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| 1. | (Cross the) Heartland
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| 2. | Airstream
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| 3. | The Search
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| 4. | American Garage
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| 5. | The Epic
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Jazz
Recorded June 1979
Pat Metheny guitars
Lyle Mays piano, oberheim, autoharp, organ
Mark Egan bass
Dan Gottlieb drums
* Basil Pao - Design
* Jesse Henderson - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
* Joel Meyerowitz - Cover Photo, Photography
* Kent Nebergall - Engineer
* Manfred Eicher - Executive Producer
* Rob Van Petten - Photography
The back liner photo gives the impression of a grungy Midwestern garage band, but no, that doesn't describe this sophisticated jazz-rock quartet, which was simultaneously breaking into mass-market acceptance and away from the contemplative ECM stereotype. The arrangements are more structured, the playing often more intense and searching, with a more pronounced rock influence. On the title track, Metheny digs in and displays some authoritative rock-oriented licks and intensity, and the rhythms on "The Search" have a slight, at times asymmetrical Latin feeling. The nearly 13-minute "The Epic" finds the Metheny group developing some real combustion in the improvised sections as Metheny, keyboardist Lyle Mays, bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb grow tighter as a unit. In hindsight, some of the music seems a bit too tightly conceived to allow adequate breathing room, but this is still high-quality jazz-rock for its time.
---Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide |
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