Rejoicing (album)

Rejoicing
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released 1984
Recorded November 29-30, 1983
Power Station, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 43:53
Label ECM
ECM 1271
Producer Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology

Travels
(1983)		 Rejoicing
(1984)		 First Circle
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Rejoicing is an album by the guitarist Pat Metheny that was released in 1984 by ECM. It features the guitarist in a trio with Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums, playing a mixture of originals and compositions by Ornette Coleman.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Throughout this excellent set, Metheny and his sidemen engage in close communication and create memorable and unpredictable music".[1]

Track listing

Side A
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Lonely Woman"  Horace Silver 6:50
2. "Tears Inside"  Ornette Coleman 3:50
3. "Humpty Dumpty"  Coleman 5:42
4. "Blues for Pat"  Charlie Haden 6:06
5. "Rejoicing"  Coleman 3:24
Side B
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Story from a Stranger"  Metheny 5:53
2. "The Calling"  Metheny 9:52
3. "Waiting for an Answer"  Metheny, Haden 2:16

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review: Rejoicing accessed 8 May 2011