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- Summary: The first full-length release of new material in five years for the jazz guitarist with features contributions from his band (Antonio Sanchez, Linda May Han Oh, and Gwilym Simcock), Grégoire Maret, Meshell Ndegeocello, and the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Joel McNeely.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Modern Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Orchestral Jazz
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Mar 6, 2020Metheny subsequently dubbed in classical orchestral parts by himself and other classy arrangers. ... They will be superfluous for some, but they do provide this fine album with the bigger soundscape, richer textures and probably wider appeal Metheny was after, cooling the improv heat hardly at all.
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MojoMar 6, 2020A transcendent album, From This Place is possibly the Missouri fretboard maestro's most impressive opus yet. [Mar 2020, p.91]
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Mar 6, 2020From This Place integrates and illuminates most of Metheny's musical personas. His compositions allow this stellar collective to roam through them with their many strengths. They ultimately provide fans an abundance of listening pleasure. Even in a catalog filled with so many gems, From This Place shines brightly.
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Mar 6, 2020The result is deeply evocative music because the production is as restrained as the interplay is energetic.
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Apr 27, 2020The orchestrations are mostly neutral, sometimes problematic, occasionally great. But: the quartet deserves an album of its own.
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Oct 5, 2022
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