What resulted was a thrilling showcase for Metheny’s clear-toned, flowing virtuoso style which was defined by elliptical melodic filigrees, liquid improv and flights of untrammeled lyricism.
Metheny was just 21 and teaching at Boston’s Berklee School of Music when ECM producer Manfred Eicher, who had heard him play with vibraphonist Gary Burton’s group, recorded the young guitarist with fretless bass maven Jaco Pastorius and drummer Bob Moses. Largely ignored and selling barely 1,000 copies on its release in January 1976, the Missouri guitar magus’ debut jazz album gradually grew in stature and went on to be regarded as a post-bop masterpiece. If you find this album for an extremely low price and you are a big fan of Brown, you may consider buying it just to hear some alternative live versions, but there are so many better Brown albums out there.Click to load video 80: Pat Metheny: Bright Side Life (ECM) Apart from the technical quality (or lack of quality), five-minute interludes with presentations of the band and black-power name-dropping work much better on-stage than in your stereo. But the sound quality is scandalously poor, and the 16 tracks from the LP are compiled into six CD tracks, making jumping between the tracks impossible. Not that Brown did an extremely bad show the night it was recorded (or nights actually, for a number of the tracks are re-recorded not using the original band), as usual he is extremely funky at times, and you do get an idea of why he is called the hardest working man in show business. It has been re-released a number of times on various low-budget labels, and while it is usually very cheap, it is hardly anything you would want to buy for yourself.
James Brown's Live in Concert is the kind of album you will probably end up with. Then you realize you haven't bought a gift, so you stop at a gas station to buy a cheap CD. You are on your way to a party but you don't know the hosts very well.
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