Pat Metheny Group,Lyle Mays/CA,USA 1979

The first item to be released is an item that captures the decisive performance at the prestigious Roxy, right after the recording of the original Pat Metheny Group’s masterpiece “American Garage”, which won the ECM label and Pat himself his first Grammy! ! ! Young Metheny has grown dramatically, and Mark Egan, who had been playing with Metheny and Gottlieb since college, officially joins him as a regular bassist, which was difficult to find. Metheny and Lyle are still very popular.・A popular masterpiece representative of the early days, the third album recorded in 1978, “Original” Pat Metheny Group, consisting of Mays, Dan Gottlieb, and Mark Egan, was officially formed and produced.・Lorenzo” announced. Next, with “New Chautauqua” in between, they toured the United States as a transcendent road band, and the masterpiece album “American Garage”, recorded in July 1979 and released in February 1980, which poured the results, was wonderful. He became the first ECM label to win the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance in 1980. The label’s own careful mastering of the live evening show held at the prestigious Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, California on December 14, 1979, which was the highlight performance of that truly brutal road tour. A 2-disc set of over 1 and a half hours of complete recording with the highest quality sound has arrived! ! ! The setlist is outstanding, starting with “Phase Dance,” followed by “Jaco,” where Egan’s bass is amazing, and then “San Lorenzo,” “James,” “The Windup,” and more, all featuring Gottlieb and Egan’s spectacular rhythms that perfectly match each other. The troupe firmly supports the backbone, and the versatile Metheny and the brilliant Mays piano blend into one, resonating like a song, and running through the outstanding improvisation that can only be achieved in a live performance. Furthermore, the ensemble as a group is impregnable, based on the experience they have cultivated while touring all over the United States, and their confident performances exceed their own abilities, unleashing a sound that can be said to be the true essence of the “original” Pat Metheny Group! Live at Roxy Theatre,West Hollywood,CA December.14.1979 EX – AUD 2021 Original Remaster 101 min Pat Metheny – Guitars Lyle Mays – Keyboards Mark Egan – Bass Dan Gottlieb – Drums Disc 1 1. Phase Dance 2. Airstream 3. April Joy 4 . Unity Village – the Windup 5. The Epic Disc 2 1. James 2. Old Folks 3. Jaco 4. San Lorenzo 5. (Cross the ) Heartland 6. American Garage