Rejoicing (album)

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Rejoicing
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Studio album by
Pat Metheny
Released1984 (1984)
RecordedNovember 29–30, 1983
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreJazz
Length43:53
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Travels
(1983) 		Rejoicing
(1984) 		First Circle
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]

Rejoicing is an album by the guitarist Pat Metheny that was released in 1984 by ECM. It features the guitarist in a trio with Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums, both of whom played and recorded with Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In addition to his own compositions, Metheny plays three compositions by Coleman, and Horace Silver's Lonely Woman (not to be confused with the Coleman composition of the same title, which Metheny does not play on the album).

Reception[]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars and said, "Throughout this excellent set, Metheny and his sidemen engage in close communication and create memorable and unpredictable music."[1]

Track listing[]

Side one:
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lonely Woman"Horace Silver6:50
2."Tears Inside"Ornette Coleman3:50
3."Humpty Dumpty"Ornette Coleman5:42
4."Blues for Pat"Charlie Haden6:06
5."Rejoicing"Ornette Coleman3:24
Side two:
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Story from a Stranger"Pat Metheny5:53
2."The Calling"Pat Metheny9:52
3."Waiting for an Answer"Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden2:16

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review: Rejoicing accessed 8 May 2011
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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