Pat Metheny Group, Lyle Mays / Italy, July 13, 2010

This highly anticipated live album captures the peak of Pat Metheny Group’s maturity during their 2010 tour, featuring a performance at the Royal Villa, also known as the Monza Palace, in Monza Park, Italy, recorded in the highest quality digital audience recording. The 2010 tour included live performances using an orchestrion and garnered significant attention online, including performances in Japan. This newly released live recording differs from the orchestrion live performances, as it captures a rare Metheny Group live show that took place for only one month during the tour. Considering that recordings from this period have never been released before, this is truly a remarkable achievement. The sound balance, along with Metheny’s signature vast and warm melodies, unfolds alongside the excellent acoustics of the palace, resulting in a live performance that showcases the group’s breath, drive, and celebratory spirit, distinct from their studio albums. This is a must-have recording not only for PMG fans but also for anyone re-evaluating Metheny’s work from the late 2000s onward. Live At Villa Reale, Monza, Italy July 13th, 2010 Disc 1 1.Phase Dance 2.Have You Heard 3.James 4.The Bat 5.This is not America 6.Proof 7.Are You Going With Me Disc 2 1.Farmer’s Trust 2.Jaco 3.The Sound of Water / Into The Dream 4.So May It Secretly Begin 5.Lone Jack 6.Minuano(Six Eight) 7.Song For Bilbao Pat Metheny(g) Lyle Mays(p, keyb) Steve Rodby(b) Antonio Sanchez(dr)