When i heard this in Feb 78, just turned 20... opened up mind and heart to new world of possibilities. I had not heard this tune in so long. just yesterday came on a Pandora Metheny station i have while driving through the plains of s/e Colorado back to Denver) ... still fresh, and exciting, and joyous!
My first Contact with Pat Metheny group was in a jazz radio sending late night the tune San Lorenzo, its was amazing, its change my point of how you are conected with these compositions and your soul.
I am a progressive Rock guitarist, and i LOVE Pat! He rocks! Met him in 1992 NICEST guy ever! I always consider his music PROGRESSIVE JAZZ. Rather than jazz. Its alot like progressive rock at times! Different parts with different time signatures! Just a melodic master of the guitar!
Sono passati 40 anni da quando seguo il Pat Metheny Group ed ancora adesso trovo sempre qua cosa che mi sorprende e mi entusiasma... Pat e Lyle forever
I too think this is one of the best albums ever made. I consider Pat one of the greatest American composers of all time. I had this album on vinyl and wore it out. And almost 40 years later it can still hold it's own with anything out there. Their's an old saying I'm reminded of. Only quality lasts !!!
It was like nothing we ever heard, or nothing we will ever here..... timeless record.... timeless music..... so many superlatives so little time.............
Richard Ballard - A lot of PMG compositions are joint affairs with Lyle Mays with Mays arguably being the slightly more dominant influence especially in this style and era of the band. So give Lyle his dues as well.
OMG I have to play April Wind. I'm going to learn this if it kills me. Just one of the best guitar peices ever composed. Repeat listening over and over.
i was 20 when this came out. Pat was 24. Saw PMG at RPI Field House in Feb 78. Completely changed my view of everything! Saw band again in the fall of 78 in NYC. When the band used to jump off the stage at the end of the shows and come hang out with the audience, I told Pay and Lyle that i was excited i get to grow up listening to them play!! Got the biggest smiles from both!! This is beauty to be shared!
You did mean Pat and Lyle, didn't you? I sure would love to meet them both. I did try to guess in what musical time "The First Circle" was and had my twin sister, Maggie, write it down on a napkin and pass it to Pat. He was thrilled, and said I came the closest to anyone who tried to figure it out. I said 18 8 time. I was off by four; it was 22 8. He got a kick out of it, and I was all the way in the back, and when he mentioned my guess, I stood up. I was shaking I was so nervous. Pat does so much for people's self esteem, especially when he teaches musicians how to improvise.
It's now 2018. Hard to believe it's been 40 years since was released, I still have the vinyl copy I bought not long after it hit the record stores (remember those?).
such a healing sound...like the sound of windchimes...a humming bird feeding on nector...as you can tell I love the methany method...thanks vainadigital
In all the years since 1978 I don't recall a more melodic Bass solo than what Mark Egan played at the start of April Joy. I still get a dopamine dump each time I hear it. It is truly a "joy".
it is impossible not to get caught up in this song/pair and in the album. one of the finest trios ever; one of the best sounds ever. I couldn't help but get the song list and play every song. It had been years since I heard this. Now I'm sharing this on FB and Twitter. I can't help but to share this. a joy - a pure joy.
In DFW we had Q102 and The Zoo, both rock stations in 1978. In 30 minutes of time, you might hear some Pat Metheny, Van Halen's brand-new album, The Police, Kansas, Steely Dan, and Alan Parson's Project. People could actually learn about new music and artists, and it was a remarkable time to hear it. All of those artists were cutting some of their first material.
How delicate is the last 1/3 of this song?! Can't stop listening. 7:00 - 9:15: Soulful, genuinely emotional part. It always gives me goosebumps. 9:16 - end: Piano becomes more intense, followed by the other instruments. I always feel like my mind is out of my head. 9:27 - 9:40: Drums make my heart shake with the rhythm.
