American Garage is the second studio album by the Pat Metheny Group, recorded in June 1979 and released on ECM in November 1979. The quartet features rhythm section Lyle Mays, Mark Egan and Dan Gottlieb.
Background The album represented the most collaborative writing session between Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays up to that point in the band's history. According to Metheny, this yielded mixed results. He has said that the album's second track, "Airstream," is a favorite from this period. But both he and Mays have expressed less praise for the fifth and final track, "The Epic", which Metheny has claimed, "is all over the map."
Track listing
Personnel Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny – 6-and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars Lyle Mays – piano, Oberheim synthesizer, autoharp, electric organ Mark Egan – bass Dan Gottlieb – drums
Technical personnel Pat Metheny – producer Manfred Eicher – executive producer Kent Nebergall – recording engineer, mixing engineer Jesse Henderson – assistant engineer Bill Kipper – mastering at Masterdisk, NYC, USA Basil Pao – design Joel Meyerowitz – cover photography Rob Van Petten – photography
Charts Chart (1980) Peakposition
See also 1979 in jazz
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