As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Studio album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Released	May 1981
Recorded	September 1980
Studio	Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:34
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls is a collaborative album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, released in 1981. The title makes reference to Wichita, Kansas, and Wichita Falls, Texas. The title tune is just under 21 minutes.

It is one of the few albums where Metheny not only acts as both the lead and accompanying guitarist but also the bassist, with each track using fair amounts of overdubbing. The track "September Fifteenth" is in reference to September 15, 1980, the day the American jazz pianist Bill Evans died. Metheny and Mays cite Evans as a main influence. Both "September Fifteenth" and "It's for You" appear in the score for the 1985 film Fandango. "It's for You" would later be covered by Akiko Yano, with Metheny on guitar, for her 1989 album Welcome Back.

A section of the title track (starting at 14:56) has been used by Christian Dior for the Fahrenheit perfume and cologne ads since 1988.

Track listing[]

All music is composed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.

Side one:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls"	20:44

Side two:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ozark"	4:03
2.	"September Fifteenth" (dedicated to Bill Evans)	7:45
3.	"'It's for You'"	8:20
4.	"Estupenda Graça"	2:40

Personnel[]

Pat Metheny – electric and acoustic 6- and 12-string guitars, bass guitar
Lyle Mays – piano, Prophet 5 & Oberheim FVS synthesizers, electric organ, autoharp
Naná Vasconcelos – berimbau, percussion, drums, vocals

Charts[]

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard Jazz Albums	1
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	50

References[]

^ Shewey, Don (2011). "Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Cook, Stephen (2011). "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls – Lyle Mays | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 995. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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[1] Shewey, Don (2011). "Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[2] Cook, Stephen (2011). "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls – Lyle Mays | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 995. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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