The second part of this tune where L Mayes olays his melotron or synth its jus awesom, I consider this and Au Lait the best songs of PM. Greetings from Fresnillo Mexico
Why is it with Pat's music...that you can hear one of his compositions for the first time...and know in your soul that you've already 'felt' it forever? You know where each note is going...before it even gets here. Deja-music? I guess you could say it's 'fun, hearing his music for the first time....again'. I'm not afraid of getting to the end of the internet...or getting to the end of life...I'm afraid of getting to the end of Pat's music.
+Master Rebel In 1982, I was 18, and I felt exactly the same. And I'm afraid of the end of his music. This is the music I want to be played at my funeral!
Believe it or not, I have an answer for you. I watched a video of Pat talking about his playing style and he said, (not verbatim, but close): "When I am playing really good, I am not really thinking about anything. I am just listening. Playing is more about listening than playing. If I play one note and I really hear how that notes fits with what everybody else is playing, then there is a person inside of me that is a fan of me that is a listener. Then I just kind of ask the listener, if you are listening to this, which you are, what would you like to hear next and then I play that. So it really becomes the listening part of me that is the leader of the melodic phrase. I am really just kind of listening".
Para mí este álbum es una Obra Maetra., San Lorenzo, Phase Dance, Jaco, Aprilwind, April Joi uuff! Salvajes!! Junto con el maravilloso "Travels" de 1983. Sin olvidar su magnífico "Offramp" - Au Lait , inmensa!- con "Travels" deja su juventud, la inocencia., y entra en la madurez musicalmente hablando. Con este álbum Metheny cierra su primera época musical, y empieza con "First Circle" de 1984 su segunda etapa., si mal no recuerdo, es la primera vez que cuenta con un vocalista. Pat Metheny el Maestro por siempre
I'm here to share positive vibes and listen to Pat Metheny. I'm not exactly sure what drove you to comment on what I said or why your challenging my appreciation for the song but you can troll someone else. Don't drink the bongwater Johnny.
This is one of the best albums ever made.
Shayne Swenson Absa fucking loot lee!! A beautiful work of art.
When i heard this in Feb 78, just turned 20... opened up mind and heart to new world of possibilities.
I had not heard this tune in so long. just yesterday came on a Pandora Metheny station i have while driving through the plains of s/e Colorado back to Denver) ... still fresh, and exciting, and joyous!
+Shayne Swenson This is my best album ever!!
@shayneswson you are absolutely right. I´ve bought this album in 1979, was 17 years old.
I fully agree with you.
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,JOYOUS PIECES OF MUSIC YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE..WHAT A GROUP!
My first Contact with Pat Metheny group was in a jazz radio sending late night the tune San Lorenzo, its was amazing, its change my point of how you are conected with these compositions and your soul.
I couldn't live without his music ,,, all of it
What more can be said than this is genius!!!! Less is more.......
I am a progressive Rock guitarist, and i LOVE Pat! He rocks! Met him in 1992 NICEST guy ever! I always consider his music PROGRESSIVE JAZZ. Rather than jazz. Its alot like progressive rock at times! Different parts with different time signatures! Just a melodic master of the guitar!
Absolutely correct... Met him thrice, awesome dude... As well as Lyle, Rodby... and Antonio
@@emexokezie7796 jealous wich i could have met Lyle. What a master he was! If u dig Pat you should check out MY progressive rock band Gideons Mob!
One of my favorite artists of all time!! Huge Pat Metheny fan!!
Si Verónica, comparto tu opinión, para uno de los cinco mejores músicos de todos los tiempos. El Maestro Pat.
Sono passati 40 anni da quando seguo il Pat Metheny Group ed ancora adesso trovo sempre qua cosa che mi sorprende e mi entusiasma... Pat e Lyle forever
Awesome tune from the good 'ole days. Nostalgic.
When this came out, nothing sounded like it and it took about ten years for others to start incorporating what it offered. Pure genius.
I too think this is one of the best albums ever made. I consider Pat one of the greatest American composers of all time. I had this album on vinyl and wore it out. And almost 40 years later it can still hold it's own with anything out there. Their's an old saying I'm reminded of. Only quality lasts !!!
It was like nothing we ever heard, or nothing we will ever here..... timeless record.... timeless music..... so many superlatives so little time.............
