Over the next year, in between breaks from the road, I recorded them one by one in my home studio whenever I got a chance. If youve never heard the original versions of these songs with lyrics, you must try to do so This led to a recording of instrumental versions of Al Stewarts songs.
With his enthusiastic encouragement, he gave me some suggestions as to which tunes were still unrecorded, and I picked the ones that jumped out and spoke to me. Banda Brava Las Inmortales De album for sale In 1994, after a show in San Francisco, I got the nerve up to ask Peter if hed jam with me.
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(As hard as it is to believe, we had never met in person over the years.) I mentioned that I had followed his Book of Angels series from the start and felt like I might be able to contribute something unique to the collection. A few years ago, after contacting me to write some notes for one of his Arcana publications, John and I began an inspired e-mail connection. Metheny, who won his 20th Grammy Award in 2013, adds, "I have admired John Zorn since the late 70s and have followed his amazing output every step of the way. No matter how many times I listen to this recording I am hit with that same sense of exhilaration that hit me the very first time." Los Amables Del Norte), Nieves De Enero (feat. Find top songs and albums by Chalino Snchez including Alma Enamorada (feat. " He continues, " Tap is a showcase for Pat s remarkable imagination, technique, passion, and love for the world. Listen to music by Chalino Snchez on Apple Music. His incredible facility and dedication, indefatigable energy and focus, imagination, and never-ending curiosity have distinguished him as truly one of the greatest musicians on the planet.
Zorn says of Metheny s recording, "Pat is of course a living legend one of those rare lights in the universe. Over the past eight years, the songs from Book Two have been recorded as volumes of The Book of Angels by a stellar group of musicians, including the Masada Quintet, Masada String Trio, Medeski Martin & Wood, and Marc Ribot.
He performed the first 200 songs of Book One with the rotating members of the Masada ensemble for a decade before writing Book Two s 300 tunes in just three months. Besides his frequent collaborator, drummer Antonio Sanchez, Metheny plays all other instruments guitars, sitar, tiples, bass, keyboards, orchestrionics, electronics, bandoneón, percussion, flugelhorn, and more himself.īeginning in the 1990s, Zorn wrote 500 songs inspired by traditional Jewish music they came to be known as two volumes of the Masada Book. This album is the first collaboration between the two artists, considered among their generation s most innovative musicians. Nonesuch Records and Tzadik simultaneously release guitarist Pat Metheny s recording of John Zorn s Tap: The Book of Angels, Vol.