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DVD Cover Information

Artist: Pat Metheny
Brand: RED Distribution
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Dutch (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent

Movie Reviews of Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up - Live [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Reference Level!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

The Performance, Video and Audio are as good as it gets! This guy has been around since I can remember, early 70's, and has only gotten more creative and better as time goes by. His band is also of equal performances and creativity,(is that a trumpet making that sound?). The performances are spectacular, equal to Jeff Becks, although a totally different style. This Disc just goes to show how really good Blu-ray and it's newer audio formats are. The DTS Master Audio really shines on this disc, about the only thing you don't hear is their breathing. Wow what a recording! If you want to show off your A/V system, or just enjoy a nice jazz disc, this is one heck of a good start!! (Or continuation if you have already started) Keep'um comming!!!!

I wish Amazon had a 3 Criteria rating that would make for a quicker and more accurate and fair rating of Cd's, DVD's and Blu-ray's.

1. Performance
2. Quality of Audio
3. Quality of Video (for DVD's and Blu-ray's)

1.*****
2.*****
3.*****

Bands that wish to have there performances recorded and recognised should be held to a standard. Poor audio, no matter how good the performance, is still a bad product. Those who would still purchase sub-standard audio quality recordings and rank that product highly are not doing the industry or the band justice. Demand better and we will get it, settle for less and that's what you'll get.

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Summary of Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up - Live [Blu-ray]

Pat Metheny is one of the most original and distinctive guitarists of modern times. Together with long time collaborator and keyboards player Lyle Mays he founded the Pat Metheny Group in 1978. Instantly successful, they have established themselves at the forefront of jazz-rock fusion with a succession of best selling albums and sell out world tours. This new DVD, filmed in late 2005, features the full concert version of his most recent album Â"The Way UpÂ", which earned Pat Metheny Group their 10th Grammy AwardÂ® and Metheny personally his 17th.

Tracklisting 1. Opening 2. Part One 3. Part Two 4. Part Three

Bonus Features Interview with Pat Metheny (22 mins). Band Biographies.

Pat Metheny fans know by now what to expect from a recorded performance by the guitarist and his group, and it's all here on The Way Up ? Live: superb, versatile musicianship, mixing virtuoso soloing with telepathic ensemble interplay and sustained moments of majestic passion and intensity; intricate rhythms and time signatures; sweeping textures punctuated by some memorable melodic passages; and, from a purely technical standpoint, superior sound and visuals. Yet The Way Up is a bit different, and a good deal more challenging. First heard on the group's 2005 CD of the same name (this performance was recorded in Seoul, South Korea), it's a long, ambitious piece of music consisting of four lengthy parts, all played without pause. For a live audience, it's more like taking in a classical music concert than a jazz or rock show; there are melodies and grooves, but no tunes, per se, as the piece mostly lacks the song-like appeal of much of the Metheny Group's best known work. Composed by Metheny and Lyle Mays, his longtime partner and keyboardist, the music constantly evolves over the course of its 70 minutes (Metheny himself changes guitars like Cher switches costumes), to the point where you might not actually recall much of it when it's over. But you'll certainly remember the experience of watching and listen to these seven brilliant musicians at work; and like the Seoul audience, you will be wowed. An interview with Metheny is the sole bonus feature. --Sam Graham

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