The Orchestrion Project

The Orchestrion Project
Live album by Pat Metheny
Released August 27, 2012
Recorded November 2010
Venue St. Elias Church, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 106:40
Label Nonesuch
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Unity Band
(2012)Unity Band2012		 The Orchestrion Project
(2012)		 Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20
(2013)Tap: Book of Angels Volume 202013

The Orchestrion Project is an album by American guitarist Pat Metheny released on the Nonesuch label in 2012.[1][2] The album was recorded on tour following Orchestrion, Metheny's album from 2010 which used orchestrionic instruments.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Observer[3]

The album received generally favorable reviews, with Metacritic giving it a score of 83% from 5 reviews.[4] AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and in its review Thom Jurek said, "While this album's predecessor evidenced his accomplishment in the instrument's creation and operation, The Orchestrion Project reveals that Metheny's possibilities with it have only been tapped".[1] Dave Gelly of The Observer said, "I have never heard anything quite like it".[3] BBC Music's Peter Marsh was less impressed stating "The Orchestrion is impressive when seen in action. But Metheny's use of it here delivers a pale, expensive shadow of what a real band can achieve. The project doesn't feel like it has longevity, and this release is for the hardcore only".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Pat Metheny except where indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Improvisation #1" – 4:51
  2. "Antonia" – 6:14
  3. "Entry Point" – 10:27
  4. "Expansion" – 8:43
  5. "Improvisation #2" – 10:07
  6. "80–81/Broadway Blues" (Metheny/Ornette Coleman) – 4:23
  7. "Orchestrion" – 15:59

Disc Two:

  1. "Soul Search" – 9:54
  2. "Spirit of the Air" – 8:38
  3. "Stranger in Town" – 5:39
  4. "Sueño con Mexico" – 8:53
  5. "Tell Her You Saw Me" – 5:17
  6. "Unity Village" – 7:35

DVD:

  1. "Unity Village" – 7:35
  2. "Orchestrion" – 15:59
  3. "Entry Point" – 10:27
  4. "Expansion" – 8:43
  5. "Soul Search" – 9:54
  6. "Spirit of the Air" – 8:38
  7. "Sueño con Mexico" – 8:53
  8. "Improvisation #2" – 10:07
  9. "Stranger in Town" – 5:39
  10. "Improvisation #1" – 4:51
  11. "80-81/Broadway Blues" (Metheny/Coleman) – 4:23
  12. "Tell Her You Saw Me" – 5:17
  13. "Antonia" – 6:14

The final four songs are indexed separately from the main film as bonus tracks.

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jurek, Thom. "Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Project - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Discography of Pat Metheny". Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. 1 2 Gelly, D., Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project Review, The Observer, February 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Metacritic summary, accessed February 5, 2014
  5. ↑ Marsh, P. Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project Review, BBC Music, accessed February 5, 2014
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