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...Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is in a unique position among musicians. This Boston native is one of the most virtuosic jazz performers alive today, and yet it seems as though he'd do much better at almost any other profession. He has a greater narrative sense than nearly every other musician on the market and his compositions can reach heights of lyricism unparalleled in contemporary jazz...
...really great place. It was really cheap and diverse and there were so many funky small clubs and so much going on. It was a really great place to grow up. There were these great streets with mom-and-pop stores, something really different. I think Gaby [Glaser, guitarist] would really agree with me here. New York City's really lost its identity. There are so few real cities anymore. You go to any city and ask the taxi what there is to do and you'll hear Hard Rock Caf, Nike Store. I mean San Francisco even is getting...
...conjures simple sentimentality in a lush landscape of tender phrasing and introspective tones. Granted, not every single aspect of Ballad Sessions works. Turner's group doesn't gel when he attempts to change pace with Latin inflections on "All or Nothing At All," and bassist Larry Grenadier and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel just aren't up to par with their more talented headliner. It's not that Turner isn't featured with ample attention, but he still leaves you wanting to hear more...
...feathery bossa nova romp through the harmonic obstacle course of John Coltrane's Giant Steps. The biggest surprise is the old-fashioned show tune A Lot of Livin' to Do, coolly reharmonized in the oblique, quizzical manner of Metheny's idol, the peerless jazz guitarist Jim Hall. Metheny's three previous trio albums rank with his strongest work, and Trio 99[to]00 proves that his improvisational reflexes are as fast as ever; the new millennium now has its first great guitar album...
...label, however, meets with his wholehearted approval. Veteran bassist Charlie Haden, a longtime admirer and sometime collaborator (Rejoicing, Beyond the Missouri Sky), calls Metheny's music "contemporary impressionistic Americana." Asked to comment, the guitarist breaks out in a smile as wide as the Great Plains. "I like that one," he says. "I'll buy that...