As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls

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As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
Studio album by Pat Metheny , Lyle Mays

Publication
(s)

1981

Label (s) ECM

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

fusion

Title (number)

5

running time

43:44

occupation

production

Manfred Eicher

Studio (s)

Talent Studio, Oslo

chronology
80/81 As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls Offramp

As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls is a fusion album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays , recorded by Jan Erik Kongshaug in September 1980 and published by ECM in 1981 .

background

The music for the album was created after Mays and Metheny experienced the devastating Red River Valley Tornado in Wichita Falls , Texas on April 10, 1979. The tornado , which killed 56 people and injured over 1900, caused $ 840 million in damage to Wichita Falls alone .

With the title track of the album, Mays and Metheny dedicated the first page of the album to the tornado. Similar to a tornado, the music of the piece, which lasts over twenty minutes, gradually gains strength.

A highlight of the album is the track "September Fifteenth", which is dedicated to Bill Evans . The pianist died on that date while the album was being recorded. The piece is a calm and slightly wistful piano and guitar duet.

A piece from the album was selected as the backdrop for the Christian Dior TV commercial for Fahrenheit in 1988.

reception

Steven Cook reviewed the album on allmusic : "This is certainly a worthwhile CD for fans ... but is not essential".

Richard Cook & Brian Morton said in the Penguin Guide to Jazz succinctly “ lot of pastels ” and only gave the album 2½ stars.

The album topped the Billboard jazz charts for 36 weeks. The title track was nominated in 1981 for a Grammy in the category "Best Instrumental Jazz Composition".

Track list

All compositions are by Mays and Metheny

  1. As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls - 8:45 pm
  2. Ozark - 4:03
  3. September Fifteenth [Dedicated to Bill Evans] - 7:45 am
  4. It's for You - 8:20 am
  5. Estupenda Graça - 2:41

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report in Texas Monthly, June 1982, p. 208
  2. ↑ srh.noaa.gov: The Red River Valley Tornadoes of April 10, 1979
  3. ↑ Bill Evans biography at jazzecho
  4. ↑ Note at patmetheny.com
  5. ↑ ... this ... is certainly a worthwhile disc for fans ..., while not being essential
  6. ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 , p. 1020.
  7. ^ Billboard, July 17, 1982
  8. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Mays, Lyle (David), at jazz.com ( Memento of February 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

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