Anyone else have this CD yet? I wasn't too thrilled about it at first, but it's growing on me a bit more as I discover it more. Can't say it's knocked me out like the first few times I listened to The First Circle or Letter From Home, but it's still a decent work. I'm still not sold on the new addition to the group: Cuong Vu. To me, a trumpet does not belong in a guitar/piano-based band. If I recall, Dave Blamires played the trumpet on We Live Here, another PMG CD I've played to death...fortunately there, the trumpet wasn't used very much.
Speaking Of Now seems a little more relaxed and subdued than Imaginary Day was...another one I liked, but haven't really played all that much. (Thank goodness it wasn't another Quartet...that one just screams "contractual obligation!" (It was their last album with Geffen, if I recall.)
Listening to the new CD again, in fact, before I go grab The First Circle, which I unfortunately haven't played in months. Or maybe I'll grab Secret Story, my favorite Metheny solo CD.
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Speaking Of Now seems a little more relaxed and subdued than Imaginary Day was...another one I liked, but haven't really played all that much. (Thank goodness it wasn't another Quartet...that one just screams "contractual obligation!" (It was their last album with Geffen, if I recall.)
Listening to the new CD again, in fact, before I go grab The First Circle, which I unfortunately haven't played in months. Or maybe I'll grab Secret Story, my favorite Metheny solo CD.
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