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Mar 5, 2014The textures change constantly without sounding cluttered, the rhythms are compelling but unfailingly light and airy, and the tunes are, well, tuneful.
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MagnetFeb 21, 2014He's broadened his palette, finding the muscle to push against his lightness, the long, legato breaths to anchor his 30-second notes, and the heart to say all the things he can't say on his own. [No. 106, p.57]
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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2014In modern jazz terms, a masterclass. [Mar 2014, p.116]
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MojoFeb 13, 2014It's Metheny, ever the mercurial magician, who's driving the band; his eloquent guitar etching a kaleidoscope f sonic hues. [Mar 2014, p.92]
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Feb 13, 2014All in all, another envelope-pushing opus from a pathfinding musician whose talent doesn’t recognise boundaries.
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Feb 13, 2014Kin (<-->) proves that the Unity Band is the next evolution of what Metheny -- and Lyle Mays--began with PMG. Musically, this unit's musicality derives as much from feel and freedom as it does sophisticated form and function.
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Feb 13, 2014There’s a sprightliness and a captivating agility present throughout this album, even in its more reflective and graceful moments.
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Apr 9, 2014So the Unity Group, this time around, finally sounds mostly unified. And that’s a good thing.
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UncutFeb 13, 2014Four of these tracks run well past the 10-minute mark and pack in an exhausting series of musical ideas that most artists would be content to spread more thinly over an entire album. [Mar 2014, p.79]
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Feb 14, 2014You have to skip or negotiate the jostling voices, orchestral effects and inevitably looming crescendos of the opening On Day One or the dense Sign of the Season. The best tracks, though, are worth the effort.