According to Jim “James” DeLuva (code name for the producer too popular to name drop),
“Pat Metheny is under-rated in my book. Dude is the real deal. I like when he works with other people, it brings out other sides to him that are great, and seldom seen. Started with Bright Size Life, my favorite song of his.What a trio with Jaco’s bass and the Dr. Robert on drums!”
“The secret of Pat’s cadence in hitting the major second hard, slide up to a major third and land with perfect grace at the tonic, here e natural is hit hard, the f# major 3rd is cleaning played and slid down to a perfect melodic phrase ending on the d.
Au-Lait Pat-Metheny-Lyle-Mays
/spironicuse + matherton/