What's It All About (Pat Metheny album)

What's It All About
Studio album by
Pat Metheny
ReleasedJune 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
RecordedFebruary 2011
StudioRight Track, New York City
GenreJazz, folk jazz, Americana
Length55:50
LabelNonesuch
ProducerPat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Orchestrion
(2010) 		What's It All About
(2011) 		Unity Band
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]

What's It All About is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, released by Nonesuch Records on June 14, 2011. It is Metheny's first album which does not include his own material. On February 12, 2012, What's It All About received a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Sound of Silence"Paul Simon6:33
2."Cherish"Terry Kirkman5:28
3."Alfie"Burt Bacharach, Hal David7:46
4."Pipeline"Bob Spickard, Brian Carman3:28
5."Garota de Ipanema"Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes5:12
6."Rainy Days and Mondays"Roger Nichols, Paul Williams7:12
7."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman6:03
8."Slow Hot Wind"Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel4:28
9."Betcha by Golly, Wow"Thom Bell, Linda Creed5:18
10."And I Love Her"John Lennon, Paul McCartney4:22
Bonus track on LP and digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."'Round Midnight"Thelonious Monk6:37
Bonus track on LP
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."This Nearly Was Mine"Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II4:29

Personnel

Technical personnel

  • Pat Metheny – producer
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
  • Pat Metheny, Pete Karam, David Oakes – recording
  • Pete Karam – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA
  • Barbara de Wilde – design
  • Sandrine Lee – photography

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[3] 1
US Billboard 200[3] 125

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Category
2012 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. Pat Metheny: What's It All About > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Georgievski, Nenad (October 9, 2011). "Pat Metheny: What's It All About". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "What's It All About - Pat Metheny". Allmusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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