Watercolors (Pat Metheny album)

Watercolors is the second album by American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in February 1977 and released on ECM in June 1977. Metheny's quartet features rhythm section Lyle Mays, Eberhard Weber and Danny Gottlieb.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell states, "Metheny's softly focused, asymmetrical guitar style, with echoes of apparent influences as disparate as Jim Hall, George Benson, Jerry Garcia, and various country guitarists, is quite distinctive even at this early juncture. Metheny's long-running partnership with keyboardist Lyle Mays also begins here, with Mays mostly on acoustic piano but also providing a few mild synthesizer washes."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny

Personnel

Musicians

Pat Metheny – 6-and 12-string electric guitar, 15 string harp guitar
Lyle Mays – piano, occasional synthesizer
Eberhard Weber – bass
Danny Gottlieb – drums

Technical personnel

Manfred Eicher – producer
Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording engineer
Henry Riedel – mastering
Dieter Bonhorst – layout
Lajos Keresztes – photography

Charts

References

^ a b Ginell, Richard S. AllMusic Review: Watercolors accessed 09 May 2011
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 138. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, C., ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. UK: Virgin Books. p. 589. ISBN 1-85227-754-8.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.