The Way Up

The Way Up
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded2003–2004
StudioRight Track, New York City
GenreJazz, jazz fusion
Length68:07
LabelNonesuch
ProducerPat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
One Quiet Night
(2003)
The Way Up
(2005)
Metheny/Mehldau
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz(favourable)[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The Way Up is the eleventh and final studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 2005 and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2006. It is the last album in the prolific three-decade collaboration of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Kelman, John (20 January 2005). "Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 995. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.