. And I do read academic work in my job.So, I was glad I read it, liked the tidbits, but I think I liked his book of interviews better, available here on Amazon.One good biproduct of this read was how it instilled a desire for me to listen harder to some of his work I rejected earlier. The author writes about it in a very appreciative way, which inspires a second, third, or fourth listen, and I've already started on that path.So, it certainly wasn't a waste, but I'd rather read about the interpersonal dynamics, lineup changes, etcetera, than all that analysis.

Just started reading this, but wow...it looks very interesting. Non musicians, don't be deterred by the promise of notation and musical examples. It is chock full of info and anecdotes. Highly recommended! Will clarify as I read more if anything changes.

This is a truly comprehensive look at Pat Metheny and the ECM years. Clearly, this was a labor of love and the amount of research that went into it is evident. Can we get the next phase of Pat’s career for a follow up book?

Tons of background info and behind the scenes details.

A very important document about this great musician.

Finally a book about Pat that really addresses the music

What a great book! I was hoping for this to be a Pat Metheny version of Ashley Kahn’s “the making of Kind of Blue” and “the creation of Love Supreme”. But I think that it’s much more! From 1976’s Bright Size Life to 1984’s First Circle - 8 years - 11 albums of such diverse creativity. This is a really clear examination of the step-by-step development of PMs early music. I am assuming that it’s a college textbook - there’s a lot of technical analysis of the music. However, since I am a non-musician, I just ploughed-on through those bits enjoying the sound of the words!… (maybe I imbibed some music theory along the way!) but I did learn a lot of new stuff about PM’s creative history. For a simple Pat Metheny music fan, the book tells a great story and it is really well told by Prof Cooke.

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