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    Posted: October 23 2005 at 22:29

Anybody heard this album?  I heard about the format (one 80 minute fusion composition alternately structured and improvisational) and was immedeatly interested. 

Should I pick it up?
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Points: 12813 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2005 at 07:49
Got a promo of it - most disappointing album of 2005, based on expectations of where the PMG had left off with their excellent Imaginary Day. (I had hoped they would have continued from the music of Roots of Coincidence)
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Points: 340 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2005 at 09:17
68:10 is the actual running time....and  I must disagree with Dick Heath. I think it's quite enjoyable.

There is an excerpt from it at :

http://www.patmethenygroup.com/

Give it a listen and decide for yourself. I think it's pretty proggy......That's why some of the jazz critics are panning it.
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Points: 12813 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 25 2005 at 08:02

Originally posted by DEzerov DEzerov wrote:

68:10 is the actual running time....and  I must disagree with Dick Heath. I think it's quite enjoyable.

There is an excerpt from it at :

http://www.patmethenygroup.com/

Give it a listen and decide for yourself. I think it's pretty proggy......That's why some of the jazz critics are panning it.

 

I didn't say it wasn't enjoyable, but against PMG's high standards it is a disappointment - and rightly or wrongly I was expecting it to develop musically from Imaginary Day, and instead  there is a radical change of style: out with the electronica, on with the more serious jazz/than jazz rock music. No longer instantly assessable, rather an album you have to spend time with and  work with to get the enjoyment. To coin a faux scientific phrase: the "enjoyment flux" is much lower here.
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Points: 340 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2005 at 14:07
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by DEzerov DEzerov wrote:

68:10 is the actual running time....and  I must disagree with Dick Heath. I think it's quite enjoyable.

There is an excerpt from it at :

http://www.patmethenygroup.com/

Give it a listen and decide for yourself. I think it's pretty proggy......That's why some of the jazz critics are panning it.

 

I didn't say it wasn't enjoyable, but against PMG's high standards it is a disappointment - and rightly or wrongly I was expecting it to develop musically from Imaginary Day, and instead  there is a radical change of style: out with the electronica, on with the more serious jazz/than jazz rock music. No longer instantly assessable, rather an album you have to spend time with and  work with to get the enjoyment. To coin a faux scientific phrase: the "enjoyment flux" is much lower here.



Sorry Dick! Didn't mean to misconstrue your intentions or feelings....Poor choice of verbiage on my part...ooops!
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