Format Details:
Release Date: 02 August 2024
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602455238924
Genres: Jazz  
Format Details:
Release Date: 02 August 2024
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602455238924
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip-on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes.
Pat Metheny had debuted at ECM as a member of Gary Burton's band on the album Ring in 1974, but Bright Size Life, his first studio recording as a leader, was the album that decisively put him on the map as a bright new force, with something fresh to say in the context of contemporary jazz. Recorded in Ludwigsburg in December 1975, and produced by Manfred Eicher, the album featured Metheny's regular touring band of the day, with Bob Moses on drums and the virtuosic but then largely unknown Jaco Pastorius on bass guitar.
"I could happily play all the music from Bright Size Life right now," said Pat Metheny in an interview for the Library of Congress in 2021. "It still seems viable; the arguments there still seem valid and worth thinking about...My sense at the time was that I wanted to make a record that might be the only record I would ever make. I hoped to make a statement on things that were important to me in terms of melody, harmony, trio playing, and even kind of life in general."
"I personally feel this is a great record and recommend it to everyone. It's positive and hot and simply excellent." - Gary Burton
Tracklisting
John Surman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano
Sebastian Rochford
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Fred Thomas & Matthieu Michel
Mette Henriette
Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren)
Paul Motian
Keith Jarrett Trio
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton & SWR Big Band
Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes & Dave Holland
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny