New Chautauqua

New Chautauqua
Studio album by
Pat Metheny
ReleasedApril 1979 (1979-04)
RecordedAugust 1978
StudioTalent, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz fusion[1]
Length38:28
LabelECM 1131
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Pat Metheny Group
(1978) 		New Chautauqua
(1979) 		American Garage
(1979)

New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New Chautauqua"5:19
2."Country Poem"2:34
3."Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"10:19
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Hermitage"5:39
5."Sueño con Mexico"5:59
6."Daybreak"8:38

Personnel

  • Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 3
1979 Billboard Pop Albums[8] 44

References

  1. ^ Brisbane, Arthur S. (28 Apr 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.
  2. ^ Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ Bustard, C.A. (2 May 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.
  8. ^ "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.