Richard Ballard - A lot of PMG compositions are joint affairs with Lyle Mays with Mays arguably being the slightly more dominant influence especially in this style and era of the band. So give Lyle his dues as well.
April Wind has to be my favorite.
Danke! Danke an Pat, Lyle, Mark, Dan - Niemand, hat meine Ohren so brilliant zum Orgasmus gebracht, wie Ihr
I was born in April, this tune is my birthday anthem :)
Lukasz Klimkowski Mine too. Bday in a week
As acoustically beautiful as can be... Makes me transcend back to 1978..though I was only a kid then!
OMG I have to play April Wind. I'm going to learn this if it kills me. Just one of the best guitar peices ever composed. Repeat listening over and over.
I've been learning First Circle in the single guitar finger picking arrangement. After about a month, I'm 10 seconds in 😂
A fantastic album by an unreal band!!
These tunes started their life as exercises in a guitar ensemble Pat taught at Berklee I was the bassist. Lucky me!
yes you was!
i was 20 when this came out. Pat was 24.
Saw PMG at RPI Field House in Feb 78. Completely changed my view of everything!
Saw band again in the fall of 78 in NYC.
When the band used to jump off the stage at the end of the shows and come hang out with the audience, I told Pay and Lyle that i was excited i get to grow up listening to them play!! Got the biggest smiles from both!!
This is beauty to be shared!
You did mean Pat and Lyle, didn't you? I sure would love to meet them both. I did try to guess in what musical time "The First Circle" was and had my twin sister, Maggie, write it down on a napkin and pass it to Pat. He was thrilled, and said I came the closest to anyone who tried to figure it out. I said 18 8 time. I was off by four; it was 22 8. He got a kick out of it, and I was all the way in the back, and when he mentioned my guess, I stood up. I was shaking I was so nervous. Pat does so much for people's self esteem, especially when he teaches musicians how to improvise.
mike s. Me TOO! Wife calls PM the music of my life. Yep
It's now 2018. Hard to believe it's been 40 years since was released, I still have the vinyl copy I bought not long after it hit the record stores (remember those?).
such a healing sound...like the sound of windchimes...a humming bird feeding on nector...as you can tell I love the methany method...thanks vainadigital
one of the best sensations of my life, thanks Pat
After a long day you want to relax and let your mind be free with sweet music in your ear to put a end to a long day
Finally got April Wind..thank you for uploading this....it gives me chills of joy!
In all the years since 1978 I don't recall a more melodic Bass solo than what Mark Egan played at the start of April Joy. I still get a dopamine dump each time I hear it. It is truly a "joy".
Thank you for listening and the kind words!
are u the real mark egan
Mark Egan are u the real mark Egan
Yes, I am the real Mark Egan and thanks again for the kind words! Sorry,I don't check into this video so the delay in getting back to you.
Mark, been a huge fan since '78 while in my Soph HS yr. Thank you for putting out the great music!
Sweet. Brings back wonderful memories
it is impossible not to get caught up in this song/pair and in the album. one of the finest trios ever; one of the best sounds ever. I couldn't help but get the song list and play every song. It had been years since I heard this. Now I'm sharing this on FB and Twitter. I can't help but to share this. a joy - a pure joy.
In DFW we had Q102 and The Zoo, both rock stations in 1978. In 30 minutes of time, you might hear some Pat Metheny, Van Halen's brand-new album, The Police, Kansas, Steely Dan, and Alan Parson's Project. People could actually learn about new music and artists, and it was a remarkable time to hear it. All of those artists were cutting some of their first material.
Spellbinding tune. One of Pat's finest.
Building as it goes until it flies through the wind at the end. Fan since this album came out.
Thank you Rick Beato!
What superb musicianship all of them have and this album is worth listening to time and time again for all it's worth too.
I am trying to learn it on a twelve string! I am primarily a drummer, but have known Pat since 1983 or so. Music Rules! BobbyO
Love the whole album.
Acoustic magic!
How delicate is the last 1/3 of this song?! Can't stop listening.
