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The album closes with a performance of Arvo Pärt's 'Für Alina,' performed by Metheny on his Linda Manzer 42-string Pikasso guitar. Road to the Sun (BMG/Modern Recordings), released earlier this year, features Metheny compositions performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. The vinyl was pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands. It's available on CD, vinyl, and high-resolution 24/96 download. From This Place was recorded by engineers Luke Klingensmith, Jay Marcovitz, Phil Levine, and Rich Breen and mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound. On the album, Metheny plays his 1940 Gibson ES-250, Slaman Traveling Sister 150/250, and Ibanez PM2 guitars. His most recent album, Road to the Sun, is his 50th.Īpart from his ambitious work and touring schedule, a few things make Metheny distinctive: his oft-copied guitar sound and style beautiful, brilliant melodies that have withstood time soulful sounds that touch the heart but are never mawkish endless curiosity about the world around him and ceaseless searching for new means of expression.įrom This Place, on Nonesuch, includes 10 Metheny compositions and features Antonio Sánchez, his longtime drummer Malaysian/Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh British pianist Gwilym Simcock and the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Joel McNeely, as well as Meshell Ndegeocello (vocals), Grégoire Maret (harmonica), and Luis Conte (percussion). Metheny has recorded his compositions for his Pat Metheny Group, in duets with Jim Hall and Charlie Haden, for solo guitar and robot orchestra ( Orchestrion), soundtracks, swinging trios, noise-fests ( Zero Tolerance for Silence), and many side projects. He's also a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. He has three gold albums, several Downbeat awards (including in 2020 as best guitarist and for the best jazz album, for From This Place), and 20 Grammy Awards: He's the only person ever to win Grammys in 10 categories.

Metheny is one of the best-selling jazz artists ever. trains, tornadoes, freezing winters, hot summers, small-town isolationall fed an imagination that (combined with plenty of practice) fed a legendary music career. 2 (2001), Follow That Bird (2002), Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003), Happy Birthday From Sesame Street (Jewel Case) (2004), Sing the Alphabet (2008), Platinum All Time Favorites (2008), Kids Favorite Songs (2008), Silly Songs (2009) and Old School 2 (2010).When Pat Metheny was growing up in the small Missouri town of Lee's Summit, his family's home stood within can't-even-hear-yourself-shouting distance of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Sesame Street released the following albums including Sesame Street Platinum: All Time Favorites (Blister Pack) (1995), Splish Splash/Bath Time Fun (1995), C is for Cookie (1995), Sing Along Travel Songs (1996), Bert & Ernie's Greatest Hits (1996), Hot Hot Hot Dance Songs (1997), The Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1997), Sesame Street: Platinum Too (1997), Count's Countdown (1997), Fiesta Songs! (1998), Elmopalooza! (1998), Elmo Saves Christmas (1998), Kids Favorite Songs, Vol.

Sesame Street is well known for its Muppets characters created by Jim Henson.

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It is an American educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment.