Pat Metheny Group (album)

Pat Metheny Group
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1978[1]
RecordedJanuary 1978
StudioTalent Studio, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz fusion
Length41:28
LabelECM
ECM 1114 ST
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Watercolors
(1977)
Pat Metheny Group
(1978)
New Chautauqua
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[3]
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Pat Metheny Group is the debut album by the Pat Metheny Group, recorded in January 1978 and released on ECM in March that same year. The quartet features rhythm section Lyle Mays, Mark Egan, and Danny Gottlieb.

  1. ^ "Pat Metheny Group". ECM.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. ^ Tipp, Jayson (1 February 1997). "Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny Group". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.