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    New Chautauqua

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    New Chautauqua
    Studio album by
    Pat Metheny
    ReleasedMarch 1, 1979 (1979-03-01)[1]
    RecordedAugust 1978
    StudioTalent, Oslo, Norway
    GenreJazz fusion[2]
    Length38:28
    LabelECM
    ProducerManfred Eicher
    Pat Metheny chronology
    Pat Metheny Group
    (1978)     		New Chautauqua
    (1979)     		American Garage
    (1979)

    New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

    Critical reception

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    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[4]
    DownBeat[8]
    The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]
    Rolling Stone(mixed)[3]
    The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

    The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."[9]

    Track listing

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    All tracks are written by Pat Metheny.

    Side one
    No.TitleLength
    1."New Chautauqua"5:19
    2."Country Poem"2:34
    3."Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"10:19
    Side two
    No.TitleLength
    4."Hermitage"5:39
    5."Sueño con Mexico"5:59
    6."Daybreak"8:38

    Personnel

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    • Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

    Charts

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    Year Chart Position
    1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 3
    1979 Billboard Pop Albums[10] 44

    References

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    1. ^ "New Chautauqua".
    2. ^ Brisbane, Arthur S. (April 28, 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.
    3. ^ Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
    4. ^ Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
    5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
    6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
    7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
    8. ^ DownBeat review, September 6, 1979, p. 36
    9. ^ Bustard, C.A. (May 2, 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.
    10. ^ "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.


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