7:00 - 9:15: Soulful, genuinely emotional part. It always gives me goosebumps.
9:16 - end: Piano becomes more intense, followed by the other instruments. I always feel like my mind is out of my head.
9:27 - 9:40: Drums make my heart shake with the rhythm.
Great guitar player!!!!!!
one of te best albums ever ! ..and , yes..its conceptual! cheers
bellisimo
The second part of this tune where L Mayes olays his melotron or synth its jus awesom, I consider this and Au Lait the best songs of PM. Greetings from Fresnillo Mexico
Absolutely magical
PMG’s white album is one to revisit year after year. The sound of springtime and rebirth.
Why is it with Pat's music...that you can hear one of his compositions for the first time...and know in your soul that you've already 'felt' it forever? You know where each note is going...before it even gets here. Deja-music? I guess you could say it's 'fun, hearing his music for the first time....again'. I'm not afraid of getting to the end of the internet...or getting to the end of life...I'm afraid of getting to the end of Pat's music.
+Master Rebel In 1982, I was 18, and I felt exactly the same. And I'm afraid of the end of his music. This is the music I want to be played at my funeral!
Believe it or not, I have an answer for you. I watched a video of Pat talking about his playing style and he said, (not verbatim, but close):
"When I am playing really good, I am not really thinking about anything. I am just listening. Playing is more about listening than playing. If I play one note and I really hear how that notes fits with what everybody else is playing, then there is a person inside of me that is a fan of me that is a listener. Then I just kind of ask the listener, if you are listening to this, which you are, what would you like to hear next and then I play that. So it really becomes the listening part of me that is the leader of the melodic phrase. I am really just kind of listening".
Heard an interview with Pat where he said that he felt like everything he has done is part of one song that just keeps growing.
About his playing, he likes to play on one string for practice.. Alohz
Master Rebel Right!
Alohz
My first purchase of pat in 78 at soundwarehouse in Houston, tx. hooked forever with pat and his music vision
The album that started it all and still remains to this day an all time classic
6:57 nice reprise of Phase Dance
Pure emotion
Para mí este álbum es una Obra Maetra., San Lorenzo, Phase Dance, Jaco, Aprilwind, April Joi uuff! Salvajes!! Junto con el maravilloso "Travels" de 1983. Sin olvidar su magnífico "Offramp" - Au Lait , inmensa!- con "Travels" deja su juventud, la inocencia., y entra en la madurez musicalmente hablando. Con este álbum Metheny cierra su primera época musical, y empieza con "First Circle" de 1984 su segunda etapa., si mal no recuerdo, es la primera vez que cuenta con un vocalista. Pat Metheny el Maestro por siempre
Most excellent
me acompaño en momentos muy dificiles nunca podre olvidar este album
oooooh! what a joy indeed
Timeless
amazing!
Yes
Guud Path !!! .... this song transports me
Definitely April Joy is my favourite PMG tune ever! And it's on the Real Book so one can learn and listen!!
I love how an essence of Phase dance kinda comes back at 7:00
+Backpagetear gr8 observation.
+Backpagetear Agree!
I'm here to share positive vibes and listen to Pat Metheny. I'm not exactly sure what drove you to comment on what I said or why your challenging my appreciation for the song but you can troll someone else. Don't drink the bongwater Johnny.
He was in his early 20s when he recorded this
best year
Does it get much better
can't think of anything more sublime than the moog - guitar duet between 6:18 - 6:55
I love the song "Hermitage", and I can't remember which album it's featured on, but I think it's this one. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.
That was on New Chataqua. Spelling is probably wrong dear.
This section is haunting, very progressive,
If there's one thing we like here at Contemporaries Inc... It's Contemporary Jazz ;D
En la Boca del Desierto estuvo aquí.
It's April... 💐💐💐
grande vainadigital
6:57
Phase Dance.Conceptual album?
Creo que si, tienes razón. Este álbum es inclasificable dentro de un estilo musical concreto, tiene un poco de todo
Is this not fucking sweet!!!!!!!!!!!
2:42 attack on titan
!?!
Yes