Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life LP (ECM Luminescence Series) on Sale

Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life (ECM Luminescence Series) With his first studio recording as a leader, Bright Size Life 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 features Metheny s regular touring band of the day – 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. Verve Label Group; ECM; Jazz; Catalog