New Chautauqua

New Chautauqua
Studio album by
Pat Metheny
ReleasedMarch 1, 1979 (1979-03-01)[1]
RecordedAugust 1978
StudioTalent, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz fusion[2]
Length38:28
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Pat Metheny Group
(1978) 		New Chautauqua
(1979) 		American Garage
(1979)

New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DownBeat[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New Chautauqua"5:19
2."Country Poem"2:34
3."Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"10:19
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Hermitage"5:39
5."Sueño con Mexico"5:59
6."Daybreak"8:38

Personnel

  • Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 3
1979 Billboard Pop Albums[10] 44

References

  1. ^ "New Chautauqua".
  2. ^ Brisbane, Arthur S. (April 28, 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.
  3. ^ Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. ^ DownBeat review, September 6, 1979, p. 36
  9. ^ Bustard, C.A. (May 2, 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.
  10. ^ "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.


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