Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny Beyond The Missouri Sky 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl Universal Play 33 Pallas Germany
Title: Beyond The Missouri Sky
Catalog Number: DZ3095
Label: Verve
Reissued by: Universal Music International
Barcode: 8808678377613
Edition: Deluxe Edition
Original release year: 1997
Reissue year: 2014
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Extras: 6 Page Booklet
Total Item Weight: 596gr
Pressing country: Germany
For Market Release in: South Korea
Added to catalog on: April 24, 2015
Collection: Play 33⅓
Note: Limited Eligibility for Discounts
This subtle, sublime collaboration finds bassist Charlie Haden and guitarist Pat Metheny crafting bejeweled chamber duets that transcend genre. With their shared Missouri lineage as a thematic touchstone, Haden and Metheny forge a lyrical, mostly acoustic style at once intimate and expansive. Both pare their playing to a Zen-like economy, focusing on a purity of tone, clarity of harmony, and counterpoint to achieve a tender lyricism.
40th Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Performance in 1998
Included in the Penguin Guide to Jazz Core Collection List
Originally released in 1997 on CD only, this masterpiece issued for the first time on vinyl by Universal Music International, includes two versions from the movie Cinema Paradiso, Love Theme and Main Theme, originally composed by Ennio Morricone.
- Universal Play 33 1/3 Series
- Double LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
- Cut from Original Masters of Universal music
- Lacquer cut at SST Bruggemann GmbH in Germany
- Pressing from Pallas in Germany
- Deluxe Gatefold Cover
- Poly-lined inner sleeves
- 6 Page Booklet
- Released on vinyl for the first time
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny have been good friends since the 1970s, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that Beyond the Missouri Sky should be their first duet album together. Both musicians are from small towns in Missouri, which leads Metheny to speculate in the liner notes if this similarity of childhood ambience might have something to do with the two players' obvious love and affinity for each other. Whatever the answer, the result of this logical pairing is a rather somber and moody one. Metheny has a dark tone on his electric guitar, and on Beyond the Missouri Sky, where he plays acoustic, his sound is similarly deep and rounded. Metheny has called Haden one of the greatest improvisers of all time, and although this may be hyperbolic exaggeration from a longtime friend, Haden has at least earned the right to defend the claim. On Beyond the Missouri Sky, his playing is as sensitive and beautiful as always. - Daniel Gioffre, All Music
The film CINEMA PARADISO was the source for two songs on this collection. Haden proposed using the "Main Theme" from the film. "This was a special movie for me," says Charlie. "I've always loved Ennio Morricone's music, but this was special music." Metheny found the music to be a challenge: "The score from CINEMA PARADISO is one of my favorites. It's music I loved as a listener but never thought much about playing, especially the 'Main Theme'. I didn't think it was playable on the guitar because it's so pianistic in its conception. It took quite a bit of doing for me to figure out how to play it. I had to come up with a pretty weird tuning in order to get the notes to come out right."
"The 'Love Theme' is less well known than the 'Main Theme' but is equally beautiful. It's written by Morricone's son, Andrea. I met him while in Italy and he got me a copy of the CINEMA PARADISO score. Since we were doing the 'Main Theme' I suggested to Charlie that we do the 'Love Theme' too."
Track Listing:
LP1 Side A
1. Waltz For Ruth
2. Our Spanish Love Song
3. Message to a Friend
LP1 Side B
1. Two for the Road
2. First Song (for Ruth)
3. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
4. The Precious Jewel
LP2 Side C
1. He's Gone Away
2. The Moon Song
3. Tears Of Rain
LP2 Side D
1. Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
2. Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)
3. Spiritual
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